Guzzle returns cURL error 3: <url> malformed

Question

I want to try out the guzzle library and am following through their quickstart tutorial to make http requests to an api.

Yet it doesn't seem to work, because I get the following error:

cURL error 3: <url> malformed

Since I have never worked with cURL before, I don't even know how to respond to that error message. Here is my code with the request I am making:

    $client = new Client();
    $client->get('/', ['verify' => true]);

    $response = $client->get('https://api.github.com/');

    dd($response);

I am using the Laravel 5 framework and calling the index method in my HomeController. Also am using WAMP.

I would appreciate any help and suggestion, because I would like to try Guzzle out.

Here is a picture of the Error Message I get:

Solution 1

If you want to disable verification (don't do this!):

$response = $client->get('https://api.github.com/', ['verify' => false]);

Rather than disabling verification entirely, this can likely be fixed by providing proper CA bundle file. See verify in Guzzle documentation.

$client->setDefaultOption(
    'verify', 
    'C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\curl-ca-bundle.crt'
);

Solution 2

In case you came here because you googled "Guzzle returns cURL error 3: malformed" check the client parameter. In some version it's base_uri and other base_url

    $client = new Client([
        'base_uri' => 'http://localhost:8000',  // <-- base_uri instead of base_url
    ]);

Solution 3

You should not have this call:

$client->get('/', ['verify' => true]);

That is what is throwing the error. The third line is okay.

The error is means what it says. The URL / is obviously not valid. When you instantiate the client, use the base_uri option, or specify a full URL in the call to get().