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

Retrieve the raw response from a safe HTTP request using the GET method.

Description

This function is ideal when the HTTP request is being made to an arbitrary URL. The URL is validated to avoid redirection and request forgery attacks.

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.

Source

File: wp-includes/http.php 

function wp_safe_remote_get( $url, $args = array() ) {
	$args['reject_unsafe_urls'] = true;
	$http                       = _wp_http_get_object();
	return $http->get( $url, $args );
}

Used By

Used By Description
wp-admin/includes/file.php: download_url()

Downloads a URL to a local temporary file using the WordPress HTTP API.
wp-includes/functions.php: wp_remote_fopen()

HTTP request for URI to retrieve content.
wp-includes/class-wp-oembed.php: WP_oEmbed::discover()

Attempts to discover link tags at the given URL for an oEmbed provider.
wp-includes/class-wp-oembed.php: WP_oEmbed::_fetch_with_format()

Fetches result from an oEmbed provider for a specific format and complete provider URL
wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php: wp_xmlrpc_server::pingback_ping()

Retrieves a pingback and registers it.
wp-includes/comment.php: discover_pingback_server_uri()

Finds a pingback server URI based on the given URL.

Changelog

Version Description
3.6.0 Introduced.

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