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

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   Abiral Neupane 8 years ago

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   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

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   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;
     }