Laravel Notifications for sipgate

This package makes it easy to send notifications using sipgate with Laravel 5.5+, 6.x, 7.x, 8.x, 9.x.

Contents

• Installation
  • Setting up the sipgate service
  • Web SMS Extensions / SMS ID
  • Send SMS with custom sender number
• Usage
  • Create a Notification
  • Add a recipient
  • Sending On-Demand Notifications
  • Available Message methods
• Common Issues
  • SMS sent successfully but no message received
  • HTTP Errors
• Resources
• Changelog
• Testing
• Security
• Contributing
• Credits
• License

Installation

Install the package via composer:

composer require laravel-notification-channels/sipgate

Setting up the sipgate service

Extend config/services.php to read your sipgate credentials from your .env:

return [

    ...

    'sipgate' => [
        'username' => env('SIPGATE_USERNAME'),
        'password' => env('SIPGATE_PASSWORD'),
        'smsId' => env('SIPGATE_SMSID'),
        'enabled' => env('SIPGATE_NOTIFICATIONS_ENABLED', true),
    ],
];

Add your sipgate credentials to your .env:

SIPGATE_NOTIFICATIONS_ENABLED=true
SIPGATE_USERNAME=mail@example.com
SIPGATE_PASSWORD=1234567890
SIPGATE_SMSID=s0

Web SMS Extensions / SMS ID

A Web SMS extension consists of the letter 's' followed by a number (e.g. s0). The sipgate API uses the concept of Web SMS extensions to identify devices within your account that are enabled to send SMS. In this context the term 'device' does not necessarily refer to a hardware phone but rather a virtual connection.

You can find out what your extension is as follows:

1. Log into your sipgate account
2. Use the sidebar to navigate to the Connections (Anschlüsse) tab
3. Click SMS (if this option is not displayed you might need to book the Web SMS feature from the Feature Store)
4. The URL of the page should have the form https://app.sipgate.com/{...}/connections/sms/{smsId} where {smsId} is your Web SMS extension.

Send SMS with custom sender number

By default 'sipgate' will be used as the sender. It is only possible to change the sender to a mobile phone number by verifying ownership of said number. In order to accomplish this, proceed as follows:

1. Log into your sipgate account
2. Use the sidebar to navigate to the Connections (Anschlüsse) tab
3. Click SMS (if this option is not displayed you might need to book the Web SMS feature from the Feature Store)
4. Click the gear icon on the right side of the Caller ID box and enter the desired sender number.
5. Proceed to follow the instructions on the website to verify the number.

Usage

Create a Notification

When your credentials are configured, you can use the sipgate channel in your notifications.

class ExampleNotification extends Notification
{
    public function via($notifiable)
    {
        return ['sipgate'];
    }

    public function toSipgate($notifiable)
    {
        return SipgateMessage::create('Your message goes here…');
    }
}

Add a recipient

You can either choose to add the recipients number to the message itself:

public function toSipgate($notifiable)
{
    return SipgateMessage::create('Your message goes here…')->recipient('00491234567890');
}

Or add a routeNotificationForSipgate method to your notifiable class:

class User extends Authenticatable
{
    use Notifiable;

    public function routeNotificationForSipgate($notification)
    {
        return $this->phone_number;
    }
}

If you define both, the message will be send to the number you defined in the message.

Sending On-Demand Notifications

If you want to send a notification to someone who is not registered in your application, use on-demand notifications:

Notification::route('sipgate', '00491234567890')
            ->notify(new ExampleNotification($message));

Available Message methods

public function toSipgate($notifiable)
{
    return (new SipgateMessage('Your message goes here…'))
        ->message('…or here')
        ->recipient('00491234567890')
        ->sendAt(time() + 60)
        ->smsId('s0');
}

Optional: In order to send a delayed message set the desired date and time in the future (up to one month):

$message->sendAt(time() + 60);

Note: The sendAt method accepts a Unix timestamp.

Common Issues

SMS sent successfully but no message received

Possible reasons are:

• incorrect or mistyped phone number
• recipient phone is not connected to network
• long message text - delivery can take a little longer

HTTP Errors

Resources

• sipgate team FAQ (DE)
• sipgate basic FAQ (DE)

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information what has changed recently.

Testing

$ composer test

Security

If you discover any security related issues, please email mail@simonkubiak.de instead of using the issue tracker.

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Credits

• Simon Kubiak

License

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