wp_remote_request() – Function | Developer.WordPress.org

Performs an HTTP request and returns its response.

Description

There are other API functions available which abstract away the HTTP method:

Default ‘GET’ for wp_remote_get()
Default ‘POST’ for wp_remote_post()
Default ‘HEAD’ for wp_remote_head()

Parameters

$urlstringrequired: URL to retrieve.
$argsarrayoptional: Request arguments.
See WP_Http::request() for information on accepted arguments.
Default:array()

Return

array|WP_Error The response array or a WP_Error on failure.

headers string[]
Array of response headers keyed by their name.
body string
Response body.
response array
Data about the HTTP response.
- code int|false
  HTTP response code.
- message string|false
  HTTP response message.
cookies WP_HTTP_Cookie[]
Array of response cookies.
http_response WP_HTTP_Requests_Response|null
Raw HTTP response object.

Source

function wp_remote_request( $url, $args = array() ) {
	$http = _wp_http_get_object();
	return $http->request( $url, $args );
}

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Uses	Description
_wp_http_get_object()`wp-includes/http.php`	Returns the initialized WP_Http Object

Used by	Description
wp_get_https_detection_errors()`wp-includes/https-detection.php`	Runs a remote HTTPS request to detect whether HTTPS supported, and stores potential errors.
WP_Http::handle_redirects()`wp-includes/class-wp-http.php`	Handles an HTTP redirect and follows it if appropriate.

Changelog

Version	Description
2.7.0	Introduced.

User Contributed Notes

Abiral Neupane 8 years ago

Send a Delete request with wp_remote_post

$response = wp_remote_request( 'http://www.example.com/index.php',
    array(
        'method'     => 'DELETE'
    )
);

$body = wp_remote_retrieve_body($response);
echo $body;
/* Prints response provided from the service provider. Most of the cases, it will be JSON  */

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David Towoju 8 years ago

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You can insert the DELETE method inside wp_remote_request() like this:
```
$url = 'http://wordpress.org';
$args = array(
	'method' => 'DELETE'
);
$response = wp_remote_request( $url, $args );
```
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cartpauj 8 years ago

Sample ConvertKit API call function using wp_remote_request()

  private function call($args, $endpoint, $api_secret = null, $method = 'GET') {
    if(is_null($api_secret)) { $api_secret = $this->api_secret(); }

    //Populate the correct endpoint for the API request
    $url                = "https://api.convertkit.com/v3/{$endpoint}?api_secret={$api_secret}";

    //Allow 3rd parties to alter the $args
    $args               = apply_filters('convertkit-call-args', $args, $endpoint, $method);

    //Populate the args for use in the wp_remote_request call
    $wp_args            = array('body' => $args);
    $wp_args['method']  = $method;
    $wp_args['timeout'] = 30;

    //Make the call and store the response in $res
    $res = wp_remote_request($url, $wp_args);

    //Check for success
    if(!is_wp_error($res) && ($res['response']['code'] == 200 || $res['response']['code'] == 201)) {
      return $res['body'];
    }
    else {
      return false;
    }
  }

What about calling this function? Well here’s another function which updates a contact’s email address/name

  public function update_subscriber($contact, $new_email = '') {
    $id = $this->get_subscriber_id_by_email($contact);

    if(!$id) { return; } //Nada found?

    $args = array(
      'email_address' => (!empty($new_email) && is_email($new_email))?$new_email:$contact->user_email,
      'first_name'    => (string)$contact->first_name
    );

    $resp_body = (array)json_decode($this->call($args, "subscribers/{$id}", null, 'PUT'));

    //don't really care what the response was at this point, maybe we'll update this later
    return true;
  }

wp_remote_request( string $url, array $args = array() ): array|WP_Error

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