GCM-Laravel-Simple-Push-Message

Simple classes to send GCM to Android devices in Laravel 5, using all the devices registered in the database.

Based on https://github.com/mattg888/GCM-PHP-Server-Push-Message

Configuration

• Copy all the files to your Laravel 5.* folder.
• Insert in your routes.php file, the call to the controller that is going to register the devices in your database.
  • Route::post('gcm', 'GCMController@registerGcm');
• Run the migrations to create the table to store the devices_id
  • php artisan migrate

Sending to all the devices

To send the a message to all the registered devices:

$apiKey = "YOUR GOOGLE API SERVER KEY";
$message = "The message to send";

$gcpm = new GCMPushMessage($apiKey);
$response = $gcpm->sendFromDB($message);

Sending to a specific set of users_id

$apiKey = "YOUR GOOGLE API SERVER KEY";
$message = "The message to send";

$gcpm = new GCMPushMessage($apiKey);
$response = $gcpm->sendFromDB($message);

Using a queue to send the message

Dispatch the message to the queue from any of your Controllers

$apiKey = "YOUR GOOGLE API SERVER KEY";
$message = "The message to send";

$this->dispatch(new Push($message, $apiKey));

More Information

How to obtain a Google Server API Key

• Go to the Google Console https://console.developers.google.com
• Create a new project / open project
• Click on 'APIs & Auth' on the left
• Find the 'Google Cloud Messaging for Android' option, and press off to turn it on
• Go to the creditials tab on the left
• Go the 'Public API access' section and click 'Create new key'
• Choose 'Server key' and click 'Create'
• The API key is now shown under the section 'Key for server applications'