add helper function to utilize vip remote get

includes/Classifai/Helpers.php

@@ -661,3 +661,27 @@ function get_classification_mode(): string {
 
 	return $value;
 }
+
+
+/**
+ * Use VIP's `vip_safe_wp_remote_get` if available, otherwise use `wp_remote_get`.
+ *
+ * @param string $url URL to fetch.
+ * @param array  $args Optional. Request arguments.
+ * @return WP_Error|array The response or WP_Error on failure.
+ */
+function safe_wp_remote_get( string $url, array $args = [] ) {
+	if ( function_exists( 'vip_safe_wp_remote_get' ) ) {
+		return vip_safe_wp_remote_get( $url, $args );
+	}
+
+	wp_parse_args(
+		$args,
+		[
+			'timeout' => 20, // phpcs:ignore
+
+		]
+	);
+
+	return wp_remote_get( $url, $args ); // phpcs:ignore
+}

includes/Classifai/Providers/Azure/Language.php

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 use Classifai\Providers\Provider;
 use Classifai\Features\ExcerptGeneration;
 use WP_Error;
+use function Classifai\safe_wp_remote_get;
+
 
 class Language extends Provider {
 	/**
@@ -152,7 +154,7 @@ protected function authenticate_credentials( string $url, string $api_key ) {
 		$endpoint = trailingslashit( $url ) . '/text/analytics/v3.1/languages';
 		$endpoint = add_query_arg( 'api-version', static::API_VERSION, $endpoint );
 
-		$request = wp_remote_post(
+		$request = safe_wp_remote_get(
 			$endpoint,
 			[
 				'headers' => [
@@ -322,7 +324,7 @@ public function request_summary( $endpoint_url, $api_key, $post_content, $post_i
 	private function retrieve_summary( $url ) {
 		$api_key = $this->feature_instance->get_settings( static::ID )['api_key'];
 
-		$request = wp_remote_get(
+		$request = safe_wp_remote_get(
 			$url,
 			[
 				'headers' => [
@@ -342,7 +344,7 @@ private function retrieve_summary( $url ) {
 
 			while ( 'succeeded' !== $response->status ) {
 				sleep( .5 );
-				$request  = wp_remote_get(
+				$request  = safe_wp_remote_get(
 					$url,
 					[
 						'headers' => [