Title: HttpTransporter::send
Published: May 20, 2026

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# HttpTransporter::send( $request,  $options = null )

## In this article

 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-http-httptransporter/send/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-http-httptransporter/send/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-http-httptransporter/send/?output_format=md#changelog)

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{@inheritDoc}

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-http-httptransporter/send/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public function send(Request $request, ?RequestOptions $options = null): Response
    {
        $psr7Request = $this->convertToPsr7Request($request);
        // Merge request options with parameter options, with parameter options taking precedence
        $mergedOptions = $this->mergeOptions($request->getOptions(), $options);
        try {
            $hasOptions = $mergedOptions !== null;
            if ($hasOptions && $this->client instanceof ClientWithOptionsInterface) {
                $psr7Response = $this->client->sendRequestWithOptions($psr7Request, $mergedOptions);
            } elseif ($hasOptions && $this->isGuzzleClient($this->client)) {
                $psr7Response = $this->sendWithGuzzle($psr7Request, $mergedOptions);
            } else {
                $psr7Response = $this->client->sendRequest($psr7Request);
            }
        } catch (\WordPress\AiClientDependencies\Psr\Http\Client\NetworkExceptionInterface $e) {
            throw NetworkException::fromPsr18NetworkException($psr7Request, $e);
        } catch (\WordPress\AiClientDependencies\Psr\Http\Client\ClientExceptionInterface $e) {
            // Handle other PSR-18 client exceptions that are not network-related
            throw new RuntimeException(sprintf('HTTP client error occurred while sending request to %s: %s', $request->getUri(), $e->getMessage()), 0, $e);
        }
        return $this->convertFromPsr7Response($psr7Response);
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/providers/http/httptransporter.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/Providers/Http/HttpTransporter.php#L64)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/Providers/Http/HttpTransporter.php#L64-L85)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-http-httptransporter/send/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [HttpTransporter::convertToPsr7Request()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-http-httptransporter/converttopsr7request/)`wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/Providers/Http/HttpTransporter.php` |

Converts a custom Request to a PSR-7 request.

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| [HttpTransporter::mergeOptions()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-http-httptransporter/mergeoptions/)`wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/Providers/Http/HttpTransporter.php` |

Merges request options with parameter options taking precedence.

  | 
| [HttpTransporter::isGuzzleClient()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-http-httptransporter/isguzzleclient/)`wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/Providers/Http/HttpTransporter.php` |

Determines if the underlying client matches the Guzzle client shape.

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| [HttpTransporter::sendWithGuzzle()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-http-httptransporter/sendwithguzzle/)`wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/Providers/Http/HttpTransporter.php` |

Sends a request using a Guzzle-compatible client.

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| [HttpTransporter::convertFromPsr7Response()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-http-httptransporter/convertfrompsr7response/)`wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/Providers/Http/HttpTransporter.php` |

Converts a PSR-7 response to a custom Response.

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| [NetworkException::fromPsr18NetworkException()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-http-exception-networkexception/frompsr18networkexception/)`wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/Providers/Http/Exception/NetworkException.php` |

Creates a NetworkException from a PSR-18 network exception.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-http-httptransporter/send/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [0.2.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/0.2.0/) | Added optional RequestOptions parameter and ClientWithOptions support. | 
| [0.1.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/0.1.0/) | Introduced. |

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