Ushahidi Gmail Support

What is this package for?

This gmail support library is a composer package, that extends the ushahidi platform datasource manager, adding Gmail as a data source. It allows the platform to authenticate a gmail account, giving the access to send and receive messages via Gmail Service API instead of the default POP/IMAP.

Installation

You can install the package via composer:

$ composer require ushahidi/gmail-support

The above command will add the package as a dependency in your current project.

Note: In a Ushahidi platform codebase, the package needs to be manually registered. Add the code below to the boostrap/lumen.php file

$app->register(Ushahidi\Gmail\GmailServiceProvider::class);

Usage

Update your config/services.php file by adding your Gmail API credentials.

    'gmail' => [
        'client_id' => env('GMAIL_CLIENT_ID'),
        'client_secret' => env('GMAIL_CLIENT_SECRET'),
        'redirect_uri' => env('GMAIL_REDIRECT_URI','urn:ietf:wg:oauth:2.0:oob'),
    ]

Update your .env file by adding your server key.

GMAIL_CLIENT_ID=
GMAIL_CLIENT_SECRET=
GMAIL_REDIRECT_URI=

Tip: For quick gmail authentication setup run the artisan command

$ php artisan gmail:auth

To make use of this support package for mailing in your laravel app, update your .env and set your mail driver to gmail.

MAIL_DRIVER=gmail

Track the progress of the GMail integration project here

https://github.com/ushahidi/platform/projects/7