add the rest API root url to the admin header

[pbearne]

we add by default the the ajaxurl to the js vars we should also add the rest root url

resturl = '<?php echo rest_url( '/' ); ?>',

[pbearne]

I have added in this patch the url to main admin header the ajaxurl is set in few other location but I am not sure which other we should change as well

[dd32]

Passing rest_url( '/' ) into the header isn't useful, as it lacks the nonce, but ignoring that - I guess the main question is should we be pushing most clients to utilising the wp-api script, or rolling their own XHR handlers?

One of the main reasons I've avoided using wp-api personally is that I haven't found any documentation of how I'm supposed to utilise it, I'm not sure others would've faired much better.

[pbearne]

Yes not have the rest nonoce it a valid point and we can add that to this patch as that will help and use of the API in the admin.

I believe that the api is lighter weight than admin ajax

Yes I agree about the documentation may this ticket will kick that off abit more

[dd32]

I believe that the api is lighter weight than admin ajax

My point was about using wp-api which exposes a wp.api javascript handler with models and collections of api endpoints, vs rolling their own XHR requests to the rest api endpoints (as previously done with admin-ajax.php)

[rmccue]

I'd rather we push people towards the first-class Backbone library. Documented as ​part of the REST API reference. We probably want to expand that out further, I'd imagine.

[rmccue]

No traction, closing out per my above note.