get_rest_url() returns wrong path if the site and home url's are different

[adamf321]

Eg:
If home_url = ​http://mysite.com and site_url = ​http://mybackend.com ...

Then get_rest_url( null, 'wp/v2/pages' ) returns '​http://mysite.com/wp-json/wp/v2/pages'

It should return '​http://mybackend.com/wp-json/wp/v2/pages' (this is the actual route of the endpoint)

[rachelbaker]

@adamf321 Howdy, and thanks for the ticket. The REST API endpoints use home_url() by design for a few reasons:

1. some endpoint data is publicly discoverable so the public facing url (aka home_url) is a better fit
2. we use rewrites to route endpoint requests and guarantee being able to rewrite the site_url()

See: ​https://github.com/WP-API/WP-API/issues/259

[adamf321]

Hey @rachelbaker ,

I think the api should use site_url() and it does. For example:

• my posts endpoint is found at: "​http://lean.dev/wp-json/wp/v2/posts" (this is good, just what we want)
• however get_rest_url( null, '/wp/v2/pages' ) returns "​http://localhost:8005/wp-json/wp/v2/pages"
• site_url() = "​http://lean.dev",
• home_url() = "​http://localhost:8005"

[rmccue]

Replying to adamf321:

I think the api should use site_url() and it does. For example:

I think you may have your site misconfigured? site_url() is the location of WordPress' files and wp-admin, home_url() is the location of your frontend, including all rewrites, and is also where the API lives. Using home_url() is intentional behaviour, and is required for rewrites to work.

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