API usage?

Question

PHP

Good afternoon.
Perhaps the question will seem silly to you, but still)
How can I use api from the same Yandex in a php script?
Let's say I received a response in the form of JSON or XML. How can I pass this response to a variable that I will use on the site?
The only way I can imagine is CURL.
But it seems very bulky to me. And maybe not serious.
Perhaps there is a "more correct" way to use the API?
Thank you for your attention!

Answer 1

Let's say I received a response in the form of JSON or XML. How can I pass this response to a variable that I will use on the site?

Parse this answer, respectively, json_decode or simpleXML - and use.
Not inventing problems that don't exist.
By the way, CURL may not be needed to get this data - file_get_contents will also work at the direct address.