Requests data from an oEmbed provider.

Note: This function currently only supports JSON responses.

@todo Support other response formats than JSON?

Parameters

string $endpoint: The provider endpoint URL.

array $arguments: An associative array of URL arguments to send the provider.

Return value

array|FALSE An array of data if the request is successful, otherwise FALSE.

File

sites/all/modules/ulmus/video_filter/video_filter.module, line 631

Video filter is a highly flexible and easy extendable filter module to embed any type of video in your site using a simple tag.

Code

function video_filter_oembed_request($endpoint, array $arguments) {
  // Make HTTP request.
  $result = drupal_http_request(url($endpoint, array('query' => $arguments)));

  if ($data = json_decode($result->data)) {
    // Success.
    return (array) $data;
  }
  else {
    // Failure. Either the resource doesn't exist or there was an error with the
    // request.
    return FALSE;
  }
}