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WordPress How to Build a WordPress Plugin Connecting WordPress Plugins with 3rd Party APIs Getting and Storing JSON Code Challenge

Posted by Brian Leimone
Brian Leimone
9,835 Points

I'm not sure why my code isn't taking, can someone please help?

I'm so stuck on this code, can someone help guide me in what i'm doing wrong on the return.

plugin.php 
<?php

function my_plugin_get_profile($my_plugin_username) 
{ $json_feed_url = 'http://myapi.net/' . $my_plugin_username . '.json'; 
 $args = array('timeout' => 120); $json_feed = wp_remote_get( $json_feed_url, $args ); 
 $my_plugin_get_profile = json_decode( $json_feed['body'] ); return $my_plugin_profile['json_decode']; }

?>

1 Answer

mikes02
mikes02
Courses Plus Student 16,968 Points

You're pretty close. On your return just remove the ['json_decode'] portion, you only need to return the $my_plugin_profile variable based on the instructions of the challenge.

<?php
function my_plugin_get_profile($my_plugin_username)
{
  $json_feed_url = "http://myapi.net/".$my_plugin_username.".json";
  $args = array('timeout' => 120);
  $json_feed = wp_remote_get($json_feed_url, $args);
  $my_plugin_profile = json_decode($json_feed['body']);
  return $my_plugin_profile;
}
?>