Woocommerce REST API: enable basic auth through HTTP for local development

vegan_vicky

I'm running a Wordpress instance (Docker) in my local Dev machine and I would like to perform HTTP requests to the Woocommerce API like in the production server (that runs on HTTPS). If I just create a key/secret pair, as the Docker image runs on HTTP, I keep receiving a 401 error indicating that I can't list resources. I've digged on it and seems to be that Basic auth is only enabled for HTTPS requests but, is there a way to make it work in a...

Originally asked by La Vora Dev on Stack Exchange (stackoverflow) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

add_filter( 'woocommerce_rest_check_permissions', '__return_true' ); use this flter in your active theme in functions.php

Full answer by dikshit sethi: https://stackoverflow.stackexchange.com/a/79956614 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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