sparkpost/php-sparkpost

Client library for interfacing with the SparkPost API.

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SparkPost PHP Library

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The official PHP library for using the SparkPost REST API., _(*4)

Before using this library, you must have a valid API Key. To get an API Key, please log in to your SparkPost account and generate one in the Settings page., _(*5)

Installation

Please note: The composer package sparkpost/php-sparkpost has been changed to sparkpost/sparkpost starting with version 2.0., _(*6)

The recommended way to install the SparkPost PHP Library is through composer., _(*7)

# Install Composer
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php

Sparkpost requires php-http client (see Setting up a Request Adapter). There are several providers available. If you were using guzzle6 your install might look like this., _(*8)

composer require php-http/guzzle6-adapter "^1.1"
composer require guzzlehttp/guzzle "^6.0"

Next, run the Composer command to install the SparkPost PHP Library:, _(*9)

composer require sparkpost/sparkpost

After installing, you need to require Composer's autoloader:, _(*10)

require 'vendor/autoload.php';
use SparkPost\SparkPost;

Note: Without composer the costs outweigh the benefits of using the PHP client library. A simple function like the one in issue #164 wraps the SparkPost API and makes it easy to use the API without resolving the composer dependencies., _(*11)

Running with IDEs

When running with xdebug under an IDE such as VS Code, you may see an exception is thrown in file vendor/php-http/discovery/src/Strategy/PuliBetaStrategy.php:, _(*12)

Exception has occurred.
Http\Discovery\Exception\PuliUnavailableException: Puli Factory is not available

This is usual. Puli is not required to use the library. You can resume running after the exception., _(*13)

You can prevent the exception, by setting the discovery strategies, prior to creating the adapter object:, _(*14)

// Prevent annoying "Puli exception" during work with xdebug / IDE
// See https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-php/issues/801
\Http\Discovery\ClassDiscovery::setStrategies([
        // \Http\Discovery\Strategy\PuliBetaStrategy::class, // Deliberately disabled
        \Http\Discovery\Strategy\CommonClassesStrategy::class,
        \Http\Discovery\Strategy\CommonPsr17ClassesStrategy::class,
]);

Setting up a Request Adapter

Because of dependency collision, we have opted to use a request adapter rather than requiring a request library. This means that your application will need to pass in a request adapter to the constructor of the SparkPost Library. We use the HTTPlug in SparkPost. Please visit their repo for a list of supported clients and adapters. If you don't currently use a request library, you will need to require one and create a client from it and pass it along. The example below uses the GuzzleHttp Client Library., _(*15)

A Client can be setup like so:, _(*16)

'YOUR_API_KEY']);
?>

Initialization

new Sparkpost(httpClient, options)

• httpClient
  • Required: Yes
  • HTTP client or adapter supported by HTTPlug
• options
  • Required: Yes
  • Type: String or Array
  • A valid Sparkpost API key or an array of options
• options.key
  • Required: Yes
  • Type: String
  • A valid Sparkpost API key
• options.host
  • Required: No
  • Type: String
  • Default: api.sparkpost.com
• options.protocol
  • Required: No
  • Type: String
  • Default: https
• options.port
  • Required: No
  • Type: Number
  • Default: 443
• options.version
  • Required: No
  • Type: String
  • Default: v1
• options.async
  • Required: No
  • Type: Boolean
  • Default: true
  • async defines if the request function sends an asynchronous or synchronous request. If your client does not support async requests set this to false
• options.retries
  • Required: No
  • Type: Number
  • Default: 0
  • retries controls how many API call attempts the client makes after receiving a 5xx response
• options.debug
  • Required: No
  • Type: Boolean
  • Default: false
  • If debug is true, then all SparkPostResponse and SparkPostException instances will return any array of the request values through the function getRequest

Methods

request(method, uri [, payload [, headers]])

• method
  • Required: Yes
  • Type: String
  • HTTP method for request
• uri
  • Required: Yes
  • Type: String
  • The URI to receive the request
• payload
  • Required: No
  • Type: Array
  • If the method is GET the values are encoded into the URL. Otherwise, if the method is POST, PUT, or DELETE the payload is used for the request body.
• headers
  • Required: No
  • Type: Array
  • Custom headers to be sent with the request.

syncRequest(method, uri [, payload [, headers]])

Sends a synchronous request to the SparkPost API and returns a SparkPostResponse, _(*17)

asyncRequest(method, uri [, payload [, headers]])

Sends an asynchronous request to the SparkPost API and returns a SparkPostPromise, _(*18)

setHttpClient(httpClient)

• httpClient
  • Required: Yes
  • HTTP client or adapter supported by HTTPlug

setOptions(options)

• options
  • Required: Yes
  • Type: Array
  • See constructor

Endpoints

transmissions

• post(payload)
  • payload - see request options
  • payload.cc
    • Required: No
    • Type: Array
    • Recipients to receive a carbon copy of the transmission
  • payload.bcc
    • Required: No
    • Type: Array
    • Recipients to discreetly receive a carbon copy of the transmission

Examples

Send An Email Using The Transmissions Endpoint

 getenv('SPARKPOST_API_KEY'), 'async' => false]);

try {
    $response = $sparky->transmissions->post([
        'content' => [
            'from' => [
                'name' => 'SparkPost Team',
                'email' => 'from@sparkpostbox.com',
            ],
            'subject' => 'First Mailing From PHP',
            'html' => '
Congratulations, {{name}}!
You just sent your very first mailing!, (*19)
',
            'text' => 'Congratulations, {{name}}!! You just sent your very first mailing!',
        ],
        'substitution_data' => ['name' => 'YOUR_FIRST_NAME'],
        'recipients' => [
            [
                'address' => [
                    'name' => 'YOUR_NAME',
                    'email' => 'YOUR_EMAIL',
                ],
            ],
        ],
        'cc' => [
            [
                'address' => [
                    'name' => 'ANOTHER_NAME',
                    'email' => 'ANOTHER_EMAIL',
                ],
            ],
        ],
        'bcc' => [
            [
                'address' => [
                    'name' => 'AND_ANOTHER_NAME',
                    'email' => 'AND_ANOTHER_EMAIL',
                ],
            ],
        ],
    ]);
    } catch (\Exception $error) {
        var_dump($error);
    }
print($response->getStatusCode());
$results = $response->getBody()['results'];
var_dump($results);
?>

More examples here:, _(*20)

Transmissions

• Create with attachment
• Create with recipient list
• Create with cc and bcc
• Create with template
• Create
• Delete (scheduled transmission by campaign_id only)

Templates

• Create
• Get
• Get (list) all
• Update
• Delete

Message Events

• get
• get (with retry logic)

Send An API Call Using The Base Request Function

We provide a base request function to access any of our API resources., _(*21)

 getenv('SPARKPOST_API_KEY'),
    'async' => false]);

$webhookId = 'afd20f50-865a-11eb-ac38-6d7965d56459';
$response = $sparky->request('DELETE', 'webhooks/' . $webhookId);
print($response->getStatusCode());
?>

Be sure to not have a leading / in your resource URI., _(*22)

For complete list of resources, refer to API documentation., _(*23)

Handling Responses

The API calls either return a SparkPostPromise or SparkPostResponse depending on if async is true or false, _(*24)

Synchronous

$sparky->setOptions(['async' => false]);
try {
    $response = ... // YOUR API CALL GOES HERE

    echo $response->getStatusCode()."\n";
    print_r($response->getBody())."\n";
}
catch (\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getCode()."\n";
    echo $e->getMessage()."\n";
}

Asynchronous

Asynchronous an be handled in two ways: by passing callbacks or waiting for the promise to be fulfilled. Waiting acts like synchronous request., _(*25)

Wait (Synchronous)

$promise = ... // YOUR API CALL GOES HERE

try {
    $response = $promise->wait();
    echo $response->getStatusCode()."\n";
    print_r($response->getBody())."\n";
} catch (\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getCode()."\n";
    echo $e->getMessage()."\n";
}

echo "I will print out after the promise is fulfilled";

Then (Asynchronous)

$promise = ... // YOUR API CALL GOES HERE

$promise->then(
    // Success callback
    function ($response) {
        echo $response->getStatusCode()."\n";
        print_r($response->getBody())."\n";
    },
    // Failure callback
    function (Exception $e) {
        echo $e->getCode()."\n";
        echo $e->getMessage()."\n";
    }
);

echo "I will print out before the promise is fulfilled";

// You can combine multiple promises using \GuzzleHttp\Promise\all() and other functions from the library.
$promise->wait();

Handling Exceptions

An exception will be thrown in two cases: there is a problem with the request or the server returns a status code of 400 or higher., _(*26)

SparkPostException

• getCode()
  • Returns the response status code of 400 or higher
• getMessage()
  • Returns the exception message
• getBody()
  • If there is a response body it returns it as an Array. Otherwise it returns null.
• getRequest()
  • Returns an array with the request values method, url, headers, body when debug is true

Contributing

See contributing., _(*27)