json errors and 404s

[Ann Premazon]

Hey there

We’re running website auditor from SEO Powersuite and we’re getting these errors. Links like this show up as 404.

https://www.newdirectionsforwomen.org/wp-json/tribe/events/v1/events/?tags=al-anon

Any help would be great.

– Arthur

[email protected]

[Patricia]

Hi Ann,

Thank you for reaching out to us!

This URL (wp-json/tribe/events/v1/events) is used by The Events Calendar REST API to provide the raw data about an event (without all the presentation stuff surrounding it): it looks like someone on your team is/was trying to return events with a specific tag via REST API.

I hope this helps! If you have any other questions at all please feel free to let me know and I’d be happy to help as best I can!

Cheers,

Patricia

[Ann Premazon]

Thank you for getting back to us.

Is there a way to block this from showing up. We don’t use the Rest API for anything. It’s throwing off our SEO scans.

[Patricia]

Hi Ann,

You can add the following snippet to your theme’s functions.php file to disable The Events Calendar REST API. Please note that trying to import events from a site with the REST API disabled into another site running The Events Calendar via Event Aggregator will cause this import setup/scheme to no longer function, since Event Aggregator uses the REST API to pull events from one TEC site into another TEC site.

// advertise to the world that the REST API is disabled
add_filter( 'tribe_events_rest_api_enabled', '__return_false' );
// actually disable REST API functionality
add_action( 'init', function () {
remove_action( 'rest_api_init', array( tribe( 'tec.rest-v1.main' ), 'register_endpoints' ) );
}, 5 );

I hope this helps! If you have any other questions at all please feel free to let me know and I’d be happy to help as best I can!

Cheers,

Patricia

[Ann Premazon]

This has helped a lot. All of 404 errors have disappeared however we seem to have a 401 error that is showing up.

<link rel="https://theeventscalendar.com/" href="https://www.newdirectionsforwomen.org/wp-json/tribe/events/v1/" />

Is there a way to have this removed from the header? I’m almost certain this is to support features that my client doesn’t need.

[Ann Premazon]

Haven’t heard a response in a day. Hoping to hear an answer soon.

Thank you.

[Patricia]

Hi there,

I’d like to apologize for the delay in response. It’s been really busy in the forums lately, and we’re doing our best to adhere to our Scope of Support / Terms for you and everyone else.

Answering your question, it is possible to remove this header with the following snippet:

if ( function_exists( 'tribe' ) ) {
remove_action( 'wp_head', array( tribe( 'tec.rest-v1.headers' ), 'add_header' ) );
}

Please give it a try and let me know if it works as expected.

Thanks!

Patricia

[Ann Premazon]

This has seemed to work. Thank you for you help.

[Patricia]

You are welcome! If you need an assistance again or have other concerns, please feel free to open up a new thread, we’ll be more than happy to help you!

Cheers,

Patricia

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