LifterLMS REST API

Updates

• Added memberships controller, huge thanks to @pondermatic!

• Added new filters:

• llms_rest_lesson_filters_removed_for_response

• llms_rest_course_item_schema

• llms_rest_pre_insert_course

• llms_rest_prepare_course_object_response

• llms_rest_course_links

• Improved validation when defining instructors for courses.

• Improved performance on post collection listing functions.

Bug fixes

• Ensure that a course instructor is always set for courses.
• Fixed sales_page_url not returned in edit context.
• In update_additional_object_fields() method, use WP_Error::$errors in place of WP_Error::has_errors() to support WordPress version prior to 5.1.

• Return links to those taxonomies which have an accessible rest route.
• Initialize $prepared_item array before adding values to it. Thanks @pondermatic!
• Fixed sales_page_type not returned as none if course’s sales_page_content_type property is empty.
• Load webhook actions a little bit later, to avoid PHP warnings on first plugin activation.
• Renamed sales_page_page_type and sales_page_page_url properties, respectively to sales_page_type and sales_page_url according to the specs.
• Add missing quotes in enrollment/access default messages shortcodes.
• Call set_bulk() llms post method passing true as second parameter, so to instruct it to return a WP_Error on failure.
• Add missing quotes in enrollment/access default messages shortcodes.
• sales_page_page_id and sales_page_url always returned in edit context.
• Call set_bulk() llms post method passing true as second parameter, so to instruct it to return a WP_Error on failure.

Updates

• Added the following properties to the lesson schema and response object: drip_date, drip_days, drip_method, public, quiz.
• Added the following links to lesson objects: prerequisite and quiz.
• Use WP_Error::$errors in place of WP_Error::has_errors() to support WordPress version prior to 5.1.
• Added llms_rest_lesson_item_schema, llms_rest_pre_insert_lesson, llms_rest_prepare_lesson_object_response, llms_rest_lesson_links filter hooks.
• Course properties access_opens_date, access_closes_date, enrollment_opens_date, enrollment_closes_date are now nullable.
• Course properties prerequisite and prerequisite_track can be be cleared (set to 0 to signify no prerequisite exists).
• Added prerequisite validation for courses, if prerequisite is not a valid course the course prerequisite will be set to 0 and if prerequisite_track is not a valid course track, the course prerequisite_track will be set to 0.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed lesson siblings link that was using the parent course’s id instead of the parent section’s id.
• Fixed lesson parent link href, replacing ‘section’ with ‘sections’.
• Fixed lesson progression callback name when defining the filters to be removed while preparing the item for response.
• Fixed description of the post_id path parameter for student enrollments resources. Thanks @pondermatic.
• Fixed section parent course object retrieval method when building the resource links.

• Fix issue causing certain webhooks to not trigger as a result of action load order.
• Change “access_plans” to “Access Plans” for better human reading.

• Load all required files and functions when authentication is triggered.
• Access $_SERVER variables via filter_var instead of llms_filter_input to work around PHP bug https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=49184.

• Load authentication handlers as early as possible. Fixes conflicts with numerous plugins which load user information earlier than expected by the WordPress core.
• Harden permissions associated with viewing student enrollment information.
• Returns a 400 Bad Request when invalid dates are supplied.
• Student Enrollment objects return student and post id’s as integers instead of strings.
• Fixed references to an undefined function.

Interface and Experience improvements during API Key creation

• Better expose that API Keys are never shown again after the initial creation.
• Allow downloading of API Credentials as a .txt file.
• Add required properties to required fields.

Updates

• Added the ability to CRUD webhooks via the REST API.
• Conditionally throw _doing_it_wrong on server controller stubs.
• Improve performance by returning early when errors are encountered for various methods.
• Utilizes a new custom property show_in_llms_rest to determine if taxonomies should be displayed in the LifterLMS REST API.
• On the webhooks table the “Delivery URL” is trimmed to 40 characters to improve table readability.

Bug fixes

• Fixed a formatting error when creating webhooks with the default auto-generated webhook name.
• On the webhooks table a translatable string is output for the status instead of the database value.
• Fix an issue causing the “Last” page pagination link to display for lists with 0 possible results.
• Don’t output the “Last” page pagination link on the last page.

• Filter course taxonomies by the public property instead of the show_in_rest property.
• Fixed bug preventing async webhooks from being delivered properly.
• Only load the main plugin function when loading the main plugin file. Fixes issue when running plugin alongside LifterLMS core with bundled API.

• Initial public beta release.