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:

Answer 1

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     ]);