How do I return a Laravel Http response as a json object instead of an array?

Question

I am using the the Laravel Http Client to get a collection of users from the Microsoft Graph API. My code as follows is:

public function index()
    {
        $response = Http::withToken($this->accessToken)
                        ->get('https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users');
        foreach($response['value'] as $user)
        {
            echo $user['displayName'] . '<br/>';
        }
    }

However, I want to be able to access user details as properties such as:

public function index()
    {
        $response = Http::withToken($this->accessToken)
                        ->get('https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users');
        foreach($response->value as $user)
        {
            echo $user->displayName . '<br/>';
        }
    }

How would I go about this?

UPDATE

public function index()
    {
        $response = Http::withToken($this->accessToken)
                        ->get('https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users')
                        ->throw();
        $users = $response->object();
        foreach($users->value as $user)
        {
            echo $user->displayName . '<br/>';
        }
    }

return response as $response->object() . Ref: laravel.com/docs/8.x/http-client#making-requests — John Lobo
– John Lobo, Commented Oct 13, 2021 at 3:27

JD Savaj · Accepted Answer · 2021-10-14 07:10:28Z

1

Try Below Code it's working properly.

public function index()
{
    $response = Http::withToken($this->accessToken)
                    ->get('https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users');            
    $response = $response->object();
    foreach($response->value as $user)
    {
        echo $user->displayName . '<br/>';
    }
}

OR

public function index()
{
    $response = Http::withToken($this->accessToken)
                    ->get('https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users');
    $response = json_decode(json_encode($response->json()));
    foreach($response->value as $user)
    {
        echo $user->displayName . '<br/>';
    }
}

OR

public function index()
{
    $response = Http::withToken($this->accessToken)
                    ->get('https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users');
    $response = (object) $response->json();
    foreach($response->value as $user)
    {
        echo $user->displayName . '<br/>';
    }
}

edited Oct 14, 2021 at 7:10

answered Oct 13, 2021 at 3:54

JD Savaj

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4 Comments

okcpilot Over a year ago

Undefined property: Illuminate\Http\Client\Response::$value

JD Savaj Over a year ago

I have to edit the answer please try this code. In my case, this code works properly.

mickmackusa Over a year ago

what is going on with this: json_decode(json_encode($response->json()))? You call json() to make a json string, right? Then you call json_encode() on that already json-encoded string, then you call json_decode() on that double-json-encoded string?

JD Savaj Over a year ago

In Laravel, response->json() often returns an array, so I converted it to a string with the json_encode function and then converted the same JSON string to an object with the json_decode function.

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