$this->request( $path, $data, 'patch' );
			return $result;
		} catch ( Exception $e ) {
			return new WP_Error( $e->getCode(), $e->getMessage() );
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Make a DELETE API call.
	 *
	 * @since 3.0
	 *
	 * @param string $path  Endpoint route.
	 * @param array  $data  Data array.
	 *
	 * @return mixed|WP_Error
	 */
	public function delete( $path, $data = array() ) {
		try {
			$result = $this->request( $path, $data, 'delete' );
			return $result;
		} catch ( Exception $e ) {
			return new WP_Error( $e->getCode(), $e->getMessage() );
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Get API endpoint URL for request.
	 *
	 * @since 3.0
	 *
	 * @param string $path  Endpoint path.
	 *
	 * @return string
	 */
	private function get_api_url( $path = '' ) {
		$url = 'https://premium.wpmudev.org/api/' . $this->service->name . '/' . $this->service->version . '/';
		$url = trailingslashit( $url . $path );

		return $url;
	}

	/**
	 * Add authorization header.
	 *
	 * @since 3.0
	 */
	private function sign_request() {
		if ( ! empty( $this->service->api_key ) ) {
			$this->add_header_argument( 'Authorization', 'Basic ' . $this->service->api_key );
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Make an API request.
	 *
	 * @since 3.0
	 *
	 * @param string $path    API endpoint route.
	 * @param array  $data    Data array.
	 * @param string $method  API method.
	 * @param bool   $manual  If it's a manual check. Only manual on button click.
	 *
	 * @return array|WP_Error
	 */
	private function request( $path, $data = array(), $method = 'post', $manual = false ) {
		$defaults = array(
			'time'  => time(),
			'fails' => 0,
		);

		$last_run = get_site_option( WP_SMUSH_PREFIX . 'last_run_sync', $defaults );

		$backoff = min( pow( 5, $last_run['fails'] ), HOUR_IN_SECONDS ); // Exponential 5, 25, 125, 625, 3125, 3600 max.
		if ( $last_run['fails'] && $last_run['time'] > ( time() - $backoff ) && ! $manual ) {
			$last_run['time'] = time();
			update_site_option( WP_SMUSH_PREFIX . 'last_run_sync', $last_run );
			return new WP_Error( 'api-backoff', __( '[WPMUDEV API] Skipped sync due to API error exponential backoff.', 'wp-smushit' ) );
		}

		$url = $this->get_api_url( $path );

		$this->sign_request();

		$url = add_query_arg( $this->get_args, $url );
		if ( 'post' !== $method && 'patch' !== $method && 'delete' !== $method ) {
			$url = add_query_arg( $data, $url );
		}

		$args = array(
			'user-agent' => WP_SMUSH_UA,
			'headers'    => $this->headers,
			'sslverify'  => false,
			'method'     => strtoupper( $method ),
			'timeout'    => $this->timeout,
		);

		if ( ! $args['timeout'] || 2 === $args['timeout'] ) {
			$args['blocking'] = false;
		}

		switch ( strtolower( $method ) ) {
			case 'patch':
			case 'delete':
			case 'post':
				if ( is_array( $data ) ) {
					$args['body'] = array_merge( $data, $this->post_args );
				} else {
					$args['body'] = $data;
				}

				$response = wp_remote_post( $url, $args );
				break;
			case 'head':
				$response = wp_remote_head( $url, $args );
				break;
			case 'get':
				$response = wp_remote_get( $url, $args );
				break;
			default:
				$response = wp_remote_request( $url, $args );
				break;
		}

		$last_run['time'] = time();

		// Clear the API backoff if it's a manual scan or the API call was a success.
		if ( $manual || ( ! is_wp_error( $response ) && 200 === wp_remote_retrieve_response_code( $response ) ) ) {
			$last_run['fails'] = 0;
		} else {
			// For network errors, perform exponential backoff.
			$last_run['fails'] = $last_run['fails'] + 1;
		}

		update_site_option( WP_SMUSH_PREFIX . 'last_run_sync', $last_run );

		return $response;
	}


}