Telegram Notifications Channel Plus for Laravel 5.3 [WIP]

This package makes it easy to send Telegram notification using Telegram Bot API with Laravel 5.3.

Contents

• Installation
  • Setting up your Telegram bot
• Usage
  • Available Message methods
• License

Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require mavinoo/telegrambot:dev-master

You must install the service provider:

// config/app.php
'providers' => [
    ...
    NotificationChannelsPlus\Telegrambot\TelegrambotServiceProvider::class,
],

Setting up your Telegram Bot

Talk to @BotFather and generate a Bot API Token.

Then, configure your Telegram Bot API Token:

// config/services.php
...
'telegram-bot-api' => [
    'token' => env('TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN', 'YOUR BOT TOKEN HERE')
],
...

Usage sendMessage

You can now use the channel in your via() method inside the Notification class.

use NotificationChannelsPlus\Telegrambot\TelegramChannel;
use NotificationChannelsPlus\Telegrambot\TelegramMessage;
use Illuminate\Notifications\Notification;

class InvoicePaid extends Notification
{
    public function via($notifiable)
    {
        return [TelegramChannel::class];
    }

    public function toTelegram($notifiable)
    {
        $url = url('/invoice/' . $this->invoice->id);

        $tg = TelegramMessage::create()
		    ->to($this->user->telegram_user_id)
		    ->content("*HELLO!* \n One of your invoices has been paid!")
		    ->button('View Invoice', $url)
		    ->getResult();
	return $tg;
    }
}

Usage sendPhoto

You can now use the channel in your via() method inside the Notification class.

use NotificationChannelsPlus\Telegrambot\TelegramChannel;
use NotificationChannelsPlus\Telegrambot\TelegramMessage;
use Illuminate\Notifications\Notification;

class InvoicePaid extends Notification
{
    public function via($notifiable)
    {
        return [TelegramChannel::class];
    }

    public function toTelegram($notifiable)
    {
        $url = url('/invoice/' . $this->invoice->id);

        $tg = TelegramMessage::create()
		    ->to($this->user->telegram_user_id)
		    ->sendPhoto([
			'caption'   =>  'Hello Mohammad',
			'photo'     =>  'http://www.ilovegenerator.com/large/i-love-mohamed-132309992962.png',
		    ])
		    ->button('View Invoice', $url)
		    ->getResult();
	    
	return $tg;
    }
}

Alternatives

For advance usage, please consider using telegram-bot-sdk instead.

License

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