🚀 Laravel Slack Observer Demo

This is a minimal yet professional Laravel 12 project that demonstrates how to send Slack notifications via queued jobs whenever a new user is registered.

It is designed for:

• Clean code architecture
• Queue-friendly design
• Slack integration using Webhooks
• Modern testing using Pest PHP
• SQLite as the local database

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🛠 Features

✅ Slack webhook integration
✅ Job-based architecture (SendSlackNotification implements ShouldQueue)
✅ Environment-based config for security
✅ Full test coverage using Pest
✅ Laravel Queue-ready
✅ Clean code and error logging with Http::fake, Log::warning, try/catch
✅ Portable SQLite DB (no need to set up MySQL)

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📸 Screenshot

https://tinyurl.com/ylmae76x

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📂 Project Structure

app/
├── Jobs/
│   └── SendSlackNotification.php     # Core job logic
config/
├── slack.php                         # Slack webhook config
database/
├── database.sqlite                   # Local DB
routes/
├── web.php                           # Test route to trigger notification
tests/
├── Feature/
│   └── SendSlackNotificationTest.php # Pest-powered test cases

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⚙️ Setup Instructions

1. Clone this Repo

git clone https://github.com/your-username/laravel-slack-observer-demo.git
cd laravel-slack-observer-demo

2. Install Dependencies

composer install
cp .env.example .env
php artisan key:generate
touch database/database.sqlite

3. Configure Slack Webhook

Edit your .env:

SLACK_NEW_REGISTRATION_WEBHOOK=https://hooks.slack.com/services/...

Add to config/slack.php:

return [
    'webhook_urls' => [
        'new_registration' => env('SLACK_NEW_REGISTRATION_WEBHOOK'),
    ],
];

4. Run Migrations

php artisan migrate

5. Start Local Server

php artisan serve

Visit:
📍 http://localhost:8000/test-user
✅ If everything works, you'll see a Slack notification posted.

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🧪 Running Tests (Pest)

php artisan test

Output:

PASS  Tests\Feature\SendSlackNotificationTest
✓ sends Slack message successfully
✓ logs error if Slack webhook fails
✓ logs exception if Slack call throws

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👨‍💻 Built With

• Laravel 10+
• PHP 8.2+
• Pest PHP for testing
• SQLite for local dev
• Slack Incoming Webhooks
• Laravel Queues (sync driver)

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🙋‍♂️ About the Author

👋 Mohammad Umair
Senior Laravel Developer | 15+ Years of Experience
Remote from 🇮🇳 | Seeking full-time remote roles
🔗 LinkedIn | 🔗 GitHub

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🪄 Future Ideas

• Add support for Discord / Teams notifications
• Add notification throttling / retry
• Publish as a Laravel package

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📝 License

This project is open-sourced under the MIT license.