wp.getAuthors is returning more than just authors

[zimbelp]

The XMLRPC API call to getAuthors is returning any user entries, not just authors. For example, it is returning subscriber users as well. This should be scoped to just authors as the name/documentation imply.

[zimbelp]

scope get_users call to only return authors

[maxcutler]

While valid, I don't think this can be changed without breaking backwards compatibility.

A better course of action for 3.5 would be to deprecate wp.getAuthors and add wp.getUser/wp.getUsers (#18427/#18428).

[josephscott]

Replying to maxcutler:

While valid, I don't think this can be changed without breaking backwards compatibility.

A better course of action for 3.5 would be to deprecate wp.getAuthors and add wp.getUser/wp.getUsers (#18427/#18428).

Agreed, I don't think there is any point in having role specific RPC methods to get users with that particular role. Better to have a generalized method that has the ability to filter based on role.

[jasongel]

Adding wp.getUser/wp.getUsers is a simple and obvious solution. All author fields should be exposed in the API. How do we up vote (​#18427/​#18428) so they get through review and into the next nightly build?

[maxcutler]

Replying to jasongel:

Adding wp.getUser/wp.getUsers is a simple and obvious solution. All author fields should be exposed in the API. How do we up vote (​#18427/​#18428) so they get through review and into the next nightly build?

I posted a response on #18427. Going to close this ticket and move discussion there as a feature request.