Lob.com notifications channel for Laravel

This package makes it easy to send notifications using Lob.com with Laravel 5.5, 6.x and 7.x

Contents

• Installation
  • Setting up the lob.com
• Usage
  • Available Message methods
• Changelog
• Testing
• Security
• Contributing
• Credits
• License

Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require laravel-notification-channels/lob

You must install the service provider:

// config/app.php
'providers' => [
    ...
    NotificationChannels\Lob\LobServiceProvider::class,
],

Setting up lob

• Register a new account on Lob.com
• Check for you API keys
• Finally add your API key to your config/services.php

// config/services.php
...
'lob' => [
    'api_key' => env('LOB_API_KEY'),
],
...

Usage

Now you can use the channel in your via() method inside the notification:

use NotificationChannels\Lob\LobChannel;
use NotificationChannels\Lob\LobPostcard;
use NotificationChannels\Lob\LobAddress;
use Illuminate\Notifications\Notification;

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

    public function toLobPostcard($notifiable)
    {
        return LobPostcard::create()
            ->toAddress(
                LobAddress::create('300 BOYLSTON AVE E')
                    ->name('John Smith')
                    ->city('SEATTLE')
                    ->state('WA')
                    ->zip('98002');
            )
            ->front('https://path.to/my/image/postcardfront.png')
            ->message('Wishing you a wonderful weekend!');
    }
}

Available Postcard methods

• fromAddress() Address of the sender.
• toAddress() Address of the receiver.
• country() Set the country. US is default.
• city() required if country is US.
• state() required if country is US.
• zip() required if country is US.
• front() A 4.25"x6.25" or 6.25"x11.25" image to use as the front of the postcard.
• message() The message at the back of the card.

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information what has changed recently.

Testing

$ composer test

Security

If you discover any security related issues, please email [email protected] instead of using the issue tracker.

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Credits

• Mohamed Said
• All Contributors

License

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