Performs an HTTP request and returns its response.

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()

• WP_Http::request(): For information on default arguments.

$url string Required

URL to retrieve.

$args array Optional

Request arguments.

Default: array()

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

• headersstring[]
  Array of response headers keyed by their name.
• bodystring
  Response body.
• responsearray
  Data about the HTTP response.

  • codeint|false
    HTTP response code.
  • messagestring|false
    HTTP response message.
    
  • cookiesWP_HTTP_Cookie[]
    Array of response cookies.
  • http_responseWP_HTTP_Requests_Response|null
    Raw HTTP response object.

  Source

  File: wp-includes/http.php. View all references

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

  Related

  Uses

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

  Used By

  Used By	Description
  wp_update_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.