Query: Find Post

WordPress Operation

The Find Post query retrieves a specific post by ID, title, or other criteria.

Example User Story

I want to retrieve a specific post from WordPress by its ID so that I can display or edit it.

Fields

Field Name	Field Type	Required
postID	Integer	Yes

Related Connections

WordPress

Related Automations

Example link

Code (Apache v2.0): Operation

{
  "handle": "find-post",
  "state": "inDev",
  "meta": {
    "short": "Find Post",
    "description": "Retrieve a specific post from WordPress by its ID."
  },
  "input": [
    {
      "name": "postID",
      "type": "Integer",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The ID of the post to retrieve."
      }
    }
  ],
  "output": [
    {
      "name": "post",
      "type": "Object",
      "selector": ["body"],
      "meta": {
        "description": "The retrieved post data."
      }
    }
  ],
  "steps": [
    {
      "type": "http",
      "http": {
        "method": "GET",
        "path": "/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/{{postID}}",
        "headers": {
          "Content-Type": "application/json"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}