API Requests with wp_remote_get()

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Short description

`wp_remote_get` is the WP-native way to call APIs without requiring curl extensions directly.

wp_remote_get

$response = wp_remote_get('https://api.example.com/data', [
    'timeout' => 15,
    'headers' => ['Authorization' => 'Bearer ' . $token],
]);
if (is_wp_error($response)) {
    return $response;
}
$data = json_decode(wp_remote_retrieve_body($response), true);