Here is the tested code, you can use it as a mu_pluginmu-plugin:
<?php
/**
* Filters whether to short-circuit default header status handling.
*
* Returning a non-false value from the filter will short-circuit the handling
* and return early.
*
* @param bool $preempt Whether to short-circuit default header status handling. Default false.
* @param WP_Query $wp_query WordPress Query object.
*
* @return bool
* @since 4.5.0
*/
function pre_handle_404_filter( bool $preempt, WP_Query $wp_query ) {
global $parsed_address, $api_results;
$parsed_address = get_parsed_address();
if ( ! $parsed_address ) {
return $preempt;
}
// Make a request to API, get status.
$status = true; // For debug purposes.
$api_results = null;
if ( $status ) {
// Save results to $api_results.
// Return true to avoid 404 processing by WP.
return true;
}
return $preempt;
}
add_filter( 'pre_handle_404', 'pre_handle_404_filter', 10, 2 );
/**
* Handle 404.
*/
function handle_404() {
global $parsed_address, $api_results, $wp_query;
if ( ! $parsed_address ) {
return;
}
// Set 404 here to prevent bugs in get_header().
$wp_query->set_404();
get_header();
echo 'API Results'; // Output $api_results here.
get_footer();
exit();
}
add_action( 'template_redirect', 'handle_404', - PHP_INT_MAX );
/**
* Get parsed address from the request uriURI.
* Make sure we have an address in the uriURI, otherwise return an empty string.
*
* @return string
*/
function get_parsed_address() {
$request_uri =
isset( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] ) ?
filter_var( wp_unslash( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] ), FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING ) :
'';
if ( url_to_postid( $request_uri ) ) {
return '';
}
$path_parts = explode( '/', $request_uri );
$part1 = isset( $path_parts[1] ) ? $path_parts[1] : '';
if ( 'property' !== $part1 ) {
return '';
}
$address = isset( $path_parts[2] ) ? $path_parts[2] : '';
return str_replace( '-', ' ', $address );
}
/**
* Filter page title.
*
* @param array $title_parts Title parts.
*
* @return mixed
*/
function theme_slug_filter_wp_title( $title_parts ) {
global $parsed_address, $api_results, $wp_query;
if ( ! $parsed_address ) {
return $title_parts;
}
$title_parts['title'] = ucwords( $parsed_address ) . ' | AAA Real Estate';
return $title_parts;
}
add_filter( 'document_title_parts', 'theme_slug_filter_wp_title' );
We catch 404 via pre_handle_404
, make the API request and save results. Please note that it works when we have parsed address in the uriURI only.