How to Use Guzzle HTTP Client Request in Laravel

To use Guzzle HTTP Client request in Laravel, use the “gurzzlehttp/guzzle” package. A Guzzle is a PHP HTTP CLIENT that we use to send HTTP requests for trivial integration with web services, such as:

1. PATCH
   
2. PUT
   
3. GET
   
4. DELETE
   
5. POSTS

Here are the steps to use Guzzle HTTP Client request in Laravel:

Step 1: Install Laravel Project

Install the Consuming API Project.

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel laravelguzzle 

Go into the project folder.

cd laravelguzzle

Start the development server with the following command.

php artisan serve

After successfully installing the first project, we install the second Project.

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel laravelguzzlepost

Go into that folder.

cd laravelguzzlepost

We have already started the Laravel development server at port: 8000. So this time, we need to start the server at a different port, and you can change the port using the following command.

php artisan serve --port=8001

Step 2: Install guzzlehttp/guzzle Package.

We will install the guzzlehttp/guzzle package by typing the following command in cmd.

composer require guzzlehttp/guzzle:^7.0

Step 3: Create a Controller For the First Project

php artisan make:controller DataController --resource 

It will create one controller file called DataController.php.

We register the first Project route in routes  >>  web.php file. So let us do it.

Route::get('post','DataController@postRequest');
Route::get('get','DataController@getRequest');

Step 4: Setup MySQL database For Second Project

Configure this database in the .env file.

//.env

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=laravelguzzle
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=

Move to your terminal and hit the following command.

php artisan migrate

Step 5: Construct a model and migration file

php artisan make:model GuzzlePost -m 

It will create two files.

1. GuzzlePost.php model.
2. create__guzzle_posts_table migration file.

We need to create Schema for the passports table. So navigate to Laravel  >>  database  >>  migrations  >>  create__guzzle_posts_table.

//create__guzzle_posts_table

public function up()
    {
        Schema::create('guzzle_posts', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->increments('id');
            $table->string('name');
            $table->timestamps();
        });
    }

Step 6: Create a Controller For the Second Project

php artisan make:controller GuzzlePostController --resource 

It will create one controller file called GuzzlePostController.php.

We register the second Project route in routes  >>  api.php file. So let us do it.

// api.php

Route::post('store', 'GuzzlePostController@store');
Route::get('index', 'GuzzlePostController@index');

Step 7: Guzzle http client POST request

We will send a post request to the Second Project.

// DataContoller.php

public function postRequest()
{
    $client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();
    $response = $client->request('POST', 'http://localhost:8001/api/store', [
        'form_params' => [
            'name' => 'krunal',
        ]
    ]);
    $response = $response->getBody()->getContents();
    echo '<pre>';
    print_r($response);
}

We can store data in the Second Project GuzzlePostController file.

//GuzzlePostController.php

public function store(Request $request)
    {
        $data = new GuzzlePost();
        $data->name=$request->get('name');
        $data->save();
        return response()->json('Successfully added');

    }

Step 8: Guzzle http client GET request

We have to get the request for the Second Project.

// DataContoller.php

public function getRequest()
    {
        $client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();
        $request = $client->get('http://localhost:8001/api/index');
        $response = $request->getBody()->getContents();
        echo '<pre>';
        print_r($response);
        exit;
    }

We can retrieve data in the index function.

// GuzzlePostController.php

public function index()
    {
        $data = GuzzlePost::all();
        return response()->json($data);
    }

That’s it!

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