Title: Duplicate a post from REST API
Last modified: February 12, 2021

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# Duplicate a post from REST API

 *  [dan400o6](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dan400o6/)
 * (@dan400o6)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-a-post-from-rest-api/)
 * Hi, how can I duplicate a post via an API call? I’ve view the API documentation
   and only saw things in regards to creating and editing post. I’m also using elementor

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 *  [catacaustic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catacaustic/)
 * (@catacaustic)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-a-post-from-rest-api/#post-14039454)
 * There’s no functions built in to duplicate posts. You’d have to write that manually
   yourself.
 * That’s not too hard though. You’d just need to get the posts content and meta
   values, and save them in the remote site.
 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-a-post-from-rest-api/#post-14042760)
 * To rephrase catacaustic with a bit more specificity: You can GET a post’s data
   with `wp-json/wp/v2/posts/<id>`. Strip out the id field from the returned data.
   If you are cloning to the same site, alter the slug field value so it’ll be unique.
   Then POST the data to the appropriate WP API (the same or remote) at `wp-json/
   wp/v2/posts`
 *  Thread Starter [dan400o6](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dan400o6/)
 * (@dan400o6)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-a-post-from-rest-api/#post-14043782)
 * Ok, so I have a plugin called premium add-ons, it has a feature to duplicate 
   a post exactly how I want, only problem is I can’t do it from the API so I’m 
   trying to add that functionality.
 * I think if I can pass the post correctly, this plugin will take care of it.
 * Heres the API route I created, in my functions.php.
 *     ```
       add_action( 'rest_api_init', function () {
           register_rest_route( 'duplicatePost/v1', 'posts/(?P<id>\d+)', array(
           'methods' => 'POST',
           'callback' => 'duplicate_post',
         ) );
       } );
       ```
   
 * Here is the function I’m trying to pass the request to:
 *     ```
       	public function duplicate_post(WP_REST_Request $request) {
   
               $post = get_post($request['post_id']);
   
       		$post = sanitize_post( $post, 'db' );
   
       		$duplicated_post_id = self::insert_post( $post );
   
       		if ( ! is_wp_error( $duplicated_post_id ) ) {
   
       			self::duplicate_post_taxonomies( $post, $duplicated_post_id );
       			self::duplicate_post_meta_data( $post, $duplicated_post_id );
   
       		}
       		die();
       	}
       ```
   
 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-a-post-from-rest-api/#post-14045631)
 * duplicate_post() is a class method, you can’t call it directly. Try making your
   own callback function which instantiates a new class object, then calls that 
   object’s method.
 * Frankly I think my earlier suggestion would be easier, but you need to do what
   makes sense to you. Additionally, my suggestion is untested. I’ve every reason
   to expect it to work, but I’ve never had a need to duplicate posts.

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