ORCID Data Scraping From WordPress

functions.php

<?php

/**
 * This function has zero error handling and is currently a proof of concept.
 * Don't use this in a live project unless you plan on creating issues for yourself.
 */
function scholar_vitae_get_orc_id_values( $id ){
	
	$response = wp_remote_get( 'https://pub.orcid.org/v2.1/'. $id .'/record' );
	$response = preg_replace( "/(<\/?)(\w+):([^>]*>)/", "$1$2$3", wp_remote_retrieve_body( $response ) );
	$xml      = new SimpleXMLElement( $response );
	$array    = json_decode( json_encode( (array) $xml ), TRUE );
	
	recursive_unset( $array, '@attributes' );
	unset( $array['commonorcid-identifier'] );
	unset( $array['preferencespreferences'] );
	unset( $array['historyhistory'] );
	
	return $array;
	
}