wp_remote_retrieve_body() │ WP 2.7.0

Retrieves the content (body) of a response which was retrieved by any of the functions like wp_remote_*(), for example wp_remote_get().

This function accepts only one parameter, the response of any of the wp_remote_*() functions, such as wp_remote_get().

Use wp_remote_retrieve_response_code() when only a response code (like 200) is needed.

No Hooks.

Return

String.

String - response content (body).
Empty string - when the answer is empty or WP_Error is passed to $response parameter.

Usage

wp_remote_retrieve_body( $response );

$response(array|WP_Error) (required)

The response received with one of the WP HTTP API functions, for example: wp_remote_get().

The function can accept an WP_Error error object.

Examples

#1 Getting the response body

Let's get the data of a Github user:

$response = wp_remote_get( 'https://api.github.com/users/doiftrue' );

$body = wp_remote_retrieve_body( $response );

// decode data
$api_response = json_decode( $body, true );

print_r( $api_response );

/* displays:
Array
(
	[login] => doiftrue
	[id] => 15121552
	[node_id] => MDQ6VXNlcjE1MTIxNTUy
	[avatar_url] => https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/15121552?v=4
	[gravatar_id] =>
	[url] => https://api.github.com/users/doiftrue
	[html_url] => https://github.com/doiftrue
	[followers_url] => https://api.github.com/users/doiftrue/followers
	[following_url] => https://api.github.com/users/doiftrue/following{/other_user}
	[gists_url] => https://api.github.com/users/doiftrue/gists{/gist_id}
	[starred_url] => https://api.github.com/users/doiftrue/starred{/owner}{/repo}
	[subscriptions_url] => https://api.github.com/users/doiftrue/subscriptions
	[organizations_url] => https://api.github.com/users/doiftrue/orgs
	[repos_url] => https://api.github.com/users/doiftrue/repos
	[events_url] => https://api.github.com/users/doiftrue/events{/privacy}
	[received_events_url] => https://api.github.com/users/doiftrue/received_events
	[type] => User
	[site_admin] =>
	[name] => Kama
	[company] =>
	[blog] => https://wp-kama.ru
	[location] =>
	[email] =>
	[hireable] =>
	[bio] =>
	[twitter_username] =>
	[public_repos] => 29
	[public_gists] => 2
	[followers] => 14
	[following] => 2
	[created_at] => 2015-10-14T08:52:55Z
	[updated_at] => 2022-02-14T12:17:11Z
)
*/

#2 Retrieve a remote page and caching it

function get_remote_html( $url, $trans_name = 'foo_remote_html' ) {

	// Let's check the transit option, if it's missing get remote HTML
	$html = get_transient( $trans_name );

	if( false === $html ){

		// get HTML
		$response = wp_remote_get( $url );

		// Check for errors
		if ( is_wp_error( $response ) ) {
			return;
		}

		// Get the body
		$html = wp_remote_retrieve_body( $response );

		// Write the received request into the transit option for 24 hours
		set_transient( $trans_name, $html, 24 * HOUR_IN_SECONDS );
	}

	return $html;
}

// call the function
$html = get_remote_html( 'http://example.com/some-remote-file.html', 'my_trans_name' );

Changelog

Since 2.7.0

Introduced.

`wp_remote_retrieve_body() wp remote retrieve body` code ^{WP 6.8}

wp-includes/http.php

function wp_remote_retrieve_body( $response ) {
	if ( is_wp_error( $response ) || ! isset( $response['body'] ) ) {
		return '';
	}

	return $response['body'];
}