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ftg/sms
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Africa is talking sms api for East and Central Africa

1392PHP

Since Aug 30Pushed 8y ago2 watchersCompare

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Laravel - Africa is Talking Sms
===============================

[](#laravel---africa-is-talking-sms)

Using Laravel Framework and Africa Is Talking Api, SMS can now be sent in Africa with ease. Follow the steps below and use the Package

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Run composer require ftg/sms:dev-master at the root of your Laravel Project.

Africa is Talking Account Creation
----------------------------------

[](#africa-is-talking-account-creation)

You will need an account in Africa is Talking. By default a new account has 10 free sms for test purposes. Visit [Africa is Talking](https://account.africastalking.com/login) and create an account or login if you have one.

#### Api Creation

[](#api-creation)

Create an Api Key that will be used to send the messages

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

Add the following line to your providers in the App/Config/app.php file;

```
 Ftg\Sms\SmsServiceProvider::class,

```

Add the following line to your aliases in the App/Config/app.php file;

```
'SMS' => Ftg\Sms\Facades\Sms::class,

```

Add the following lines to your .env file for the Package to pick your africa is talking username and api key. Complete them with the relevant credentials

```
Africa_Is_Talking_Username=
Africa_Is_Talking_API_KEY=
Africa_Is_Talking_ID=

```

\##Usage In your controller include the following line at the top;

```
use Ftg\Sms\Facades\Sms;

```

In the function send the message as follows;

```
/**
 * Sending of Sms
 * Not that numbers have to begin with 254 for Kenya
 **/
public function test()
{
        $mobile = "254...";
        $message = "Your Message goes here";
        Sms::send_sms($mobile,$message);
        return "message sent";
}

```

License
-------

[](#license)

The Laravel framework is open-sourced software licensed under the [MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 21% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 94.4% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/25680438?v=4)[FluidTechGlobal](/maintainers/FluidTechGlobal)[@fluidTechGlobal](https://github.com/fluidTechGlobal)

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Top Contributors

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