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wp_remote_get( string $url, array $args = array() )

Performs an HTTP request using the GET method and returns its response.

Description

See also

Parameters

$url

(string) (Required) URL to retrieve.

$args

(array) (Optional) Request arguments.

Default value: array()

Return

(array|WP_Error) The response or WP_Error on failure.

More Information

Use wp_remote_retrieve_body( $response ) to get the response body.

Use wp_remote_retrieve_response_code( $response ) to get the HTTP status code for the response.

Use related functions in wp-includes/http.php to get other parameters such as headers.

See WP_Http_Streams::request() method located in wp-includes/class-wp-http-streams.php for the format of the array returned by wp_remote_get().

Source

File: wp-includes/http.php

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

Changelog

Version Description
2.7.0 Introduced.

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