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Cache WP remote_get HTTP Response using Transients

function display_api_response() { $body = get_transient( ‘my_remote_response_value’ ); if ( false === $body ) { $api_url = “https://randletter2020.herokuapp.com”; $response = wp_remote_get($api_url); if (200 !== wp_remote_retrieve_response_code($response)) { return; } $body = wp_remote_retrieve_body($response); set_transient( ‘my_remote_response_value’, $body, 5*MINUTE_IN_SECONDS ); } if (‘a’ === $body) { echo ‘A wins’; } else { // Do something else. } } add_action(‘init’, … Read more

Behind-the-scenes HTTP Request?

Only use wp_remote_post() if you are actually posting something. Try using wp_remote_get() with a full url $url=”http://blabla.org/mailinglist/add?” . $user_email; $results = wp_remote_get( $url ); // var_dump( $results );

How to make Http Request to a php file present in plugin directory of wordpress

Here is a quick and dirty plugin that shows you how to achieve this (adapt this example to your own architecture and needs): <?php /* Plugin Name: Custom rewrite rule test */ add_action( ‘plugins_loaded’, array(Registration::get_instance(), ‘setup’) ); class Registration { protected static $instance = NULL; public function __construct() {} public static function get_instance() { NULL … Read more

How deactivate the http-api

Try this in wp-config.php: define( ‘WP_HTTP_BLOCK_EXTERNAL’, true );

How to convert this cURL to wp_remote_get?

The curl is sending a POST request, to convert this you’ll want to use wp_remote_post(). As described in the documentation, the request arguments are the same as WP_Http::request(), so let’s look there how we can replicate your current version. curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url ); just sets the URL. Already doing this with wp_remote_post() curl_setopt( $ch, … Read more

Does WordPress’s HTTP API use any caching?

It does not. Some functionality actively uses HTTP API and is cached – feed fetching, updates checking. But caching is always implemented at wrapper’s level. Making HTTP request without context is too unspecific to make educated guess about caching needs (one minute or one hour).

using wp_remote_get to retrieve own url on local host

Ad Timeout You should be able to get around the timeout using a filter add_filter( ‘http_request_timeout’, ‘wpse35826_timeout_extd’ ); function wpse35826_timeout_extd( $time ) { // Default timeout is 5 return 10; } Choose the right protocol/scheme About your protocol/scheme problem: If it’s your local install, you can use the conditional. function wpse35826_remote_get( $args ) { $protocol … Read more

What’s the best way to detect referrer?

The best way to check the referrer will depends of what are you trying to do. You can use wp_get_referer() or wp_get_original_referer(), but if you want to check the referer for security reasons you should definitely use other functions like check_admin_referer(), check_ajax_referer(), wp_referer_field() or other of the WordPress Nonces related functions.

Inconsistent server code response using HTTP API

Disclaimer: I can’t give you a real explanation why this happens. I investigated this issue multiple times and (like you) didn’t even get a consistent error behavior. Anyway: Every sort of RESTful remote request using a remote API is painful and error prone – it simply highly depends what the counter part gives you… not. … Read more

Extending WordPress REST API

There are no answers here yet, but atleast we ended up using a combination of WP REST API and WP OAuth Server. The WP REST API was really easy to work with, as it provided a common framework to respond to HTTP requests. I found it similar to ASP.NET Web API, as that’s the framework … Read more

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