Laravel Wrapper for Textlocal API.

A convenience wrapper for the textlocal.in api requests for transactional as well as promotional accounts. The reseller account specific api are not available at this point in time.

Sms messaging can be used for transactional messages like:

• Sending OTP for Two Factor Authentication
• Confirmation of payment received or order placed etc

Transactional messages need to be sent through at any time without any DND (Do Not Disturb) restrictions. For this one needs to register a Transactional Account with Textlocal or request for conversion of the default account to a Transactional Account.

On the other hand Sms messaging may also be used for promotional activities like:

• Announcing product launch or discount sale
• Announcing an award receid=ved by the company or product
• Sending coupon code etc

Promotional messages need to adhere to the DND (Do Not Disturb) restrictions. The default signup at Textlocal creates a Promotional Account by default.

Contents

• Laravel Wrapper for Textlocal API.
  • Contents
  • Installation
  • Usage
    • Transactional Account
    • Available Message methods
  • Changelog
  • Testing
  • Security
  • Contributing
  • Credits
  • License

Installation

$ composer require thinkstudeo/textlocal

Config

Package facilitates using Transactional as well as Promotional Account with Textlocal at the same time.

Add the following to your config/services.php file

'textlocal' => [
    'transactional' => [
		'apiKey' => env('TEXTLOCAL_TRANSACTIONAL_KEY')
    ],
    'promotional' => [
        'apiKey' => env('TEXTLOCAL_PROMOTIONAL_KEY')
    ]
]

Don't forget to add the keys to your .env file

If you have just one - i.e. Promotional Account or Transactional Account - make sure to enter the API key accordingly. For example, for just a Textlocal Promotional Account, declare TEXTLOCAL_PROMOTIONAL_KEY=api_key_for_your_promotional_account.

TEXTLOCAL_TRANSACTIONAL_KEY= <your textlocal transactional account api key here>
TEXTLOCAL_PROMOTIONAL_KEY= <your textlocal promotional account api key here>

Usage

There are two facades included with the package:

• Sms for sending messages
• Account for interacting with the Textlocal Account

For differentiating the api calls with respect to account type use transactional() or promotional() to set the account for the api call.

Messaging - Transactional Account

You must have a transactional account with Textlocal inorder to send transactional sms without DND restriction 24x7. Also don't forget to get your templates for the transactional messages approved by Textlocal. Finally, you must generate an API KEY from your Textlocal dashboard

Then you can use the facade like

To send to a single user

Sms::transactional()
    ->to('911234523451')
    ->from('SENDER')   //Your registered sender
    ->send('My message');  //as per your approved template

To send to multiple users at once

Sms::transactional()
    ->to('911234523451,919898456456')
    ->from('SENDER')   //Your registered sender
    ->send('My message');  //as per your approved template

OR, you can also provide the numbers as an array

Sms::transactional()
    ->to(['911234523451', '919898456456'])
    ->from('SENDER')   //Your registered sender
    ->send('My message');  //as per your approved template

And if you want to schedule a message to be sent at a specified time in future you can provide a datetime string in any of the formats supported by Carbon or you may also provide a unix timestamp.

$schedule = "2019-01-01 09:30:00"; 

Sms::transactional()
    ->to('911234523451,919898456456')
    ->at($schedule) 
    ->from('SENDER')   //Your registered sender
    ->send('My message');  //as per your approved template

To cancel a scheduled message

//Get a list of all the scheduled messages
$response = Account::transactional()->scheduledMessages();
$scheduledMessages = $response->scheduled;

//Identify the scheduled message you want to cancel
$msg = $scheduledMessages[0];

//Cancel the message
Account::transactional()->cancel($msg->id);

Messaging - Promotional Account

To send to a single user

Sms::promotional()
    ->to('911234523451')
    ->from('TXTLCL')   //or Your registered sender
    ->send('My message');  

To send to multiple users at once

Sms::promotional()
    ->to('911234523451,919898456456')
    ->from('TXTLCL')   //or Your registered sender
    ->send('My message');  

OR, you can also provide the numbers as an array

Sms::promotional()
    ->to(['911234523451', '919898456456'])
    ->from('TXTLCL')   //or Your registered sender
    ->send('My message');  

And if you want to schedule a message to be sent at a specified time in future you can provide a datetime string in any of the formats supported by Carbon or you may also provide a unix timestamp.

$schedule = "2019-01-01 09:30:00";

Sms::promotional()
    ->to('911234523451,919898456456')
    ->at($schedule) //unix timestamp
    ->from('TXTLCL')   //or Your registered sender
    ->send('My message');  //as per your approved template

To cancel a scheduled message

//Get a list of all the scheduled messages
$response = Account::promotional()->scheduledMessages();
$scheduledMessages = $response->scheduled;

//Identify the scheduled message you want to cancel
$msg = $scheduledMessages[0];

//Cancel the message
Account::promotional()->cancel($msg->id);

Message Status

To get the details of status of a message sent

//Capture the message id and or batch id when you send the message
$response = Sms::promotional()->to(['911234523451', '919898456456'])->from('TXTLCL')->send('My Message');
$msgId = $response->messages[1]->id;
$batchId = $response->batch_id;

//Get the status
Account::promotional()->messageStatus($msgId);
//Or
Account::promotional()->batchStatus($batchId);

Received Messages from Inbox

To retrieve the received messages from specific inbox

//Get a list of all inboxes in your account
$inboxList = Account::promotional()->inboxes();

//Identify the inbox you want to fetch the messages from, and get its id
$inboxId = $inboxList[0]->id;

//Fetch the messages from the inbox
$messages = Account::promotional()->messages($inboxId);

Templates in Account

To fetch all the templates associated with the account

$templates = Account::transactional()->templates();

Sender names

To fetch all the approved sender names from your account

$senders = Account::transactional()->senders();

Account Balance

To get the current account balance (credits remaining)

$balance = Account::promotional()->balance();

Check the availability of keyword

$availability = Account::promotional()->checkKeyword('KEYWRD');

Check if a Contact Group exists

$exists = Account::promotional()->groupExists('Customers')

Create a New Contact Group

$groupId = Account::promotional()->createGroup('Tech')->group->id;

Get a list of all Groups

$groupList = Account::promotional()->groups();

Delete a Contact Group

//Note the id of the group when you create a new one
$customersId = Account::promotional()->createGroup('Customers')->group->id;
//Or get a list of all groups
$groupList = Account::promotional()->groups();
//Get the id of the group you want to delete
$groupId = $groupList[0]->id;

//Delete the group
$status = Account::promotional()->deleteGroup($customerId);
//Or
$status = Account::promotional()->deleteGroup($groupId);
//Or just give the name of the group to the command
$status = Account::promotional()->deleteGroup('Customers');

List of all Members of a Contact Group

$groupId = '66455';
$members = Account::promotional()->members($groupId);

Add numbers to an existing contact group

$groupId = '66455';
$numbers = '919033100026,919879612326';
$response = Account::promotional()->addNumbers($numbers, $groupId);

Add Contacts to an existing group

$groupId = '66455';

$members = [
	['number' => '911234567894', 'first_name' => 'John', 'last_name' => 'Doe'],
	['number' => '913355667798', 'first_name' => 'Jane', 'last_name' => 'Mclane']
];

$response = Account::promotional()->addMembers($members);

Remove a contact from the group

$response = Account::promotional()->removeMember('913355667798', $groupId);

Get a list of all who have opted out

$response = Account::promotional()->optOuts();

History

//Single message histr=ory
$response = Account::promotional()->history('single');

//Group message history
$response = Account::promotional()->history('group');

//Api message history
$response = Account::promotional()->history('api');

Surveys

To fetch a list of all active surveys

$response = Account::promotional()->surveys();

To get the details of a specific survey

//Get a list of active surveys
$surveys = Account::promotional()->surveys();
//Identify the survey for which you want the details
$surveyId = $surveys->survey_ids[0]->id;
//Fetch the details
$response = Account::promotional()->surveyDetails($surveyId);

To get the results of a specific survey

//Get a list of active surveys
$surveys = Account::promotional()->surveys();
//Identify the survey for which you want the results
$surveyId = $surveys->survey_ids[0]->id;
//Fetch the results
$response = Account::promotional()->surveyResults($surveyId);

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information what has changed recently.

Testing

Please note that all test are integration tests meaning they will actually hit the textlocal api and consume the credits.

$ composer test

Security

If you discover any security related issues, please email neerav@thinkstudeo.com instead of using the issue tracker.

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Credits

• Neerav Pandya

License

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