SendGrid Integration

Integrate SendGrid into your application for seamless email communication using the API method.

There are two ways to integrate:

• SMTP
• API (this documentation focuses on API integration)

Table of Contents

• Install SendGrid
  • Prerequisites
  • Installation
• Usage

Prerequisites

1. Visit the official SendGrid website.
2. Navigate to Sender Authentication.
3. Click "Create new Sender," complete all requirements, and ensure you provide a valid email for verification. Save the API key generated during this process.
4. Delete any configuration for email if exists.
5. Set the following variables in your .env file:
   • MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS
   • MAIL_FROM_NAME
   • SENDGRID_API_KEY

Installation

Execute the following command to install the SendGrid package using Composer:

$ composer require sendgrid/sendgrid

Usage

• (new SendGridService())->sendMail("Reject Email", 'abanoubtalaat555@gmail.com',$data,'mail.reject_driver');
• • Must Provide
• • • Email subject
• • • Email Address
• • • Data will pass it to view
• • • Email View

class SendGridService
{
    public $email;
    
    public function __construct()
    {
        $this->email = new \SendGrid\Mail\Mail();
    }
    
    public function sendMail($subject, $to, $data, $viewPath)
    {
        $this->email->setFrom(env("MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS"), env("MAIL_FROM_NAME"));
        $this->email->setSubject($subject);
        $this->email->addTo($to);
        $this->email->addContent("text/html", view($viewPath, compact('data'))->render());
        
        $sendgrid = new \SendGrid(getenv('SENDGRID_API_KEY'));
        $sendgrid->send($this->email);
    }
}