laravel-twilio

A Twilio port for Laravel (5.1+)

Install

Add the package to your composer.json and run composer update:

{
  "require": {
  	...
    "j42/laravel-twilio": "dev-master"
  }
}

Then add the service providers and facades to config/app.php

	'J42\LaravelTwilio\LaravelTwilioServiceProvider',

...

	'Twilio'		  => 'J42\LaravelTwilio\LaravelTwilioFacade'

Configure

Generate the package config files by running php artisan config:publish j42/laravel-twilio, and adjust the relevant fields:

	return [

		'key'	=> 'YOURAPIKEY',						// Public key
		'token'	=> 'YOURSECRETTOKEN',					// Private key
		'from'	=> '9999999999',						// Default From Address 
		'twiml'	=> 'https://yourdomain.com/base_path',	// TWIML Hosted Base Path

		// Default Features When Requesting Numbers (override via `numbersNear` method)
		'features'	=> [
	    	'SmsEnabled'	=> true,
	    	'VoiceEnabled'	=> false,
	    	'MmsEnabled'	=> false,
	    ]

	];

Phone Verification

Since phone verification is such a common use case, I created a simple flow to automate this.

This package automatically installs the following routes (GET or POST allowed):

/twilio/verify

Request a Token

Initiate an HTTP GET or POST request to /twilio/verify with the following parameters:

• phone phone number (parsed as string)
• method ('sms' or 'call')

The numeric token is set in a cookie and has a 2 minute TTL during which it is valid.

Returns:

	// Get token (method can be either 'sms' or 'call')
	file_get_contents('<yourdomain>/twilio/verify?phone=0000000000&method=sms');
	
	/* 
		{
			status: 'success',
			data: {
				phone: '0000000000',	// User's phone
				status: 'queued'		// Twilio response status
			}
		}
	*/

Verify a Token

Initiate an HTTP GET or POST re uest to /twilio/verify/ with the following parameters:

• code numeric code entered by user

If properly verified, the full object will be returned:

	// Verify token
	file_get_contents('/twilio/verify?code=00000');
	
	/*
		{
			status: 'success',
			data: {
				code: '00000',			// Initial Generated Code
				number: '0000000000',	// User's phone
				valid: true
			}
		}
	*/

Post-Verification (Success)

Once the code has been confirmed, the verified data is available via Cookie with a 5 minute TTL. An HTTP request to /twilio/verify (with or without any parameters) will return:

	file_get_contents('/twilio/verify');
	
	/*
		{
			status: 'success',
			data: {
				code: '00000',			// Initial Generated Code
				number: '0000000000',	// User's phone
				valid: true
			}
		}
	*/

Advanced Usage

Sometimes you may need to handle additional logic in a controller of your own. By including a handy interface, this becomes easy:

Define the route overrides (whichever suits your preference, or, both)

	\Route::any('twilio/verify', [
		'uses'	=> 'YourController@verify'
	]);

	\Route::any('api/twilio/verify', [
		'uses'	=> 'YourController@verify'
	]);

Create your controller, extending J42\LaravelTwilio\TwilioVerify

	use J42\LaravelTwilio\TwilioVerify;

	class TwilioController extends TwilioVerify {

		// Verify Phone
		public function verify() {
			
			// Your pre-verification logic

			// Magic
			// You can include an optional message instead of the default, if you want.
			// If you do this PLEASE make sure you include `{code}` somewhere so that the user sees the verification code
			// Without this token present in a custom message, they won't receive their confirmation token.
			$response = parent::verify($message);

			// Your post-verification logic
			// $this->phone === Cookie::get('twilio::phone') === json_decode($response)['data']

			return $response;

		}

	}

Define your functionality as needed, making sure to call parent::verify(); to handle the default events. If you need to access the cookie directly you may do so via: Cookie::get('twilio::phone').

SMS

How to interact with Twilio's REST-based SMS methods.

####Send an SMS

Twilio::sms([
	// From (optional -- if unsupplied, will be taken from default Config::get('twilio::config.from'))
	'from'		=> '<your twilio #>'
	// Array of recipients
	'to'		=> ['19999999999'],
	// Text Message
	'message'	=> 'Contents of the text message go here'
]);

Call

How to interact with Twilio's REST-based call initiation methods.

####Initiate a Call (TWIML Endpoint)

Twilio::call([
	// From (optional -- if unsupplied, will be taken from default Config::get('laravel-twilio::from'))
	'from'		=> '<your twilio #>'
	// Array of recipients
	'to'		=> ['19999999999'],
	// Relative path to twiml document/endpoint (combined with Config::get('laravel-twilio::twiml') to form an absolute URL endpoint)
	// You could also specify an abslute URL (http:// or https:// which would not be modified)
	'twiml'		=> 'twilio/verify/twiml'
]);

// Response Statuses:
// QUEUED, RINGING, IN-PROGRESS, COMPLETED, FAILED, BUSY or NO_ANSWER.

Request Local Numbers

You can also request local numbers (to be used in the 'from' field) via any of the attributes available in the SDK client. Currently US only. If you want to adapt this (feel free to fork it) you may do so easily by abstracting the geoList parameters to the configuration file.

numbersNear accepts 3 arguments:

• conditions Array, of conditions, taken from Twilio docs
• features Array, of features required (SmsEnabled, VoiceEnabled, MmsEnabled) or null (use default in config)
• buy int, of #s to purchase automatically & provision with account

// Near Area Code (With MMS Capability) + Buy 2
Twilio::numbersNear([ 'AreaCode' => '415' ], ['MmsEnabled' => true], 2);	

// Near Another Phone #
Twilio::numbersNear([ 
	'NearNumber' => '415XXXXXX',	// Other Number
	'Distance'	 => '50'			// Miles (optional, default: 25)
]);

// Near A City (any combination allowed)
Twilio::numbersNear([ 
	'InRegion'		=> 'CA',		// State/Region/Province Code
	'InPostalCode'	=> '90017'		// Postal code?
]);

// Near Lat/Long Coordinates
Twilio::numbersNear([
	'NearLatLong'	=> '37.840699,-122.461853',
	'Distance'		=> '50'
]);

// ... you get the idea.  Most fields can be mixed and matched arbitrarily, but if you are wondering, test it out for yourself!

By Regex

A pattern to match phone numbers on. Valid characters are '' and [0-9a-zA-Z]. The '' character will match any single digit. See Example 2 and Example 3 below.

// By Regex 
// Valid characters are '*' and [0-9a-zA-Z]. The '*' character will match any single digit. 

Twilio::numbersNear([ 'Contains' => 'J42' ]);			// Matches String
Twilio::numbersNear([ 'Contains' => '510555****' ]);	// Matches Pattern

Purchasing Numbers

Purchasing numbers is easy. Just pass an array of phone #s you would like to buy to the buyNumbers method.

// Purchase Phone Numbers

Twilio::buyNumber('4151111111');	// Valid as a single request
Twilio::buyNumber([
	'4151111111',
	'4152222222'
]);									// Or an array

// Including a configuration is recommended, but optional
Twilio::buyNumber([
	'4151111111',
	'4152222222'
], [
	'VoiceUrl'		=> 'myendpoint',
	'SmsUrl'		=> 'mysmsendpoint',
	'VoiceMethod'	=> 'GET'
]);

Associating #s with TWIML (VoiceUrl/SmsUrl)

You can work with number resources by assigning them to TWIML endpoints for various services (voice, sms), as well as integrate and remove other features. This is as simple as calling update with a number resource (an array of numbers, which include sid properties -- this includes all responses returned from this library).

You can learn more about the "incoming phone numbers" resource via the Twilio Docs

// Associate a # with a new TWIML endpoint

Twilio::update(Twilio::buyNumber('4151111111'), [
	'VoiceUrl'	=> '<new twiml endpoint>'
]);