Telegram Notifications Channel 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
• Alternatives
• Changelog
• Testing
• Security
• Contributing
• Credits
• License

Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require laravel-notification-channels/telegram

You must install the service provider:

// config/app.php
'providers' => [
    ...
    NotificationChannels\Telegram\TelegramServiceProvider::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

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

use NotificationChannels\Telegram\TelegramChannel;
use NotificationChannels\Telegram\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);

        return TelegramMessage::create()
            ->to($this->user->telegram_user_id) // Optional.
            ->content("*HELLO!* \n One of your invoices has been paid!") // Markdown supported.
            ->button('View Invoice', $url); // Inline Button
    }
}

Here's a screenshot preview of the above notification on Telegram Messenger:

Attach a Photo

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

        return TelegramMessage::create()
            ->to($this->user->telegram_user_id) // Optional.
            ->content("*bold text* [inline URL](http://www.example.com/)") // Markdown supported.
            ->file('/storage/archive/6029014.jpg', 'photo') // local photo
            // OR
            // ->file('https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6029/6029014_rd.jpg', 'photo') // remote photo
            ->button('Download PDF', $url); // Inline Button
    }
...

Sample :

Attach a Document

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

        return TelegramMessage::create()
            ->to($this->user->telegram_user_id) // Optional.
            ->content("*bold text* [inline URL](http://www.example.com/)") // Markdown supported.
            ->file('/storage/archive/file.pdf', 'document') // local file
            // OR
            // ->file('http://www.domain.com/file.pdf', 'document') // remote file
            ->button('Download PDF', $url); // Inline Button
    }
...

Sample :

Routing a message

You can either send the notification by providing with the chat id of the recipient to the to($chatId) method like shown in the above example or add a routeNotificationForTelegram() method in your notifiable model:

...
/**
 * Route notifications for the Telegram channel.
 *
 * @return int
 */
public function routeNotificationForTelegram()
{
    return $this->telegram_user_id;
}
...

Available Message methods

• to($chatId): (integer) Recipient's chat id.
• content(''): (string) Notification message, supports markdown. For more information on supported markdown styles, check out these docs.
• button($text, $url): (string) Adds an inline "Call to Action" button. You can add as many as you want and they'll be placed 2 in a row.
• options([]): (array) Allows you to add additional or override sendMessage payload (A Telegram Bot API method used to send message internally). For more information on supported parameters, check out these docs.

Alternatives

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

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

• Syed Irfaq R.
• All Contributors

License

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