[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #37843: `http_api_curl` hook no longer available for adding custom cURL options

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#37843: `http_api_curl` hook no longer available for adding custom cURL options
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 Reporter:  ChaseWiseman  |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  HTTP API      |    Version:  4.6
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                |
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 Now that 4.6 has implemented the new Requests library, the `http_api_curl`
 hook is no longer used when building cURL requests, and I see that its
 removal was mentioned and expected in #33055. That said, as far as I can
 tell there is no longer an easy way to intercept before `curl_exec` is
 run. There are a lot of posts and projects that suggest this old hook for
 setting options like `CURLOPT_SSLVERSION` and the like, so I think it'd be
 beneficial to maintain this ability.

 The only way around it I've found is to skip `wp_remote_request()` and
 roll your own `Requests::request()` call and pass it the
 `$options['hooks']` after registering your own callback for the
 `curl.before_send` hook.

 Would it make sense to add a filter to `$options` before calling
 `Requests::request()` so folks can register their own callbacks, similar
 to this https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk/src/wp-includes
 /class-http.php#L311? Or perhaps there is another way of going about it
 that I'm missing, and I'm happy to work up a patch if someone more
 familiar with the library can suggest a good place for this.

 Thanks!

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