Title: Rest API hook ‘rest_insert_post’ not returning request object
Last modified: October 31, 2017

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# Rest API hook ‘rest_insert_post’ not returning request object

 *  [HK](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hk1993/)
 * (@hk1993)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rest-api-hook-rest_insert_post-not-returning-request-object/)
 * Rest API hook ‘rest_insert_post’ not returning request object
 *     ```
       function wp_api_add_tax($post, $request, $update = true){
            wp_mail('abc@gmail.com','test','data'.json_encode($request).  json_encode($post));
       }
       add_action( 'rest_insert_post', 'wp_api_add_tax',10,3 );
       ```
   
 * It should return entire request object in mail, But returns empty request object
   altho post object is coming with data

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 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rest-api-hook-rest_insert_post-not-returning-request-object/#post-9642473)
 * I cannot replicate your experience.
 * Please try deactivating all plugins and switching to one of the default twenty*
   themes. Add your wp_mail code temporarily to the theme’s functions.php. Add a
   post through the REST API. You should now get a normal JSON post response and
   receive an email with the WP_REST_Request object, provided your server’s email
   sending is working correctly.
 * If you just need any kind of request listing for general reference, I can provide
   the result of my test. I output a var_dump to a file instead of JSON encoding
   to email, but the data is the same either way.

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