Handling file Inputs in PHP with GuzzleHTTP

You may know how to handle file inputs in PHP with cURL, as we’ve discussed earlier.

• Handling File Inputs in PHP using CURL

But GuzzleHTTP Client comes for the rescue to overcome messy code and get things done in more cleaner manner.

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Snippet

$file      = Input::file( 'file_name' );
$imagePath = $file->getPathName();
$tmp       = tempnam( sys_get_temp_dir(), 'php' );

$client = new Client();
$result = $client->post( 'mydomain.com/api/endpoint', [

   'form_params' =>
      [
         'file_name'     => $tmp,
         'name'     => $file,
         'contents' => file_put_contents( $tmp, file_get_contents( $imagePath ) ),
         'filename' => $file
      ],
   'headers'     =>
      [
         'authorization' => 'Bearer ' . $token
      ]
] );

$results = \GuzzleHttp\json_decode( $result->getBody() );

Conclusion

Easy peasy ? Ever wondered on handling multiple set of files with GuzzleHTTP over an API call? We’ve got you covered, do give it a read at

• Multiple Files with GuzzleHTTP

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