ExtraChill API

Network-activated REST API infrastructure for the Extra Chill Platform WordPress multisite network. Centralizes all custom REST endpoints under a single extrachill/v1 namespace for consistent access across web, mobile, and AI clients.

Overview

The ExtraChill API plugin provides a centralized, versioned REST API infrastructure that replaces legacy admin-ajax.php handlers with modern WordPress REST API endpoints. It uses automatic route discovery to modularly organize endpoints by feature area while maintaining a consistent API surface across the entire multisite network.

The plugin also owns the network-wide activity storage table ({base_prefix}extrachill_activity) used by the activity feed endpoints.

Features

• Network-Wide Activation: All endpoints available on every site in the multisite network
• Activity Storage: Maintains the network-wide {base_prefix}extrachill_activity table used by the activity feed endpoints
• Automatic Route Discovery: Recursively loads route files from inc/routes/
• Versioned Namespace: All endpoints are under extrachill/v1
• Modular Organization: Routes are organized by feature (admin/, artists/, shop/, etc.)
• Security: Endpoints use permission callbacks, validation, and sanitization (per-route implementation)
• Activity Storage: Maintains a network-wide {base_prefix}extrachill_activity table used by activity endpoints

Current Endpoints

The plugin ships route files under inc/routes/ (loaded recursively) and registers endpoints under the extrachill/v1 namespace:

Authentication Endpoints (7)

• POST /auth/browser-handoff - Browser handoff for cross-device auth
• POST /auth/google - Google OAuth authentication
• POST /auth/login - User login returning access + refresh tokens
• POST /auth/logout - Logout and token revocation
• GET /auth/me - Get current authenticated user
• POST /auth/refresh - Refresh access tokens
• POST /auth/register - User registration

Configuration Endpoints (1)

• GET /config/oauth - OAuth provider configuration

Analytics Endpoints

• POST /analytics/view - Async view tracking (increments ec_post_views)
• POST /analytics/click - Unified click tracking
• GET /analytics/link-page - Fetch link page analytics
• GET /analytics/events - Query network analytics events (requires manage_network_options)
• GET /analytics/events/summary - Aggregate network event stats (requires manage_network_options)
• GET /analytics/meta - Analytics filter metadata (requires manage_network_options)
• POST /analytics/link-page - Track link page view events

Artist API (9)

• GET/PUT /artists/{id} - Core artist profile data
• GET/PUT /artists/{id}/socials - Social media links
• GET/PUT /artists/{id}/links - Link page data
• GET /artists/{id}/analytics - Link page analytics
• GET /artists/{id}/permissions - Check artist permissions
• GET/POST/DELETE /artists/{id}/roster - Roster member management
• GET /artists/{id}/subscribers - List subscribers with pagination
• GET /artists/{id}/subscribers/export - Export subscribers as CSV
• POST /artists/{id}/subscribe - Public subscription signup

Block Generators (3)

• POST /blog/band-name - AI band name generation
• POST /blog/rapper-name - AI rapper name generation
• POST /blog/ai-adventure - AI adventure story generation

Image Voting (2)

• GET /blog/image-voting/vote-count/{post_id}/{instance_id} - Get vote counts
• POST /blog/image-voting/vote - Cast a vote

Chat Endpoints (2)

• POST /chat/message - Send chat message (authenticated)
• DELETE /chat/history - Clear chat history (authenticated)

Community Endpoints (3)

• GET /users/search - Search users for @mentions and admin
• POST /community/upvote - Upvote topics or replies (authenticated)
• GET/POST/DELETE /community/drafts - Manage bbPress drafts (authenticated)

Contact (1)

• POST /contact/submit - Submit contact form with Turnstile verification

Activity Endpoints (2)

• GET /activity - Activity feed with filtering and pagination (authenticated)
• GET /object - Object resolver for posts, comments, and artists (authenticated)

Admin Endpoints (14)

• GET /admin/artist-access - List pending artist access requests
• GET/POST /admin/artist-access/{user_id}/approve - Approve artist access request
• POST /admin/artist-access/{user_id}/reject - Reject artist access request
• GET /admin/lifetime-membership - List all lifetime memberships
• POST /admin/lifetime-membership/grant - Grant Lifetime Extra Chill Membership (ad-free)
• DELETE /admin/lifetime-membership/{user_id} - Revoke Lifetime Extra Chill Membership
• GET /admin/team-members - List all team members with search/pagination
• POST /admin/team-members/sync - Sync team members
• PUT /admin/team-members/{user_id} - Manage team member status
• POST /admin/taxonomies/sync - Sync shared taxonomies across sites
• GET /admin/tag-migration - List tags for migration searching
• GET /admin/forum-topics - List and manage bbPress topics across network
• GET /admin/forum-topics/{topic_id} - Manage a single bbPress topic
• PUT /admin/forum-topics/{topic_id}/status - Update bbPress topic status
• GET /admin/404-logger - Monitor 404 errors for SEO management
• GET /admin/artist-relationships - Manage user-artist links

User Management (5)

• GET /users/{id} - Get user profile
• GET/POST /users/onboarding - User onboarding flow
• GET /users/leaderboard - Get user leaderboard with rankings
• GET/POST/DELETE /users/{id}/artists - Manage user-artist relationships
• GET /users/search - Find users (multiple contexts)

Documentation (2)

• GET /docs-info - Documentation metadata
• POST /sync/doc - Sync documentation

Event Submissions (1)

• POST /event-submissions - Submit event with optional flyer

Media Management (1)

• POST /media - Upload media

Newsletter (2)

• POST /newsletter/subscribe - Subscribe to newsletter
• POST /newsletter/campaign/push - Push newsletter to Sendy

Shop Integration

• GET/POST/PUT/DELETE /shop/products - Product CRUD operations
• GET /shop/orders - List orders (requires WooCommerce on the shop site)
• PUT /shop/orders/{id}/status - Mark shipped (status=completed)
• POST /shop/orders/{id}/refund - Issue full refund
• POST/DELETE /shop/products/{id}/images - Product image management
• GET/POST/DELETE /shop/stripe - Stripe Connect management
• POST /shop/stripe-webhook - Stripe webhook handler
• GET/PUT /shop/shipping-address - Artist shipping from-address management
• GET/POST /shop/shipping-labels - Purchase and retrieve shipping labels

Stream (1)

• GET /stream/status - Check streaming status and configuration

Tools (2)

• POST /tools/qr-code - Generate QR codes
• GET /tools/markdown-export - Export content as markdown

SEO Endpoints (5)

• POST /seo/audit - Start multisite SEO audit (full or batch mode)
• POST /seo/audit/continue - Continue paused batch audit
• GET /seo/audit/status - Check audit status and results
• GET /seo/audit/details - Get detailed audit results by category with pagination
• GET /seo/config - Get SEO audit configuration

See CLAUDE.md for architectural patterns and docs/routes/ for complete endpoint documentation.

Usage

For Plugin Developers

Add new endpoints by creating route files in inc/routes/:

<?php
/**
 * Custom endpoint registration
 */

add_action('extrachill_api_register_routes', function() {
    register_rest_route('extrachill/v1', '/my-endpoint', [
        'methods' => 'GET',
        'callback' => 'my_endpoint_callback',
        'permission_callback' => '__return_true',
    ]);
});

function my_endpoint_callback($request) {
    return rest_ensure_response(['status' => 'success']);
}

For Client Developers

Access endpoints using standard WordPress REST API patterns:

JavaScript:

fetch('/wp-json/extrachill/v1/users/search?search=username', {
    method: 'GET',
    headers: {
        'X-WP-Nonce': wpApiSettings.nonce
    }
})
.then(response => response.json())
.then(data => console.log(data));

PHP:

$response = wp_remote_get(
    rest_url('extrachill/v1/users/search'),
    ['body' => ['search' => 'username']]
);

Architecture

Singleton Pattern

The plugin uses a singleton class to manage route discovery and prevent duplicate registrations:

ExtraChill_API_Plugin::get_instance();

Automatic Route Discovery

Routes are automatically loaded using PHP's RecursiveIteratorIterator:

• Scans inc/routes/ directory recursively
• Loads all PHP files via require_once
• Supports nested directory organization
• Routes self-register using WordPress REST API

Action Hooks

• extrachill_api_bootstrap - Initialization during plugins_loaded
• extrachill_api_register_routes - Route registration during rest_api_init

Directory Structure

extrachill-api/
├── extrachill-api.php          # Main plugin file
├── build.sh                    # Production build script (symlink)
├── composer.json               # Dependencies and scripts
├── .buildignore               # Build exclusions
├── CLAUDE.md                  # Technical documentation for AI agents
├── README.md                  # This file
└── inc/
    ├── auth/
    │   └── extrachill-link-auth.php    # Cross-domain authentication helper
    ├── activity/                        # Activity system components
    │   ├── db.php
    │   ├── emitter.php
    │   ├── emitters.php
    │   ├── schema.php
    │   ├── storage.php
    │   ├── taxonomies.php
    │   └── throttle.php
    ├── controllers/
    │   └── class-docs-sync-controller.php
    ├── utils/
    │   ├── bbpress-drafts.php
    │   └── id-generator.php
    └── routes/
        ├── admin/
        │   ├── 404-logger.php
        │   ├── lifetime-membership.php
        │   ├── artist-access.php
        │   ├── artist-relationships.php
        │   ├── forum-topics.php
        │   ├── tags.php
        │   ├── taxonomy-sync.php
        │   └── team-members.php
        ├── activity/
        │   ├── feed.php
        │   └── object.php
        ├── analytics/
        │   ├── click.php
        │   ├── link-page.php
        │   └── view-count.php
        ├── artists/
        │   ├── analytics.php
        │   ├── artist.php
        │   ├── links.php
        │   ├── permissions.php
        │   ├── roster.php
        │   ├── socials.php
        │   ├── subscribe.php
        │   └── subscribers.php
        ├── auth/
        │   ├── browser-handoff.php
        │   ├── google.php
        │   ├── login.php
        │   ├── logout.php
        │   ├── me.php
        │   ├── refresh.php
        │   └── register.php
        ├── blog/
        │   ├── ai-adventure.php
        │   ├── band-name.php
        │   ├── image-voting.php
        │   ├── image-voting-vote.php
        │   └── rapper-name.php
        ├── chat/
        │   ├── history.php
        │   └── message.php
        ├── community/
        │   ├── drafts.php
        │   └── upvote.php
        ├── config/
        │   └── oauth.php
        ├── contact/
        │   └── submit.php
        ├── docs/
        │   └── docs-info.php
        ├── docs-sync-routes.php
        ├── events/
        │   └── event-submissions.php
        ├── media/
        │   └── upload.php
        ├── newsletter/
        │   ├── campaign.php
        │   └── subscription.php
        ├── seo/
        │   ├── audit.php
        │   ├── continue.php
        │   ├── status.php
        │   ├── details.php
        │   └── config.php
        ├── shop/
        │   ├── orders.php
        │   ├── product-images.php
        │   ├── products.php
        │   ├── shipping-address.php
        │   ├── shipping-labels.php
        │   ├── stripe-connect.php
        │   └── stripe-webhook.php
        ├── stream/
        │   └── status.php
        ├── tools/
        │   ├── qr-code.php
        │   └── markdown-export.php
        └── users/
            ├── artists.php
            ├── leaderboard.php
            ├── onboarding.php
            ├── search.php
            └── users.php

Development

Production Build

./build.sh

Testing Endpoints

wp rest list

Integration

Current Plugin Integrations

extrachill-blog:

• Image voting vote counts and voting
• AI Adventure story generation
• Band/Rapper name generators

extrachill-community:

• User search for @mentions
• Community upvoting
• Draft management for topics and replies

extrachill-events:

• Event submission block posts to the /event-submissions route

extrachill-users:

• Avatar upload via media endpoint
• User profile and search functionality

extrachill-shop:

• Product CRUD operations
• Stripe Connect management

extrachill-newsletter:

• Newsletter subscription endpoint
• Campaign push to Sendy

Security

All endpoints implement WordPress REST API security standards:

• Nonce Verification: WordPress REST API nonce system
• Permission Callbacks: User capability checks
• Input Validation: Parameter validation callbacks
• Sanitization: All user input sanitized
• Output Escaping: Responses via rest_ensure_response()

Performance

• Route files load once via require_once on plugin init
• Per-endpoint performance depends on the underlying query and site context (some endpoints switch blog context)

Dependencies

Runtime:

• WordPress multisite

Optional integrations:

• WooCommerce (required by some /shop/* routes, in the shop site context)
• extrachill-multisite (provides shared multisite helpers used by some routes)
• extrachill-ai-client (used by AI generator routes when enabled)

Hooks

extrachill_event_submission

Fires after a submission is validated, optional flyer stored, and a Data Machine job is queued.

add_action( 'extrachill_event_submission', function( array $submission, array $context ) {
    // $submission contains sanitized form data + optional flyer metadata
    // $context includes flow_id, job_id, action_id, flow_name
} );

Use the hook to notify editors, trigger Slack alerts, or log analytics without reimplementing REST validation.

Documentation

• CLAUDE.md - Comprehensive technical documentation for AI agents
• Root CLAUDE.md - Platform-wide architectural patterns
• WordPress REST API Handbook - Official REST API documentation

Support

For issues, questions, or feature requests related to the Extra Chill Platform:

• Primary Contact: Chris Huber - chubes.net
• Organization: Extra Chill
• Main Site: extrachill.com

License

GPL v2 or later

Changelog

See docs/CHANGELOG.md for full version history.

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