Hi l0c0luke,
Your web server needs to be able to speak outbound to api.benchmarkemail.com on SSL port 443. If your firewall is blocking this, then you would need to add a rule. Most web servers allow outgoing connections, but you may be in a more secure environment.
To diagnose your specific issue, I recommend putting a test PHP file in your web root and running it from the command line (php ./test.php) or a web browser to see what’s going on more specifically. The file can contain this sample test run of the listGet command with your API key:
<?php
// Settings
$service = 'https://api.benchmarkemail.com/1.0/';
$api_key = 'PUT-YOUR-API_KEY_HERE';
$timeout = 30;
ini_set( 'default_socket_timeout', $timeout );
// Load WP
require( 'wp-load.php' );
require( 'wp-includes/class-IXR.php' );
// Try Connection
$client = new IXR_Client( $service, false, 443, $timeout );
$args = array( 'listGet', $api_key, '', 1, 100, 'name', 'asc' );
call_user_func_array( array( $client, 'query' ), $args );
// Output
print_r( $client->getResponse() );
?>
This request suggests that we should have a feature that reports whether it can talk to Benchmark Email API server separately from the individual token authentications. We’ll work on that in an upcoming release.
