New sample code below. The Telegram API returns a Response object rather than direct user information. How can I properly extract the user data?
public function initializeClient() {
$botToken = getenv('BOT_TOKEN');
$endpoint = 'https://api.telegram.org/bot' . $botToken . '/';
return new Client(['base_uri' => $endpoint]);
}
public function retrieveBotDetails() {
$client = $this->initializeClient();
$result = $client->get('/getMe');
var_dump($result);
}
In my experience, the best approach is to decode the JSON response from the API rather than trying to work directly with the Guzzle response object. I solved it by using json_decode on the body of the response like this: $data = json_decode($response->getBody(), true);. This gives you an associative array from which you can extract the user data. I also recommend adding error checking to confirm that the API call succeeded and that the necessary fields are present in the decoded array.