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Documents the reason why the request is proxied through WP, instead of being
made directly to api.wordpress.org.

Props iandunn, michelleweber.
See #40702.



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@ -67,11 +67,22 @@ class WP_Community_Events {
* data. The API will send back a recognized location based on the data, along * data. The API will send back a recognized location based on the data, along
* with nearby events. * with nearby events.
* *
* The browser's request for events is proxied with this method, rather
* than having the browser make the request directly to api.wordpress.org,
* because it allows results to be cached server-side and shared with other
* users and sites in the network. This makes the process more efficient,
* since increasing the number of visits that get cached data means users
* don't have to wait as often; if the user's browser made the request
* directly, it would also need to make a second request to WP in order to
* pass the data for caching. Having WP make the request also introduces
* the opportunity to anonymize the IP before sending it to w.org, which
* mitigates possible privacy concerns.
*
* @since 4.8.0 * @since 4.8.0
* *
* @param string $location_search Optional city name to help determine the location. * @param string $location_search Optional. City name to help determine the location.
* e.g., "Seattle". Default empty string. * e.g., "Seattle". Default empty string.
* @param string $timezone Optional timezone to help determine the location. * @param string $timezone Optional. Timezone to help determine the location.
* Default empty string. * Default empty string.
* @return array|WP_Error A WP_Error on failure; an array with location and events on * @return array|WP_Error A WP_Error on failure; an array with location and events on
* success. * success.