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nextsms/laravel
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This package makes it easy to send notifications via NextSMS with Laravel

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NextSMS notification channel for Laravel
========================================

[](#nextsms-notification-channel-for-laravel)

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This package makes it easy to send notifications using [NextSMS](https://nextsms.co.tz/) with Laravel.

Contents
--------

[](#contents)

- [About](#about)
- [Laravel compatibly](#laravel-compatibly)
- [Installation](#installation)
- [Setting up the NextSMS service](#setting-up-the-nextsms-service)
- [Usage](#usage)
- [Testing](#testing)
- [Security](#security)
- [Contributing](#contributing)
- [Credits](#credits)
- [License](#license)

About
-----

[](#about)

The NextSMS channel makes it possible to send out Laravel notifications as `SMS` using NextSMS API.

Laravel compatibly
------------------

[](#laravel-compatibly)

Package is Laravel v8 compatible

Laravel VersionPackage VersionNotesv7 or v8dev-mainLatest versionv66.0.x-devv55.x-devInstallation
------------

[](#installation)

You can install this package via composer:

This will install the latest version

```
composer require nextsms/laravel
```

To install previous version of the package eg: version 6.0.x-dev compatible with laravel v6 see

```
composer require nextsms/laravel:6.0.x-dev
```

The service provider gets loaded automatically.

### Setting up the NextSMS service

[](#setting-up-the-nextsms-service)

You will need to [Register](https://nextsms.co.tz/register/).

> Remember to add your Sender ID that you will be using to send the messages.

```
NEXTSMS_USERNAME=""
NEXTSMS_PASSWORD=""
NEXTSMS_FROM=""
NEXTSMS_ENVIROMENT="production"
```

You can publish the package configuration file:

```
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="NotificationChannels\NextSms\NextSmsServiceProvider" --tag="config"
```

Add the `routeNotifcationForNextSms` method on your notifiable Model. If this is not added, the `phone_number` field will be automatically used.

```