🎉 Announcing the Release of Laravel Zoho Cliq Package! 🚀

I’m excited to announce the release of the Laravel Zoho Cliq package, a powerful tool designed to bring seamless integration between Laravel applications and Zoho Cliq. Whether you're building a new app or enhancing an existing one, this package makes it incredibly easy to send messages, notifications, and rich content directly from your Laravel application to Zoho Cliq.

Key Features:

Send Messages to Multiple Users: Effortlessly broadcast messages to multiple Zoho Cliq users from your Laravel application.
Single User Messaging: Send personalized messages to individual users with ease.
Rich Card Messaging: Create visually engaging messages with interactive cards.
Channel Messaging: Communicate with specific channels to keep your teams informed and engaged.

How to Get Started

Install the Package: Add the Laravel Zoho Cliq package to your Laravel application using Composer:

composer require realrashid/laravel-zoho-cliq

Publish Configuration: Publish the configuration file to set up your credentials:

php artisan cliq:install

Configure OAuth Credentials: Obtain your Client ID and Client Secret from Zoho Cliq’s API Console:

Visit Zoho API Console.
Click the Get Started button and select Self Client.
Click Create, then OK when prompted.
Copy the Client ID and Client Secret, and add them to your .env file:

CLIQ_CLIENT_ID=your-client-id
CLIQ_CLIENT_SECRET=your-client-secret
CLIQ_DEFAULT_CHANNEL=your-default-channel
CLIQ_DEFAULT_SEND_TO=buddies

Example Usages

Send a Message to Multiple Users:

  Route::get('/send-buddy-message', function () {
      $response = Cliq::to(['user1@example.com', 'user2@example.com'])
          ->send("Hello team! This is a message from Laravel.");

      return response()->json($response);
  });

Send a Message with a Card:

  Route::get('/send-card-message', function () {
      $response = Cliq::toChannel()->to('alerts')
          ->card(
              'New Feature Released!',
              'https://example.com/image.jpg',
              'https://example.com/image.jpg',
              'modern-inline',
              'Release Bot',
              [
                  [
                      'label' => 'Learn More',
                      'hint' => 'Click to learn more about the feature',
                      'action_type' => 'open.url',
                      'web_url' => 'https://example.com/feature',
                  ],
                  [
                      'label' => 'Feedback',
                      'hint' => 'Provide feedback on the new feature',
                      'action_type' => 'open.url',
                      'web_url' => 'https://example.com/feedback',
                  ]
              ]
          )
          ->send("I’m excited to announce the release of our new feature!");

      return response()->json($response);
  });

Send a Message to a Channel:

  Route::get('/send-message-channel', function () {
      $response = Cliq::toChannel()->to('general')
          ->send("Good morning, everyone! Here’s the latest update from Laravel.");

      return response()->json($response);
  });

Why Use Laravel Zoho Cliq?

Seamless Integration: Easily integrate Zoho Cliq into your Laravel applications with minimal configuration.
Rich Features: Leverage advanced features like rich card messaging to enhance your communication.
Open Source: Contribute and benefit from a package that’s actively maintained and community-driven.

Get Involved

I welcome contributions and feedback! If you have suggestions or improvements, please check out the GitHub repository and consider contributing.

Support

If you find this package useful and would like to support my work, you can buy me a coffee. Your support helps me continue to maintain and improve the package.

Thank you for using Laravel Zoho Cliq!

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