wp_remote_get() returns an array containing the response headers and the response body. When you json_encode() the response, which you appear to have done, then the body is going to be escaped so that it doesn’t break the JSON it thinks you’re trying to create. You’re adding the slashes when you do this. To get the … Read more
This result is expected since wp_get_remote() doesn’t include a Javascript engine. It should give you the same result as the View Source option in your browser and fetch the plain HTML document. It looks like the page your are trying to fetch, is loading a Javascript file, in the header tag, to render the content: … Read more
I wouldn’t cause the plugin to die like that. Just check for cURL each time you need to make a call or fall back on wp_remote_(post|get) (eg. write a wrapper function that takes care of the check and send the data/headers you want). BUT, if you really really want to disable the plugin if cURL … Read more
To directly answer your questions: Your proposed solution is indeed viable, just make sure your CDN solution (Amazon S3 for example) is configured to accept both secure (http) and insecure (https) connections. As far as your next question, CSV is by nature a great way to store a representation of a table. Another alternative (without … Read more
The most performant way of fetching remote API data is not fetching it at all. Thus, use Transients API or WP Object Cache to save your computed results for future use and avoid calling external API (and further computations) on every subsequent request. Additionally, fetching, invalidating and regeneration of this data can be done in … Read more
If you want to make sure the data bypasses any front-end caching, you should use AJAX to request the data and print it on the page. What I’d suggest is keeping your shortcode, but using AJAX to update it but creating a REST API endpoint. To do this you would abstract away the API request … Read more
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
The very concept of HTTP API is to make sure transport will be done. It basically uses 5 different transport methods and it chooses the best one according to your server config. So it’s unlikely a compatibility issue with wp_remote_get() and your server. Plus if WP is not loaded, adding an action won’t help, it … Read more
Yes, it will do the same thing. Taken from the official docs: /** @var array|WP_Error $response */ $response = wp_remote_get( ‘http://www.example.com/index.html’ ); if ( is_array( $response ) && ! is_wp_error( $response ) ) { $headers = $response[‘headers’]; // array of http header lines $body = $response[‘body’]; // use the content } https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_remote_get/ Wether it will … Read more
I don’t have a code example to test atm but to download images via an URL, in your case after $image = wp_remote_get( $fr_news_thumbnail_url ); you can use the function: media_sideload_image($file, $post_id, $desc); http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/media_sideload_image