Sending images through Laravel Guzzle Client - laravel

Question

I am trying to upload multiple images using guzzlehttp client. I load images as a file and loads only one image with the code below.
$clientPAimages = new Client();
$imagesPA = Req::file('images');
foreach($imagesPA as $image){
$bodyImages[] = [
'name' => 'image',
'contents' => fopen($image->getRealPath(), 'r'),
'filename' => $image->getClientOriginalName(),
'headers' => [
'Content-Type' => '<Content-type header>'
]
];
}
$responsePA3 = $clientPAimages->request('POST', 'link/images', [
'multipart' => $bodyImages
]);
$responsePA3->getBody();
Does anyone have any idea how to solve this i.e. how to save multiple images?

Answer 1

I was in this kind of situation, when i needed to send multiple images from the laravel app to the node.js app. Your code seems ok, but may you've something wrong in your blade, for example usage of enctype="multipart/form-data" in the form, or name="images[]" as an input property, or something like that.
Anyway i'll share here the snippet, which worked well for me before, so i guess it can be useful.
Specifications for this snippet was:
"laravel/framework": "^8.12",
"guzzlehttp/guzzle": "^7.0.1",
create.blade.php
<form action="http://internal.site/upload" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
#csrf
<input id="ss_images"
name="images[]"
type="file"
multiple="multiple"
class="input"
accept=".jpeg,.bmp,.png,.jpg,.gif"
/>
<div class="mt-3">
<label class="{{ $errors->has('name') ? 'has-error' : '' }}">
{{ $errors->has('name') ? $errors->first('name') : "Name" }}
</label>
<input value="{{ old('name') }}" type="text" class="input" placeholder="Name" name="name">
</div>
<div class="mt-3">
<label class="{{ $errors->has('description') ? 'has-error' : '' }}">
{{ $errors->has('description') ? $errors->first('description') : "Description" }}
</label>
<textarea class="input" placeholder="Description" name="description">{{ old('description') }}</textarea>
</div>
</form>
ItemController.php
use GuzzleHttp\Client;
// ...
public function upload(Request $request)
{
$data = $request->only([
'name',
'description',
]);
$multipart = [];
if($request->hasFile('images')) {
foreach ($request->file('images') as $k => $image) {
$multipart[] = [
'name' => 'file',
'contents' => fopen($image->getRealPath(), 'r'),
// ... some additional fields
];
}
}
// adding some text-oriented data if need
$multipart[] = [
'name' => 'data',
'contents' => json_encode($data, true),
];
$client = new Client();
$url = "http://external.site/link/images";
$response = $client->request('POST', $url, [
'multipart' => $multipart
]);
$res_json = $response->getBody()->getContents();
$res = json_decode($res_json, true);
return redirect()->back()->with([
'success' => $res['success'],
'flash_message' => $res['message'],
]);
}
Enjoy!!