Link Two Sites Programmatically

InstaWP enables easy setup and linking of your production and staging sites via API, providing hosting companies the two-way sync capability to push changes from staging to live, and vice versa.

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Step 1: Obtain API Keys from InstaWP

To obtain an API key for your sites, make a POST request to InstaWP's API:

POST https://app.instawp.io/api/v2/connects/create-token
API-Key: Account API Key

{
    "url": "https://prodsite.com"
}

Repeat this process for each site (production and staging). Store the API keys for each site as they will be needed later.

Step 2: Add InstaWP Plugin to the Production Site

Install and configure the InstaWP plugin on your production site:

wp plugin install instawp-connect --activate
wp instawp config-set api-key '<prod_api_key>'

Replace <prod_api_key> with the API key obtained for the production site.

Step 3: Add InstaWP Plugin to the Staging Site

Install and configure the InstaWP plugin on your staging site:

wp plugin install instawp-connect --activate
wp instawp config-set api-key '<staging_api_key>'

Replace <staging_api_key> with the API key obtained for the staging site.

Step 4: Link Staging Site to the Parent (Production) Site

To link the staging site to the production site, make a POST request to the InstaWP API:

POST https://app.instawp.io/api/v2/connects/link
API-Key: Account API Key

{
    "parent_url": "https://parent.com",
    "child_url": "https://stage.com"
}

Success Response

{
    "message": "Parent Child Url successfully connected",
    "status": true,
    "data": []
}

Sample PHP Program

You can use the sample PHP program provided by InstaWP to automate this process. Download the sample program from the following link:

https://instawp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/sync-link.php_.zip

Updated on: 26/07/2024