Laravel Flock Notification Channel

This package makes it easy to send notifications using Flock with Laravel 5.3+.

return FlockMessage::create()
    ->content('Laravel Flock Notification Channel')
    ->attachment(function ($attachment) {
                $attachment->title('Button Widget')
                    ->description('Description')
                    ->color('#fff000');
            });

Contents

• Installation
  • Setting up the Flock service
• Usage
  • Available Message methods
• Examples
• Changelog
• Testing
• Security
• Contributing
• Credits
• License

Installation

Install this package with Composer:

composer require vrajroham/laravel-flock-notification

Register the ServiceProvider in your config/app.php (If you are using Laravel < 5.5):

Vrajroham\LaravelFlockNotification\FlockServiceProvider::class,

Setting up the flock service

Create incoming webhook by going to https://admin/flock.com or by choosing Manage your team in Flock desktop app.

For more information see the flock documentation to create incoming webhook.

Usage

You can now send messages in Flock Group by creating a FlockMessage:

• Add routeNotificationForFlock() to App\User model

public function routeNotificationForFlock()
{
    return $this->flock_webhook_url;
}

<?php

use Vrajroham\LaravelFlockNotification\FlockChannel;
use Vrajroham\LaravelFlockNotification\FlockMessage;
use Illuminate\Notifications\Notification;

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

    public function toFlock($notifiable)
    {
        return FlockMessage::create()
            ->content('Order created')
            ->attachments(function ($attachment) {
                $attachment->title('View order')
                    ->description('Order description')
                    ->color('#fff000');
            });
    }
}

Available Message methods

Complete message and attachment schema can be found at Flock Message Object and Flock Attachment Object

• content($string)
• flockml($string) //FlockML as attachment
• notification($string)
• sendAs($senderName, $profileImageUrl)
• attachments(callback)

  • title($string)

  • description($string)

  • color($string)

  • url($url)

  • id($string)

  • forward($boolean)

  • views(callback)

    • widget($source, $height, $width)
    • html($inlineHtmlString, $height, $width)
    • flockml($flockMLString)
    • image(callback)
      • original($url, $height, $width)
      • thumbnail($url, $height, $width)
      • filename($filename)

  • downloads(array)

    // Only 'src' field is mandatory.
    [
        [
            'src' => 'https://vrajroham.me/dl/vrajroham_cv.pdf', 
            'mime' => 'application/pdf', 
            'filename' => 'CV.pdf', 
            'size' => 2000 //bytes
        ],
        ...        
    ]

  • buttons(array)

    [
        [
            'name' => 'Button Name',
            'icon' => 'https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/12662173?s=460&v=4',
            'action' => [
                    'type' => 'openBrowser',
                    'url' => 'https://laravel.com',
                    'desktopType' => 'sidebar',
                ],
            'id' => 'btn1'
        ],
        ...
    ]

Examples

Text as contents

public function toFlock($notifiable)
{
    return FlockMessage::create()
        ->content('This is text notification.');
}

Change sender name and image

public function toFlock($notifiable)
{
    return FlockMessage::create()
        ->content('This is text notification.')
        ->sendAs("Vaibhavraj", 'https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/12662173?s=460&v=4');
}

Change message color

public function toFlock($notifiable)
{
    return FlockMessage::create()
        ->attachments(function ($attachment){
                $attachment->title('This is error message.')
                ->color('#FF0000'); //Red
            });
}

Change notification text for mobile application

public function toFlock($notifiable)
{
    return FlockMessage::create()
        ->notification('You have important message')
        ->content('This is text notification.');
}

Website as widget

public function toFlock($notifiable)
{
    return FlockMessage::create()
        ->attachments(function ($attachment){
                $attachment->title('Website as widget')
                ->views(function ($view){
                        $view->widget('https://vrajroham.me', 400, 400);
                    });
            });
}

Buttons

public function toFlock($notifiable)
{
    return FlockMessage::create()
        ->attachments(function ($attachment){
                $attachment->title('This are the buttons')
                ->buttons([
                    [
                        'name' => 'Button 1',
                        'icon' => 'https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/12662173?s=460&v=4',
                        'action' => [
                                'type' => 'openBrowser',
                                'url' => 'https://github.com/vrajroham',
                            ],
                        'id' => 'btn1'
                    ],
                    [
                        'name' => 'Button 2',
                        'icon' => 'https://laravel.com/favicon.png',
                        'action' => [
                                'type' => 'openBrowser',
                                'url' => 'https://laravel.com',
                            ],
                        'id' => 'btn2'
                    ]
                ]);
        });
}

Image as attachment

public function toFlock($notifiable)
{
    return FlockMessage::create()
        ->attachments(function ($attachment) {
             $attachment->title('Image as attachment')
             ->views(function ($view) {
                 $view->image(function ($image)
                 {
                     $image->original('https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/12662173?s=460&v=4',400,400)
                     ->thumbnail('https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/12662173?s=460&v=4',100,100)
                     ->filename('vaibhavraj.png');
                 });
             });
         });
}

Download Link

public function toFlock($notifiable)
{
    return FlockMessage::create()
        ->attachments(function ($attachment) {
             $attachment->title('Download link')
             ->downloads([
                [
                    'src' => 'https://vrajroham.me/dl/vrajroham_cv.pdf',
                    'mime' => 'application/pdf',
                    'filename' => 'file-1.pdf',
                    'size' => 1500
                ],
             ]);
         });
}

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

• Vaibhavraj Roham
• All Contributors

License

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