[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #17251: Determine if any WP_HTTP transport can be used before making the request

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#17251: Determine if any WP_HTTP transport can be used before making the request
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 Reporter:  mdawaffe     |       Owner:  dd32
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  3.2
Component:  HTTP         |     Version:  3.2
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch    |
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Comment (by sivel):

 This is just a thought, but what if we added the functionality for a
 fallback URL, or fallback protocol?  If the request can not be completed
 for the URL based on the tests, it can fallback to another URL or
 protocol.

 Not that I am not open to new ideas, but it has come up several times that
 we should allow someone to be able to specify the transport they wanted to
 use, but it was generally dismissed, as that is not what the HTTP API was
 really meant for.  I realize that this can already be done with filters,
 and I am actually for this change, I just want to make sure that we aren't
 just throwing out previous decisions without considering why they were
 done previously.

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