Docs: various changes after review

README.md

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Installation
 ------------
 
 ### Install with Composer
-If you're using [Composer](https://github.com/composer/composer) to manage
+If you're using [Composer](http://getcomposer.org/) to manage
 dependencies, you can add Requests with it.
 
 ```sh

docs/README.md

@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ here are prose; you might also want to check out the [API documentation][].
 [authentication]: authentication.md
 [authentication-custom]: authentication-custom.md
 [hooks]: hooks.md
-[proxy]: proxy.md
+[proxy]: proxy.md

docs/authentication-custom.md

@@ -47,4 +47,4 @@ system documentation][hooks].
 
 Previous: [Authenticating your request](authentication.md)
 
-Next: [Requests through proxy](proxy.md)
+Next: [Requests through proxy](proxy.md)

docs/authentication.md

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ A Basic authenticated call can be made like this:
 $options = array(
     'auth' => new Requests_Auth_Basic(array('user', 'password'))
 );
-Requests::get('http://httpbin.org/basic-auth/user/password', array(), $options);
+Requests::get('https://httpbin.org/basic-auth/user/password', array(), $options);
 ```
 
 As Basic authentication is usually what you want when you specify a username
@@ -20,18 +20,18 @@ and password, you can also just pass in an array as a shorthand:
 $options = array(
     'auth' => array('user', 'password')
 );
-Requests::get('http://httpbin.org/basic-auth/user/password', array(), $options);
+Requests::get('https://httpbin.org/basic-auth/user/password', array(), $options);
 ```
 
 Note that `POST`/`PUT` requests take a `$data` parameter, so you need to pass that
 before `$options`:
 
 ```php
-Requests::post('http://httpbin.org/basic-auth/user/password', array(), null, $options);
+Requests::post('https://httpbin.org/basic-auth/user/password', array(), null, $options);
 ```
 
 ***
 
 Previous: [Advanced usage](usage-advanced.md)
 
-Next: [Custom authentification](authentication-custom.md)
+Next: [Custom authentification](authentication-custom.md)

docs/goals.md

@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ Goals
 
 ***
 
-Next: [Why Requests Instead of X?](why-requests.md)
+Next: [Why Requests Instead of X?](why-requests.md)

docs/hooks.md

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Available Hooks
 
     Parameters: `string &$response, array &$info`
 
-    `$info` contains the associated array as defined in [curl-getinfo-returnvalues](http://php.net/manual/en/function.curl-getinfo.php#refsect1-function.curl-getinfo-returnvalues)
+    `$info` contains the associated array as defined in the return value for [curl_getinfo()](http://php.net/manual/en/function.curl-getinfo.php#refsect1-function.curl-getinfo-returnvalues).
 
 * **`fsockopen.before_request`**
 
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ Available Hooks
 
     Parameters: `string &$response, array &$info`
 
-    `$info` contains the associated array as defined in [stream-get-meta-data-returnvalues](http://php.net/manual/en/function.stream-get-meta-data.php#refsect1-function.stream-get-meta-data-returnvalues)
+    `$info` contains the associated array as defined in the return value for [stream_get_meta_data()](http://php.net/manual/en/function.stream-get-meta-data.php#refsect1-function.stream-get-meta-data-returnvalues).
+
 
 
 Registering Hooks
@@ -87,16 +88,16 @@ Authentication guide][authentication-custom] instead.
 
 [authentication-custom]: authentication-custom.md
 
-In order to register your own hooks, you need to instantiate `Requests_hooks`
-and pass the object in via the 'hooks' option.
+In order to register your own hooks, you need to instantiate `Requests_Hooks`
+and pass the object in via the `'hooks'` option.
 
 ```php
 $hooks = new Requests_Hooks();
 $hooks->register('requests.after_request', 'mycallback');
 
-$request = Requests::get('http://httpbin.org/get', array(), array('hooks' => $hooks));
+$request = Requests::get('https://httpbin.org/get', array(), array('hooks' => $hooks));
 ```
 
 ***
 
-Previous: [Requests through proxy](proxy.md)
+Previous: [Requests through proxy](proxy.md)

docs/proxy.md

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ To make requests through an open proxy, specify the following options:
 $options = array(
     'proxy' => '127.0.0.1:3128'
 );
-Requests::get('http://httpbin.org/ip', array(), $options);
+Requests::get('https://httpbin.org/ip', array(), $options);
 ```
 
 If your proxy needs you to authenticate, the option will become an array like
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ in the following example:
 $options = array(
     'proxy' => array( '127.0.0.1:3128', 'my_username', 'my_password' )
 );
-Requests::get('http://httpbin.org/ip', array(), $options);
+Requests::get('https://httpbin.org/ip', array(), $options);
 ```
 
 ***
 
 Previous: [Custom authentification](authentication-custom.md)
 
-Next: [Hooking system](hooks.md)
+Next: [Hooking system](hooks.md)

docs/usage-advanced.md

@@ -74,4 +74,4 @@ bugs in PHP for more information on Subject Alternate Name field.
 
 Previous: [Making a request](usage.md)
 
-Next: [Authenticating your request](authentication.md)
+Next: [Authenticating your request](authentication.md)

docs/usage.md

@@ -1,29 +1,13 @@
 Usage
 =====
 
-Ready to go? Make sure you have Requests [installed][download] before attempting any of the
+Ready to go? Make sure you have Requests [installed][download] and bootstrapped either the
+Composer `autoload.php` file, the Requests autoload function or your autoloader, before attempting any of the
 steps in this guide.
 
 [download]: {{ '/download/' | prepend: site.baseurl }}
 
 
-Loading Requests
-----------------
-Before we can load Requests up, we'll need to make sure it's loaded. This is a
-straight-forward two-step:
-
-```php
-// First, include Requests
-include('/path/to/library/Requests.php');
-
-// Next, make sure Requests can load internal classes
-Requests::register_autoloader();
-```
-
-If you'd like to bring along your own autoloader, you can forget about this
-completely.
-
-
 Make a GET Request
 ------------------
 One of the most basic things you can do with HTTP is make a GET request.
@@ -63,7 +47,7 @@ Make a POST Request
 Making a POST request is very similar to making a GET:
 
 ```php
-$response = Requests::post('http://httpbin.org/post');
+$response = Requests::post('https://httpbin.org/post');
 ```
 
 You'll probably also want to pass in some data. You can pass in either a
@@ -74,7 +58,7 @@ internally) as the third parameter (after the URL and headers):
 
 ```php
 $data = array('key1' => 'value1', 'key2' => 'value2');
-$response = Requests::post('http://httpbin.org/post', array(), $data);
+$response = Requests::post('https://httpbin.org/post', array(), $data);
 var_dump($response->body);
 ```
 
@@ -96,7 +80,7 @@ This gives the output:
         "Host": "httpbin.org",
         "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8"
       },
-      "url": "http://httpbin.org/post",
+      "url": "https://httpbin.org/post",
       "args": {},
       "data": ""
     }"
@@ -161,4 +145,4 @@ If a header isn't set, this will give `null`. You can also check with
 
 Previous: [Why should I use Requests instead of X?](why-requests.md)
 
-Next: [Advanced usage](usage-advanced.md)
+Next: [Advanced usage](usage-advanced.md)

docs/why-requests.md

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Why should I use Requests?
 
 3. **Thoroughly tested**
 
-   Requests is [continuously integrated with Travis][travis] and test coverage
+   Requests is [continuously integrated with GH Actions][ghactions] and test coverage
    is [constantly monitored with CodeCov][codecov] to give you confidence in
    the library. We aim for test coverage **over 90%** at all times, and new
    features require new tests to go along with them. This ensures that you can
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Why should I use Requests?
 [codecov]: https://app.codecov.io/gh/WordPress/Requests/branch/master
 [hooking system]: hooks.md
 [requests_ssl]: https://github.com/WordPress/Requests/blob/master/library/Requests/SSL.php
-[travis]: https://travis-ci.org/WordPress/Requests
+[ghactions]: https://github.com/WordPress/Requests/actions
 [wpssl]: http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/25007
 
 
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ instead of something else, in our opinion.
    projects indicates that cURL is available on roughly 90% of hosts, but that
    leaves 10% of hosts without it.
 
-2. **cURL's interface sucks**
+2. **cURL's interface is hard to work with**
 
    cURL's interface was designed for PHP 4, and hence uses resources with
    horrible functions such as `curl_setopt()`. Combined with that, it uses 229
@@ -176,4 +176,4 @@ instead of something else, in our opinion.
 
 Previous: [Goals](goals.md)
 
-Next: [Making a request](usage.md)
+Next: [Making a request](usage.md)