Best way to hit an API endpoint and catch a response

Guzzle or Zttp

Hi @tykus I used Guzzle after your suggestion however it seems that the response I get is generic.. like but that I mean no matter what URL I use, so long as the url is a real one then I get the same response.

I'm not getting the specific responses that I should be getting from that endpoint.

eg

my code:

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();
        $vresponse = $client->request('GET', 'https://google.com');

and I get this response

Response {#885 ▼
  -reasonPhrase: "OK"
  -statusCode: 200
  -headers: array:8 [▶]
  -headerNames: array:8 [▶]
  -protocol: "1.1"
  -stream: Stream {#883 ▶}
}

If I use a different URL, for example the actual API endpoint I'm trying to hit, I get the exact same response.

For anyone with the same issue:

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();
        $vresponse = $client->get('https://api.postcodes.io/postcodes/'.$postcode.'/validate')->getBody();
        $obj = json_decode($vresponse);
        dd($obj->result);

The above works

This is what I use (same API) - just simple file_get_contents. No problems so far.

    private function postcodeLookup(Speaker $speaker)
    {
        $result = json_decode(file_get_contents( "https://api.postcodes.io/outcodes/{$speaker->district}/nearest"));

        $coordinates['lat'] = round($result->result[0]->latitude,4 );
        $coordinates['long'] = round($result->result[0]->longitude,4 );

        return $coordinates;
    }

Awesome @snapey thanks