allow setting _yoast_wpseo_primary_* via WP Rest api meta fields

[zanona]

I would like to be able to POST to /wp-json/wp/v2/:post_type/:id with a payload such:

{
    "title": "Test",
    "meta": {"_yoast_wpseo_primary_product_category": 63 },
    "product_categories": [ 58, 59, 63 ],
    ...
}

and with that, setting the primary category of a post, as expected.

[Djennez]

Well, there's also a request to get posts based on the primary. So it isn't strange to have away to set those ID's via the API either.

[zanona]

Nice! Would you guys recommend a possible workaround at the moment where we can set the primary category along with the request or as a side effect of the API action?

[zanona]

OK, just following here with a workaround which seems to work fine.
By manually creating the meta field (in my case: _yoast_wpseo_primary_product_category) on the CPT, allows me to set its value through WordPress API and also has the expected result adjusting the dropdown on the post edit page (it seems to take a while and needs cleaning browser cache for it to refresh accordingly, though). But so far it has worked for my use case.

[Bruce-ST]

OK, just following here with a workaround which seems to work fine.
By manually creating the meta field (in my case: _yoast_wpseo_primary_product_category) on the CPT, allows me to set its value through WordPress API and also has the expected result adjusting the dropdown on the post edit page (it seems to take a while and needs cleaning browser cache for it to refresh accordingly, though). But so far it has worked for my use case.

You meant CPT, does this work for normal Posts as well?

[zanona]

I haven't tried on regular posts, I'm afraid. But I can't think of any limitation which would prevent this from working?

[djoo]

Hi guys,
Any news about the possibility to do this ?

{
    "title": "Test",
    "meta": {"_yoast_wpseo_primary_product_category": 63 },
    "product_categories": [ 58, 59, 63 ],
    ...
}