A Laravel package for sending Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) notifications

#Laravel FCM Notifier 🔥📬

Send push notifications with style, grace, and a tiny bit of panic.

A Laravel package for sending Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) notifications with support for Laravel's notification system.

#Why?

Because your app deserves to annoy users in real-time — respectfully, of course.

#Features

• Easy integration with Laravel's notification system
• Support for both simple and complex FCM messages
• Fluent interface for building notifications
• Automatic logging of notification delivery status
• Database migration for storing FCM tokens
• Configurable default settings

#Coming Soon

• More methods
• Better docs
• A therapist for your app’s notification anxiety

#Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require devkandil/notifire

#Configuration

1. Publish the package files:

# Publish everything
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="DevKandil\NotiFire\FcmServiceProvider"
 
# Or publish specific components
php artisan vendor:publish --tag=fcm-config        # Configuration file
php artisan vendor:publish --tag=fcm-migrations    # Database migrations
php artisan vendor:publish --tag=fcm-notifications # Example notification
php artisan vendor:publish --tag=fcm-contracts     # Interface contracts
php artisan vendor:publish --tag=fcm-enums         # Enums (MessagePriority)
php artisan vendor:publish --tag=fcm-traits        # Traits (HasFcm)

2. Add your Firebase project ID to your .env file:

# Required: Your Firebase project ID from the Firebase Console
FIREBASE_PROJECT_ID=your-project-id

3. Place your Firebase service account credentials JSON file in your Laravel storage directory:

/storage/firebase.json

Important: Make sure to add this file to your .gitignore to keep your credentials secure.

If you need to use a different location for your credentials file, you can modify the credentials_path value in the published config file (config/fcm.php).

4. Run the migrations:

php artisan migrate

5. Add the fcm_token field to your User model's $fillable array:

// In App\Models\User.php
protected $fillable = [
    // existing fields...
    'fcm_token',
];

This is required for the package to store FCM tokens in your user model.

#Usage

#Using the Facade

use DevKandil\NotiFire\Facades\Fcm;
 
// Simple notification
$success = Fcm::withTitle('Hello')
    ->withBody('This is a test notification')
    ->sendNotification($fcmToken);
 
if ($success) {
    // Notification sent successfully
}
 
// Advanced notification
$success = Fcm::withTitle('Hello')
    ->withBody('This is a test notification')
    ->withImage('https://example.com/image.jpg')
    ->withIcon('notification_icon')
    ->withColor('#FF5733')
    ->withSound('default')
    ->withPriority(MessagePriority::HIGH)
    ->withAdditionalData(['key' => 'value'])
    ->sendNotification($fcmToken);
 
if ($success) {
    // Notification sent successfully
}

#Direct Usage

use DevKandil\NotiFire\Contracts\FcmServiceInterface;
 
$fcm = app(FcmServiceInterface::class);
 
// Simple notification
$fcm->withTitle('Hello')
    ->withBody('This is a test notification')
    ->sendNotification($fcmToken);
 
// Advanced notification
$fcm->withTitle('Hello')
    ->withBody('This is a test notification')
    ->withImage('https://example.com/image.jpg')
    ->withIcon('notification_icon')
    ->withColor('#FF5733')
    ->withSound('default')
    ->withPriority(MessagePriority::HIGH)
    ->withAdditionalData(['key' => 'value'])
    ->sendNotification($fcmToken);

#Updating FCM Token

The package includes a built-in controller (FcmController) that handles FCM token updates. This controller is automatically loaded by the package and doesn't need to be published to your application.

You can use the provided API endpoint to update a user's FCM token:

POST /fcm/token

Headers:

Authorization: Bearer {your-auth-token}
Content-Type: application/json

Request Body:

{
    "fcm_token": "your-fcm-token-here"
}

Response:

{
    "success": true,
    "message": "FCM token updated successfully"
}

Note: The route is automatically registered with Sanctum authentication middleware. Make sure your user is authenticated with Sanctum before making this request.

#Using the HasFcm Trait

Add the HasFcm trait to your model to easily manage FCM tokens and send notifications:

use DevKandil\NotiFire\Traits\HasFcm;
 
class User extends Model
{
    use HasFcm;
}

This trait provides the following methods:

// Get the FCM token
$user->getFcmToken();
 
// Update the FCM token
$user->updateFcmToken($token);
 
// Send a notification
$user->sendFcmNotification(
    'Hello',
    'This is a test notification',
    [
        'image' => 'https://example.com/image.jpg',
        'sound' => 'default',
        'click_action' => 'OPEN_ACTIVITY',
        'icon' => 'notification_icon',
        'color' => '#FF5733',
        'data' => ['key' => 'value'],
        'priority' => MessagePriority::HIGH
    ]
);

#Using Laravel Notifications

The package includes an example notification that demonstrates all available features:

use DevKandil\NotiFire\Notifications\ExampleNotification;
 
// Send a notification with custom title and body
$user->notify(new ExampleNotification('Welcome', 'Thank you for joining us!'));

To create your own notification:

1. Create a notification:

php artisan make:notification NewMessage

2. Implement the toFcm method:

use DevKandil\NotiFire\FcmMessage;
use DevKandil\NotiFire\Enums\MessagePriority;
 
public function toFcm($notifiable)
{
    return FcmMessage::create('New Message', 'You have a new message')
        ->image('https://example.com/image.jpg')
        ->sound('default')
        ->clickAction('OPEN_ACTIVITY')
        ->icon('notification_icon')
        ->color('#FF5733')
        ->priority(MessagePriority::HIGH)
        ->data([
            'message_id' => $this->message->id,
            'timestamp' => now()->toIso8601String(),
        ]);
}

3. Add the FCM channel to your notification:

public function via($notifiable)
{
    return ['fcm'];
}

4. Add the HasFcm trait to your Notifiable model (this automatically adds the routeNotificationForFcm method):

use DevKandil\NotiFire\Traits\HasFcm;
 
class User extends Model
{
    use HasFcm;
}

5. Send the notification:

$user->notify(new NewMessage($message));

#Raw FCM Messages

For complete control over the FCM message payload, you can use the fromRaw method. This method allows you to send a custom FCM message with your own payload structure:

// First, get the FCM service instance using one of these methods:
// Method 1: Using dependency injection
use DevKandil\NotiFire\Contracts\FcmServiceInterface;
$fcm = app(FcmServiceInterface::class);
 
// Method 2: Using the Facade
use DevKandil\NotiFire\Facades\Fcm;
$fcm = Fcm::build();
 
// The fromRaw method accepts a complete FCM message payload and returns the service instance
// allowing you to chain methods like send()
$response = $fcm->fromRaw([
    'message' => [
        'token' => 'device-token',
        'notification' => [
            'title' => 'Hello',
            'body' => 'This is a test notification',
        ],
        'android' => [
            'priority' => 'high',
        ],
        'data' => [
            'key' => 'value',
        ],
    ],
])->send();
 
if (isset($response['name'])) {
    // Notification sent successfully with message ID: $response['name']
}

This method is useful when you need to customize the FCM message beyond what the fluent interface provides, or when you're migrating from an existing FCM implementation.

#Available Notification Options

The NotiFire package provides several options to customize your notifications:

When using the HasFcm trait, you can pass these options as an array:

$options = [
    'image' => 'https://example.com/image.jpg',
    'sound' => 'default',
    'click_action' => 'OPEN_ACTIVITY',
    'icon' => 'notification_icon',
    'color' => '#FF5733',
    'data' => ['key' => 'value'],
    'priority' => MessagePriority::HIGH
];

#Logging

All notification attempts are automatically logged. You can find the logs in your Laravel log files with the following contexts:

• Successful notifications: info level with message ID
• Failed notifications: error level with error details
• Missing FCM tokens: warning level

#Testing

To run the tests, you need to have a valid Firebase configuration:

1. Set up your Firebase project and obtain the credentials JSON file
2. Configure your .env file with the required Firebase variable:

# Required: Your Firebase project ID from the Firebase Console
FIREBASE_PROJECT_ID=your-project-id

3. Place your Firebase service account credentials JSON file in your Laravel storage directory:

/storage/firebase.json

4. Optionally, you can set a custom FCM test token in your .env file:

FCM_TEST_TOKEN=your-valid-fcm-token-here

This is particularly useful when running tests in applications that use this package, as you won't be able to modify the test files in the vendor directory.

5. When writing tests, make sure to use properly formatted FCM tokens. Firebase Cloud Messaging tokens follow a specific format:

fMYt3W8XSJqTMEIvYR1234:APA91bEH_3kDyFMuXO5awEcbkwqg9LDyZ8QK-9qAw3qsF-4NvUq98Y5X9iJKX2JkpRGLEN_2PXXXPmLTCWtQWYPmL3RKJki_6GVQgHGpXzD8YG9z1EUlZ6LWmjOUCxGrYD8QVnqH1234

The token typically consists of:

• A registration ID (before the colon)
• A colon separator
• A string starting with "APA91b" followed by a Base64-encoded payload

Using invalid token formats (like test-token) will cause tests to fail when run against the actual Firebase service.

Then run the tests:

composer test

#Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

#Security

If you discover any security-related issues, please email devkandil@gmail.com instead of using the issue tracker.

#Credits

• Abdelrazek Kandil

#License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.