Title: Requests_Response::throw_for_status
Published: August 16, 2016
Last modified: November 2, 2022

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# Requests_Response::throw_for_status( boolean $allow_redirects = true )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests_response/throw_for_status/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests_response/throw_for_status/?output_format=md#source)

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Throws an exception if the request was not successful

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests_response/throw_for_status/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$allow_redirects`booleanoptional

Set to false to throw on a 3xx as well

Default:`true`

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests_response/throw_for_status/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

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