Proper exception handling in GuzzleHttp

Payment.php

<?php

namespace Foo\Bar;
use GuzzleHttp\Exception\RequestException;
use Guzzle\Http\Exception\ConnectException;

class Payment
{
  public function request()
  {
      try {
            $response = $client->request('GET', 'https://github.com/_abc_123_404');
            $payload = json_decode($response->getBody(), true);
            // This will return the original response
            return $payload;
        } catch (RequestException $exception) {
            $payload = json_decode($exception->getResponse()->getBody(), true);
            // This will return the actual exception
            return $payload;
        } catch (ConnectException $e) {
            //Catch the guzzle connection errors over here.These errors are something 
            // like the connection failed or some other network error
            return $e->getMessage();
        }
  }
}