Remote Content

WordPress plugin to help developers get remote content from Facebook, Instagram and Twitter in a standard format

About

This plugin is for developers who want to quickly and easily get data from the Facebook, Instagram and Twitter APIs in a standard format.

It is very much a work in progress.

Setup

Currently you need to define the relevant API keys as constants for the social network/s you want to use.

Do not define the constants in any version controlled file.

Instead include them in wp-config.php, assuming this is not version controlled.

/**
 * API Keys (Facebook)
 */
define( 'FACEBOOK_ACCESS_TOKEN', '' );
define( 'FACEBOOK_CLIENT_ID', '' );
define( 'FACEBOOK_PAGE_ID', '' );

/**
 * API Keys (Instagram)
 */
define( 'INSTAGRAM_ACCESS_TOKEN', '' );
define( 'INSTAGRAM_CLIENT_ID', '' );
define( 'INSTAGRAM_USER_ID', '' ); // https://www.instagram.com/username/?__a=1

/**
 * API Keys (Twitter)
 */
define( 'TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY', '' );
define( 'TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET', '' );
define( 'TWITTER_OAUTH_ACCESS_TOKEN', '' );
define( 'TWITTER_OAUTH_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET', '' );
define( 'TWITTER_USERNAME', '' ); // Without the @

Usage

First, get the data you need in either the standardised or raw format.

\NickDavis\RemoteContent\ContentHandler\get_remote_content( 'facebook' );
\NickDavis\RemoteContent\ContentHandler\get_remote_content( 'facebook', true ); // Gets the raw, non-standardised data

\NickDavis\RemoteContent\ContentHandler\get_remote_content( 'instagram' );
\NickDavis\RemoteContent\ContentHandler\get_remote_content( 'instagram', true ); // Gets the raw, non-standardised data

\NickDavis\RemoteContent\ContentHandler\get_remote_content( 'twitter' );
\NickDavis\RemoteContent\ContentHandler\get_remote_content( 'twitter', true ); // Gets the raw, non-standardised data

Standard format

The standard format gives you the data from the API in a standardised array, using keys such as title and username to give you a consistent way of working with the data, whatever the origin.

Raw format