laravel-ebulksms

A package built to allow Nigerian laravel developers easily send sms from their application.

Requirements

PHP 5.4+, Composer are required.

Installation

You need to be have an Ebulk account to use this package. If you do not have one, click here.

Require the package with composer.

$ composer require therealSMAT/laravel-ebulksms

You might need to add therealsmat\Ebulksms\EbulkSmsServiceProvider::class, to the providers array config/app.php if your laravel version is less than 5.5.

Laravel 5.5 uses Package Auto-Discovery, so doesn't require you to manually add the ServiceProvider.

Configuration

Publish the configuration file by using this command php artisan vendor:publish --provider="therealsmat\Ebulksms\EbulkSmsServiceProvider"

You will get a config file named ebulksms.php in your config directory. Customize the defaults to your ebulk sms settings.

    <?php 
    
    return [
    
        /**
         * Your login username on eBulkSMS (same as your email address)
         */
        'username'          => getenv('EBULK_USERNAME'),
    
        /**
         * Your Ebulk SMS Api Key
         */
        'apiKey'            => getenv('EBULK_API_KEY'),
    
        /**
         * Your chosen sender name
         */
        'sender'            => getenv('EBULK_SENDER_NAME'),
    
        /**
         * Country code to be appended to each phone number
         */
        'country_code'      => '234'
    ];

Usage

Add the following to your .env file

EBULK_USERNAME=***********
EBULK_API_KEY=************
EBULK_SENDER_NAME=********

Create a route endpoint

    Route::get('/sms', 'HomeController@index');

For a text message

    <?php
    
    namespace App\Http\Controllers;
    
    use Illuminate\Http\Request;
    use therealsmat\Ebulksms\EbulkSMS;
    
    class HomeController extends Controller
    {
        public function index(EbulkSMS $sms)
        {
            $message = 'Hello world!';
            $recipients = '0701********';
            return $sms->composeMessage($message)
                        ->addRecipients($recipients)
                        ->send();
        }
    }

For a flash message

    <?php
        
        namespace App\Http\Controllers;
        
        use Illuminate\Http\Request;
        use therealsmat\Ebulksms\EbulkSMS;
        
        class HomeController extends Controller
        {
            public function index(EbulkSMS $sms)
            {
                $message = 'Hello world!';
                $recipients = '0701********';
                return $sms->composeMessage($message)
                            ->addRecipients($recipients)
                            ->flash();
            }
        }

For balance enquiry

    <?php
            
            namespace App\Http\Controllers;
            
            use Illuminate\Http\Request;
            use therealsmat\Ebulksms\EbulkSMS;
            
            class HomeController extends Controller
            {
                public function index(EbulkSMS $sms)
                {
                    return $sms->getBalance();
                }
            }

License

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