bertoost/craft-messagebird

Craft CMS plugin for Messagebird messaging features.

2.0.0 2022-11-28 21:04 UTC

Requires

• php: ^8.0 || ^8.1
• craftcms/cms: ^4.1
• messagebird/php-rest-api: ^v3.1

MIT

• plugin
• sms
• whatsapp
• Craft
• messagebird
• craftcms
• craftcms plugin

README

Messagebird for Craft CMS

This plugin provides a Messagebird integration for Craft CMS.

Supports

• SMS features

The next services are in progress

• Voice features
• Report features (to view in CP)

Requirements

This plugin requires Craft CMS 3.1.5 or later.

Installation

You can install this plugin from the Plugin Store or with Composer.

From the Plugin Store

Go to the Plugin Store in your project’s Control Panel and search for “Messagebird”. Then click on the “Install” button in its modal window.

With Composer

Open your terminal and run the following commands:

# go to the project directory
cd /path/to/my-project.test

# tell Composer to load the plugin
composer require bertoost/craft-messagebird

# tell Craft to install the plugin
./craft install/plugin messagebird

Setup

Once Messagebird is installed, go to Settings → Messagebird, and enter your API key and SMS Originator name (max. 11 characters). Enter your Messagebird API Key (which you can get from dashboard.messagebird.com/en-us/developers/access), then click Save.

Tip: The API Key setting can be set to an environment variables. See Environmental Configuration in the Craft docs to learn more about that.

Usage

It's simple, so let's put in an example;

// Use the plugin
use bertoost\messagebird\Plugin;

// Send a SMS
Plugin::getInstance()->getSms()
    // required: add at least one recipient & body
    ->addRecipient('[phone]')
    ->setBody('This is a test')
    
    // optional: reference
    ->setReference('Testing SMS')
    
    // optional: schedule time
    ->setSchedule((new \DateTime())->modify('+5 minutes'))
    
    // send it
    ->send();