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This package makes it easy to send notifications using 46Elks with Laravel.

46Elks has a whole bunch of phone oriented services. This package takes care of:

• SMS

With more endpoints to come. Feel free to contribute.

Contents

• 46Elks notification channel for Laravel
  • Contents
  • Installation
    • Setting up the 46Elks service
  • Usage
    • Available mediums
      • SMS
    • Available Message methods for sms
      • MMS
    • Available Message methods
    • Error handling
  • Changelog
  • Testing
  • Security
  • Contributing
  • Credits
  • License

Installation

composer require laravel-notification-channels/46elks

Setting up the 46Elks service

add the following to your config/services.php

	'46elks' => [
		'username' => env('FORTY_SIX_ELKS_USERNAME'),
		'password' => env('FORTY_SIX_ELKS_PASSWORD'),
	],

Also remember to update your .env with correct information:

FORTY_SIX_ELKS_USERNAME=
FORTY_SIX_ELKS_PASSWORD=

You will find your username and password at https://46elks.se/account

Usage

To use this channel simply create a notification that has the following content:

use NotificationChannels\FortySixElks\FortySixElksChannel;
use NotificationChannels\FortySixElks\FortySixElksSMS;

public function via($notifiable)
{
    return [FortySixElksChannel::class];
}


public function to46Elks($notifiable)
{
    return (new FortySixElksSMS())
        ->line('Testsms')
        ->line('Olle')
        ->to('+46701234567')
        ->from('Emil')
        // ->flash() - Optional
        // ->whenDelivered(URL) - Optional
        // ->dontLog() - Optional
        // ->dry() - Optional
}

Another example without the notification implementation.

use NotificationChannels\FortySixElks\FortySixElksSMS;

(new FortySixElksSMS())
    ->line('Testsms')
    ->line('Olle')
    ->to('+46701234567')
    ->from('Emil')
    // ->flash() - Optional
    // ->whenDelivered(URL) - Optional
    // ->dontLog() - Optional
    // ->dry() - Optional
    ->send();

Available mediums

SMS

The FortySixElksSMS have the following methods, all chainable.

Available Message methods for sms

from($mixed) Accepts a string containing A-Z, a-z, 0-9 up to 11 characters or numbers. Space is not supported. Sms will be sent with that name.

to($number) International phone number.

line($string) Every string in a line will be on its own row.

flash() Will set the message type to flash. Will not endup in sms inbox. See This tweet to find out how it looks on an iphone.

dry() Enable when you want to verify your API request without actually sending an SMS to a mobile phone. No SMS message will be sent when this is enabled. To be able inspect a dry() request you need to send your message to +4670000000 then you can inspect it at https://46elks.com/logs

whenDelivered('http://localhost.se/ping') This webhook URL will receive a POST request every time the delivery status changes.

dontLog() Enable to avoid storing the message text in your history. The other parameters will still be stored.

MMS

To use MMS simply use new FortySixElksMMS() instead of new FortySixElksSMS()

The FortySixElksMMS have the following methods, all chainable.

Available Message methods

from($mixed). Accepts 'noreply' as a string or a MMS activated number

to($number). International phone number.

line($string). Every string in a line will be on its own row.

image(). URL to the image to send in mms.

Error handling

How to handle notification send errors

If for any reason there would be an error when sending a notification it will fire a Illuminate\Notifications\Events\NotificationFailed event. You can then listen for that.

Example:

Event::listen(NotificationFailed::class, function($event){
    info('Error while sending sms');
});

And the event has $event->notifiable, $event->notification, $event->channel and $event->data(where you have the exception at $event->data['exception'])

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information what has changed recently.

Testing

$ composer test

Security

If you discover any security related issues, please email emil@dalnix.se instead of using the issue tracker.

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Credits

• Emil Österlund
• All Contributors

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.