[php] Guzzle 6: no more json() method for responses

If you guys still interested, here is my workaround based on Guzzle middleware feature:

  1. Create JsonAwaraResponse that will decode JSON response by Content-Type HTTP header, if not - it will act as standard Guzzle Response:

    <?php
    
    namespace GuzzleHttp\Psr7;
    
    
    class JsonAwareResponse extends Response
    {
        /**
         * Cache for performance
         * @var array
         */
        private $json;
    
        public function getBody()
        {
            if ($this->json) {
                return $this->json;
            }
            // get parent Body stream
            $body = parent::getBody();
    
            // if JSON HTTP header detected - then decode
            if (false !== strpos($this->getHeaderLine('Content-Type'), 'application/json')) {
                return $this->json = \json_decode($body, true);
            }
            return $body;
        }
    }
    
  2. Create Middleware which going to replace Guzzle PSR-7 responses with above Response implementation:

    <?php
    
    $client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();
    
    /** @var HandlerStack $handler */
    $handler = $client->getConfig('handler');
    $handler->push(\GuzzleHttp\Middleware::mapResponse(function (\Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface $response) {
        return new \GuzzleHttp\Psr7\JsonAwareResponse(
            $response->getStatusCode(),
            $response->getHeaders(),
            $response->getBody(),
            $response->getProtocolVersion(),
            $response->getReasonPhrase()
        );
    }), 'json_decode_middleware');
    

After this to retrieve JSON as PHP native array use Guzzle as always:

$jsonArray = $client->get('http://httpbin.org/headers')->getBody();

Tested with guzzlehttp/guzzle 6.3.3