WP HTTP API

WP HTTP API

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  WP HTTP APIEunus Hosen! Co-Founder & CTO! DevsTeam
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  What is HTTPAPI
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  Why HTTP API ❖ cURL : A library to communicate with remote hosts. Works only when the cURL extension is loaded into PHP.! ❖ File system (fopen, file_get_contents) : This function opens up a file or an URL and this works when php ini_settings allows for this.! ❖ Sockets (fsockopen) : Initiates a socket connection to the resource specified by host-name. Again it’s possible that the hosting company might have disabled the fsockopen function.! ❖ Streams: Works on PHP 4.3 or later.! ❖ HTTP: Provides a powerful request and parallel interface for remote calls. It needs PHP 5.2+
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  WP_HTTP Class
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  Helper Functions ❖wp_remote_get() - Retrieves a URL using the GET HTTP method.! ❖ wp_remote_post() - Retrieves a URL using the POST HTTP method.! ❖ wp_remote_head() - Retrieves a URL using the HEAD HTTP method.! ❖ wp_remote_request() - Retrieves a URL using either the default GET or a custom HTTP method (should be caps) that you specify.
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  An Example
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  Response
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  Retrieve Body: wp_remote_retrieve_body($response)
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  Retrieve Body: wp_remote_retrieve_headers($response)
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  More Helper Functions ❖ wp_remote_retrieve_body() - Retrieves just the body from the response.! ❖ wp_remote_retrieve_header() - Gives you a single HTTP header based on name from the response.! ❖ wp_remote_retrieve_headers() - Returns all of the HTTP headers in an array for processing.! ❖ wp_remote_retrieve_response_code() - Gives you the number for the HTTP response. This should be 200, but could be 4xx or even 3xx on failure.! ❖ wp_remote_retrieve_response_message() - Returns the response message based on the response code
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  Resources ❖ wp_remote_get:http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_remote_get! ❖ wp_remote_post: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_remote_post! ❖ wp_remote_head: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_remote_head! ❖ wp_remote_retrieve_body : http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/ wp_remote_retrieve_body! ❖ wp_remote_retrieve_headers : http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/ wp_remote_retrieve_headers! ❖ wp_remote_retrieve_header: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/ wp_remote_retrieve_header! ❖ wp_remote_retrieve_response_code : http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/ wp_remote_retrieve_response_code! ❖ wp_remote_retrieve_response_message : http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/ wp_remote_retrieve_response_message
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  Got a Question?
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  Thank you!