Guzzle

Guzzle is a PHP HTTP client that makes it easy to send HTTP requests and integrate with web services. It is designed to be simple and flexible, allowing developers to build robust applications that interact with APIs and other web services.

Features

Guzzle provides a range of features that make it a powerful tool for developers:

• Simplicity: Guzzle offers a simple interface for creating and sending HTTP requests.
• Middleware: It supports middleware, allowing developers to modify requests and responses.
• Asynchronous Requests: Guzzle can send asynchronous requests, enabling non-blocking operations.
• PSR-7: It is compliant with the PSR-7 standard for HTTP message interfaces.
• Streams: Guzzle uses PHP streams for handling large request and response bodies.
• Testing: It includes tools for testing HTTP requests and responses.

Usage

Guzzle can be installed via Composer, a dependency manager for PHP. Once installed, it can be used to create and send HTTP requests with ease.

Example

Here is a basic example of how to use Guzzle to send a GET request:

 require 'vendor/autoload.php';
 use GuzzleHttp\Client;
 $client = new Client();
 $response = $client->request('GET', 'https://api.example.com/data');
 echo $response->getBody();

History

Guzzle was created by Michael Dowling and has evolved over the years to become one of the most popular HTTP clients for PHP. It is widely used in the PHP community and has a large number of contributors.

See Also

• HTTP
• API
• Composer (software)
• PSR-7

Related Pages

• HTTP
• API
• Composer (software)
• PSR-7