WP-CLI HTTP Command
NAME
wp http
DESCRIPTION
Perform an HTTP request using the WP HTTP API
SYNOPSIS
wp http <command>
SUBCOMMANDS
get Perform a GET request to the given URI
head Perform a HEAD request to the given URI
post Perform a POST request to the given URI
Subcommands
Each subcommand matches to the HTTP method you wish to perform, and they all accept just 1 required parameter, the <uri>., (*1)
<uri>
The URI can be either a full URL, or just the request URI (requires realm option), (*2)
Options
Realm
--realm=<home|admin>
The realm option restricts the request to the current site, and refers to which area of the site the request URI is relative to., (*3)
To perform a GET request on the home page of the site:, (*4)
wp http get / --realm=home
or, to perform a GET request on the Plugins page of wp-admin:, (*5)
wp http get plugins.php --realm=admin
Since admin requests require authentication, we need to specify which user the request should be performed as., (*6)
Authentecated User
--as=<user>
When making any request to an admin realm, (unless you're specifically testing that the request is being redirected to the login page) you will want to specify which user the request should be made as. This is as simple as providing the user ID, username, or email., (*7)
Load the admin Dashboard, (*8)
wp http get / --realm=admin --as=1
Scheme
--scheme=<http|https>
Force a particular scheme on the request URL., (*9)
Flags
--status
When set, only the HTTP status code and message are output. If the response is a 3xx, the location header is included as well., (*10)
--ssl-verify --no-ssl-verify
Whether or not SSL certificates should be checked against WordPress' bundled certificates. Good for working around self-signed certificates.
Default: on, (*11)
Installation
Due to the nature of this command, it cannot be installed as a plugin and thus would not be useful to install as a project dependency. Instead, the HTTP Command is installed as a Composer package, and loaded by the local user's wp-cli config., (*12)
Create the wp-cli user directory, if it doesn't already exist, (*13)
mkdir ~/.wp-cli && cd ~/.wp-cli
Require the http command package, (*14)
composer require --prefer-dist aaemnnosttv/wp-cli-http-command:"^0.1"
Create the wp-cli config file, if it doesn't exist yet, (*15)
touch config.yml
Load composer. Edit the config.yml file and make sure vendor/autoload.php is being loaded under require like so, (*16)
require:
- vendor/autoload.php
That's it! Now you should see the http command as an option when you run wp from any directory., (*17)
Inspiration
Wallogit.com
