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 = 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;
		}

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

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

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

		$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'        => home_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;
	}