Creates autosave for the specified post.

From wp-admin/post.php.

$post_data array Required

Associative array containing the post data.

mixed The autosave revision ID or WP_Error.

File: wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-autosaves-controller.php. View all references

public function create_post_autosave( $post_data ) {

	$post_id = (int) $post_data['ID'];
	$post    = get_post( $post_id );

	if ( is_wp_error( $post ) ) {
		return $post;
	}

	$user_id = get_current_user_id();

	// Store one autosave per author. If there is already an autosave, overwrite it.
	$old_autosave = wp_get_post_autosave( $post_id, $user_id );

	if ( $old_autosave ) {
		$new_autosave                = _wp_post_revision_data( $post_data, true );
		$new_autosave['ID']          = $old_autosave->ID;
		$new_autosave['post_author'] = $user_id;

		// If the new autosave has the same content as the post, delete the autosave.
		$autosave_is_different = false;

		foreach ( array_intersect( array_keys( $new_autosave ), array_keys( _wp_post_revision_fields( $post ) ) ) as $field ) {
			if ( normalize_whitespace( $new_autosave[ $field ] ) !== normalize_whitespace( $post->$field ) ) {
				$autosave_is_different = true;
				break;
			}
		}

		if ( ! $autosave_is_different ) {
			wp_delete_post_revision( $old_autosave->ID );
			return new WP_Error(
				'rest_autosave_no_changes',
				__( 'There is nothing to save. The autosave and the post content are the same.' ),
				array( 'status' => 400 )
			);
		}

		/** This filter is documented in wp-admin/post.php */
		do_action( 'wp_creating_autosave', $new_autosave );

		// wp_update_post() expects escaped array.
		return wp_update_post( wp_slash( $new_autosave ) );
	}

	// Create the new autosave as a special post revision.
	return _wp_put_post_revision( $post_data, true );
}