Laravel HTTP client retry and timeout for external API calls

PHP Dasun Kalupahana October 19, 2026 109 views

<?php

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;

$response = Http::timeout(10)
    ->retry(3, 200)       // 3 attempts, wait 200 ms between them
    ->acceptJson()
    ->get('https://api.example.com/users', ['page' => 1])
    ->throw();

$users = $response->json();

Calls an external API with a timeout and automatic retries. throw() raises an exception on 4xx and 5xx responses so failures aren’t silent.

#laravel #http-client #api #retry #timeout #guzzle