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How to use the HTTP API with a Proxy?

If I want to route a HTTP request through a local (alias: on the current server) Proxy, how would I go around this? The allowed Proxy settings for the wp-config.php are the following: # HTTP Proxies ...
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WP_Http_Cookie destroys cookie value through urldecode()

Background: Working on a Widget that uses a remote API using wp_remote_post to log into the service, once logged in storing the cookies received for the second request to query data with ...
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Facebook OAuth, WP_Http::request() vs wp_remote_request()

Running WordPress 3.3.2 and PHP Version 5.2.17 I'm trying to get the access_token from Facebook using wp_remote_request() and Facebook OAuth API (btw, working example at the end of this entry). Is ...
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how to remotely check a username / password from within a plugin

people need a user account on my site to be able to download a plugin. I want to add an activation function in the plugin so a user must supply their username and password the first time they use the ...
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Wp Remote get with manual redirect

I set add_filter( 'http_request_redirection_count', array($instance,'SetDirectionCount')); to 0 I try to get 'http://boards.ign.com/The_Vestibule/b5296/' or ...
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Using wp-cron in backpress - problems with wp_remote_post, fsockopen error

I'm working on a BackPress project where I need to schedule cron tasks. The cron_uri for BP is stored in options, rather than hardcoded as it is in WP core. I've tried setting the option to ...