By default, WordPress set the timeout value for cURL in wp-includes/class-wp-http-curl.php to 5 seconds and the same value is also set to HTTP requests in wp-includes/class-http.php that is a newer class for making HTTP requests that can use also cURL if it’s present in the server. In your case, 5 seconds was not enough to … Read more
Use the Authorization header. Example: $auth = base64_encode( $username . ‘:’ . $password ); $args = [ ‘headers’ => [ ‘Authorization’ => “Basic $auth” ], ‘body’ => $body, ]; $response = wp_remote_post( $url, $args ); $response_body = wp_remote_retrieve_body( $response );
Always use wp_remote_get when in a WordPress context. It figures out the correct way, be it curl or something else, and uses that. Simple.
To make wp_remote_get() work you need to check your php.ini file. In your php.ini file you need to set allow_url_include = On, which by default is set as allow_url_include = Off. Otherwise wp_remote_get() will not work. Reference: allow_url_include
“The REST API uses JSON exclusively as the request and response format, including error responses.” — WordPress REST API Reference I would try explicitly setting the content type/length and json encode your data with something like this (assuming you need to specify all the options you did in your code provided): $data = array( ‘title’ … Read more
Based on @Mamaduka comment; the following changes resolve it: Use plugin_dir_path() to get the filesystem directory path: $certfile = plugin_dir_path(__FILE__) . ‘/clientcert.pem’; $keyfile = plugin_dir_path(__FILE__) . ‘/clientkey.key’; Then remove getcwd(). If you want to use it in your theme use TEMPLATEPATH I also want to mention that using the following paths previously did not work: … Read more
It is not possible, at least not within reason, to solve either of these issues due to fundamental limitations of PHP in a web envionment (mod_php). Class variables do not persist between web requests, so the Keep-Alive part of the problem cannot be fixed because all the resources (i.e. curl handle, tcp socket) will be … Read more
Try This First: Your Problem Might Be DNS In my testing this is a problem with DNS resolving. In my case it’s because the DNS filter/cache I run on my local network wasn’t responding to requests. After restarting the service on the DNS server my requests got through quickly & easily. I would suggest checking … Read more
This is not possible via the API; you need to fetch the image yourself, and send the data to the API yourself. Blockquote – This quotes Ryan on the GitHub–issue mentioned in @Dan (deleted) answer. How to side load images Note that the media_sideload_image() return value can be an instance of \WP_Error as well. You … Read more
It loads a block of markup containing spam (I thought about posting a bit of the source but I don’t want to advertise the content in any way) from a domain that is a close misspelling of the domain– http://jquery.com/— used by jQuery, a reputable and popular Javascript library and one that WordPress includes in … Read more