Questions tagged [wp-remote-post]
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How to code auto-retry for API call
On my site I have a form that can be filled out by users. Once submitted, I am storing the form data in a third-party service using their RESTful API.
function gravity_forms_1_after_submission( $entry,...
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wp_remote_post empty $_POST
Ok, I've searched a lot but cannot understand what I'm missing.
I need to post some data to a php file on another server,
but if I print the wp_remote_post variable I get:
{"headers":{},&...
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Problems getting values from response from wp_remote_post
I am using wp_remote_post to send a request to a 3rd parti API. The response from the API looks something like:
{
status: 'a',
member_id: 12345678
}
I understand that this is returned in the body ...
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Cron and request with wp_remote_post
I have a problem with a plugin I'm working on, I have implemented a cron that 2 times a day makes a call to update the data, the call is made with the wp_remote_post function.
$response = ...
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Post body not working with wp_remote_post()
I'm trying to post with with the following code
$userTokenApi = 'https://api.mindbodyonline.com/public/v6/usertoken/issue';
$args = array(
'headers' => array(
'Content-...
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wp_remote_post not working with admin-post.php
I am developing a plugin that has a long-running function for setting up a load of posts of a custom post type. I want to run this function asynchronously. In order to do this, I have tried something ...
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cURL RETURNTRANSFER function in wp_remote_post
I have this cURL code below which is running on PHP, yet when I did it with WordPress it didn't work. I tried using WP_REMOTE_POST I couldn't do the return transfer function of cURL, what can be a ...
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Does wp_remote_post support asynchronous request?
I want to post to multiple rest API endpoints with wp_remote_post but don't want to wait for the response back and keep continuing code execution. Some popular clients like guzzle etc. support ...
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Inconsistencies between wp_remote_post and cURL
I can successfully make the RESTful post using cURL:
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://api.mindbodyonline.com/public/v6/usertoken/issue');
curl_setopt($ch, ...
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wp_remote_post code conversion
I'm trying to convert this php code to the wordpress wp_remote_post() format.
Thoughts, Ideas, This is NOT my forte, lol.
<?php
require_once 'HTTP/Request2.php';
$request = new HTTP_Request2();
$...
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How to send the body in wp_remote_post as “raw”?
I'm not sure if I'm asking the right question, so here is the context.
I'm making a POST to an API (The api is to a Google Sheets Script - so there are some unusual limitations). When I use postman ...
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How to create custom post by using REST API securely?
I am new to this. Figuring out how to use it. I am trying to create a custom post by filling out a frontend form. I am using ajax button in the form. This button triggers wp_remote_post().I have the ...
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Sending post request with wp_remote_post not working correctly
I need to submit a form on the woo-commerce product page via restful API custom endpoint
the problem is the wp_remote_post not working correctly with me or me mostly I did something wrong.
The form ...
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How to convert this cURL to wp_remote_*?
My function below includes a cURL call which throws a text string at a Google Cloud text analysis API, returning a response object, which we then parse to get a specific piece.
It has been ...
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Send POST request to Flask app from functions.php file
I have an endpoint on my Flask app that I can hit via Postman and it works fine. However, when I write the POST request in my functions.php file and trigger it via button press, my server returns a ...
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Generate new post from email
I have a wordpress site that allows users to set their location when they are logged in, and then uses the heartbeat API to their door display.
However, I have had to build in the role of managers ...
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wp_remote_post To external API multiple values with the same key
I am trying to create a WP plugin that calls an external API using HTTP POST. I am using wp_remote_post and my arguments look like this:
$body = array(
'CustomerID' => '10',
'Items' => [...
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How to send a HTTP Post request using PHP Curl and Wordpress
I am working on a script to bring in an xml file from another server via Post request, This would then return another xml of data which I can then store into a wordpress database depending on certain ...
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API getting null values with wp_remote_post
I'm trying to post some data to an API and I keep getting null values in the fields.
My PHP code:
$url = 'https://apiconnector.com/v2/address-books/136517/contacts';
$username = 'apiuser';
$...
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wp_remote_request header error even though working properly with cURL
I'm trying to make calls to a JSON API inside my wordpress theme.
I tried with the cURL option, making a custom function and things works as it should but I wanted to use the built-in wordpress ...
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Stuck with wp_remote_post sending data to an external api on user registration
I am trying to create a basic plugin to send user details to a CRM when a user signs up on the WordPress website as a basic subscriber.
I have reached a sticking point, I have tried to interpret the ...
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Wp_remote_post not posting data
This works in php:
$postdata = http_build_query(
array(
'api' => get_option('API_key'),
'gw' => '1'
)
);
$opts = array('http' =>
...
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wp_remote_post - handling responses
I need to add a form to my WordPress site that will post its data to an external API without ever storing the form data in the mysql database. I also need to show components of the response from the ...
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wp_remote_post doesn't work with more than 1024 bytes in the body
What I need
I'm working with a third-party API (for the intents of this question, it's irrelevant which one) and need to send a POST request to an external service.
I'm trying to use wp_remote_post ...
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wp_remote_post rabobank omnikassa (version2) - error 5001
i am actually not sure if this should be a wordpress question/issue or should be asked elsewhere (but one thing might cause the other..)
in any event, trying to write a custom rabobank omnikassa ...
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Send data to 3rd party api with wp_remote_post on wp_login
Is it possible to use wp_remote_post to send http post requests to 3rd party api's? I wasn't able to successfully save the user object as a javascript variable, so I was hoping I could make an http ...
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Difference between wp_remote_post and wp_safe_remote_post
The documentation for wp_remote_post says
In many cases you may be better served with wp_safe_remote_post
Looking at the source code, the only line that's different between the two is that ...
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Log in from one wordpress website to another wordpress website
My client explicitly does not want to use 'multisite' wordpress option.
My client has a main site and 199 sub sites (other domains).
A user has usermeta with meta key: branch_id
As an example (...
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How to set charset for wp_remote_post request?
I'm using wp_remote_post() on a project and it works great. But seems like the server on which I need to make the POST request is a Windows (ISS) server. So the third-party service that provides this ...
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How to send file by wp_remote_post?
I don't want cURL in my WordPress plugin
Hi, cURL is not safe to use on WordPress site. And sometime, cURL has been disable on customer hosting.
And i decided to use wp_remote_post to send file for ...
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Does wp_remote_post() require curl?
Does the following code require curl?
$response = wp_remote_post( $url, [ 'body' => json_encode( $data ) ] );
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wp_remote_post and form post
Actually it is more general question but now i am trying to use it on wordpress site so I preferred to post it here.
I am trying to understand the difference between remote post and form post.
When ...
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Sending JSON string through wp_remote_post()
I'm building a mailchimp integration and they require a POST call with JSON code.
No, I'm using this code that actually works:
$data = wp_remote_post($url, array(
'headers' => array('...
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creating form for wp_remote_post
i'm using code from the wordpress codex: (this is the generic version, my code is working though)
$response = wp_remote_post( $url, array(
'method' => 'POST',
'timeout' => 45,
'...
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Change the headers content type with wp_remote_post
Working with the remote API requests with WordPress. I have used wp_remote_post() function to request the HTTP data but I am unable to update the headers Content-type I am using the following code
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How to add Request header in WordPress remote api calls
Hey am new to WP development, can any one tell me how to add request headers in wp_remote_get() or wp_remote_post() remote api calls.
I tried the following but didnt work
$response = ...
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How can I use CURLOPT_USERPWD in wp_remote_post?
I'm trying to setup a proper cURL call in WordPress so am using wp_remote_post(). However, I'm having trouble authenticating the user via wp_remote_post(). Any idea how to convert the following to be ...
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Post to a server writen in Hapijs from wordpress using wp_remote_post
I'm trying to post to a server written in Hapijs from wordpress using wp_remote_post.
I'm getting connection refused and I can't figure out what is wrong.
The server is on port 8080.
Nb:...
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HTTP request on localhost failing
I have a Wordpress instance on my development box with the WP REST API plugin installed. I am attempting to create my own plugin to use wp_remote_get() to communicate with my own custom PHP ...
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Error timed out with succesfull wp_remote_post
What I'm trying to do: Passing POST data by using wp_remote_post.
foreach ( $articles as $article_id ) {
$postarray = array(
'method' => 'POST',
'timeout' => 5,
'...
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WordPress wp_remote_post() sending informaiton to Redmine REST API
I am having a problem using WordPress's wp_remote_post() function with Redmine's REST API.
The main issue is that when I attempt to post, i get a 403 - forbidden return.
This is the code that i'm ...
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http_response_timeout filter not working
I am writing a Wordpress plugin that makes calls to external sites.
I want to raise the timeout for all wp_remote_* calls, so I added the following to the __construct function of my plugin:
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saving file to external server vip
I have a handwritten script that writes a text file locally in one of my Wordpress pages, but now I need it to read and write to a remote server that is password protected and accessible only through ...
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Retrieving Google Plus share count with wp_remote_post
So I've spent most of my morning working on my website's customized social share buttons. Reading out Twitter and Facebook shares were no problem, but Google Plus is a real challenge, as they don't ...
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On Plugin Activation, How Do I Check for Proper Transport Mechanism?
For a plugin that communicates with somewhere else, I hear we're supposed to use wp_remote_post and wp_remote_get instead of PHP's Curl library.
Okay, but is there a fast and proper way on plugin ...
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Remote login with only the username not working
I'm writing a module for remote login into another WP site via my plugin's admin. This is the code I'm using on the sender side:
<?php
add_action('init', 'connect');
function connect()
{
//I ...
