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wp_is_json_request(): bool

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;
}

Changelog

Version Description
5.0.0 Introduced.

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https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_is_json_request