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wp_is_json_request()

wp_is_json_request(): bool

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Checks whether current request is a JSON request, or is expecting a JSON response.

Return

bool True if Accepts or Content-Type headers contain application/json.
False otherwise.

Source

function wp_is_json_request() {
	if ( isset( $_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT'] ) && wp_is_json_media_type( $_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT'] ) ) {
		return true;
	}

	if ( isset( $_SERVER['CONTENT_TYPE'] ) && wp_is_json_media_type( $_SERVER['CONTENT_TYPE'] ) ) {
		return true;
	}

	return false;
}

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UsesDescription
wp_is_json_media_type()wp-includes/load.php

Checks whether a string is a valid JSON Media Type.

Used byDescription
plugins_api()wp-admin/includes/plugin-install.php

Retrieves plugin installer pages from the WordPress.org Plugins API.

wp_debug_mode()wp-includes/load.php

Sets PHP error reporting based on WordPress debug settings.

wp_die()wp-includes/functions.php

Kills WordPress execution and displays HTML page with an error message.

is_admin_bar_showing()wp-includes/admin-bar.php

Determines whether the admin bar should be showing.

Changelog

VersionDescription
5.0.0Introduced.

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