public function getImport() { try { $fileData = file_get_contents('/Users/brandonkboswell/Desktop/laravelList.json'); } catch (Exception $e) { dd($e); } // return $fileData; $batches = json_decode($fileData); foreach ($batches as $batch) { $users = $batch->users; foreach ($users as $userData) { User::createFromTwitter($userData); } } }