Laravel, GuzzleHttp and Google Maps API

Hey friends,

I have an issue with the Google Maps API. I want to connect the maps API with GuzzleHttp. I do have a connection with status 200, but I don't have any useable content in my body. I run Laravel 6 on win 10 and xampp.

Here is my small Service I wrote so far:

<?php
namespace App\Services;

use GuzzleHttp\Exception\GuzzleException;
use GuzzleHttp\Client;

class GoogleMapsService
{
    private $api_key = "xxx"; // replace with your google maps api key

    public function __construct()
    {
        
    }

    public function testRoute()
    {
        $client = new Client(); 
        $result = $client->request('GET', 'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/directions/json',
            ['query' => [
                'origin' => 'Disneyland',
                'destination' => 'Universal+Studios+Hollywood',
                'key' => $this->api_key
            ]
        ]);
        
        dd($result);
    }
}

Of course you have to replace the api key :)

If you type the url manually in the browser you get useable content, but not with guzzle. What do I do wrong?