private function api_request( $_action, $_data ) {
			global $wp_version, $edd_plugin_url_available;

			$verify_ssl = $this->verify_ssl();

			// Do a quick status check on this domain if we haven't already checked it.
			$store_hash = md5( $this->api_url );
			if ( ! is_array( $edd_plugin_url_available ) || ! isset( $edd_plugin_url_available[ $store_hash ] ) ) {
				$test_url_parts = wp_parse_url( $this->api_url );

				$scheme = ! empty( $test_url_parts['scheme'] ) ? $test_url_parts['scheme'] : 'http';
				$host   = ! empty( $test_url_parts['host'] ) ? $test_url_parts['host'] : '';
				$port   = ! empty( $test_url_parts['port'] ) ? ':' . $test_url_parts['port'] : '';

				if ( empty( $host ) ) {
					$edd_plugin_url_available[ $store_hash ] = false;
				} else {
					$test_url                                = $scheme . '://' . $host . $port;
					$response                                = wp_remote_get(
						$test_url,
						array(
							'timeout'   => $this->health_check_timeout,
							'sslverify' => $verify_ssl,
						)
					);
					$edd_plugin_url_available[ $store_hash ] = is_wp_error( $response ) ? false : true;
				}
			}

			if ( false === $edd_plugin_url_available[ $store_hash ] ) {
				return false;
			}

			$data = array_merge( $this->api_data, $_data );

			if ( $data['slug'] !== $this->slug ) {
				return false;
			}

			if ( $this->api_url === trailingslashit( home_url() ) ) {
				return false; // Don't allow a plugin to ping itself.
			}

			// Use the URL from api_data if set (this is the site URL where the license key was found)
			// Otherwise fall back to home_url() for backward compatibility
			$request_url = ! empty( $data['url'] ) ? $data['url'] : home_url();

			$api_params = array(
				'edd_action' => 'get_version',
				'license'    => ! empty( $data['license'] ) ? $data['license'] : '',
				'item_name'  => isset( $data['item_name'] ) ? $data['item_name'] : false,
				'item_id'    => isset( $data['item_id'] ) ? $data['item_id'] : false,
				'version'    => isset( $data['version'] ) ? $data['version'] : false,
				'slug'       => $data['slug'],
				'author'     => $data['author'],
				'url'        => $request_url,
				'beta'       => ! empty( $data['beta'] ),
			);

			$request = wp_remote_post(
				$this->api_url,
				array(
					'timeout'   => 15,
					'sslverify' => $verify_ssl,
					'body'      => $api_params,
				)
			);

			if ( ! is_wp_error( $request ) ) {
				$request = json_decode( wp_remote_retrieve_body( $request ) );
			}

			if ( $request && isset( $request->sections ) ) {
				$request->sections = maybe_unserialize( $request->sections );
			} else {
				$request = false;
			}

			if ( $request && isset( $request->banners ) ) {
				$request->banners = maybe_unserialize( $request->banners );
			}

			if ( $request && isset( $request->icons ) ) {
				$request->icons = maybe_unserialize( $request->icons );
			}

			if ( ! empty( $request->sections ) ) {
				foreach ( $request->sections as $key => $section ) {
					$request->$key = (array) $section;
				}
			}

			return $request;
		}