Bento Laravel SDK

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The Bento Laravel SDK makes it quick and easy to send emails and track events in your Laravel applications. We provide powerful and customizable APIs that can be used out-of-the-box to manage subscribers, track events, and send transactional emails. We also expose low-level APIs so that you can build fully custom experiences.

Get started with our 📚 integration guides, or 📘 browse the SDK reference.

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Table of contents

• Features
• Requirements
• Getting started
  • Installation
  • Configuration
• Modules
• Things to Know
• Contributing
• License

Features

• Laravel Mail Integration: Seamlessly integrate with Laravel's mail system to send transactional emails via Bento.
• Event Tracking: Easily track custom events and user behavior in your Laravel application.
• Subscriber Management: Import and manage subscribers directly from your Laravel app.
• API Access: Full access to Bento's REST API for advanced operations.
• Laravel-friendly: Designed to work smoothly with Laravel's conventions and best practices.

Requirements

• PHP 8.0+
• Laravel 10.0+
• Bento API Keys

Getting started

Installation

Install the package via Composer:

composer require bentonow/bento-laravel-sdk

Configuration

1. Publish the configuration file:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag bentonow

2. Add a new mailer definition in config/mail.php:

'bento' => [
  'transport' => 'bento',
],

3. Add your Bento API keys to your .env file:

BENTO_PUBLISHABLE_KEY="bento-publishable-key"
BENTO_SECRET_KEY="bento-secret-key"
BENTO_SITE_UUID="bento-site-uuid"
MAIL_MAILER="bento"

Modules

Event Tracking

Track custom events in your application:

use Bentonow\BentoLaravel\Facades\Bento;
use Bentonow\BentoLaravel\DataTransferObjects\EventData;

$data = collect([
  new EventData(
    type: '$completed_onboarding',
    email: "[email protected]",
    fields: [
      "first_name" => "John",
      "last_name" => "Doe"
    ]
  )
]);

return Bento::trackEvent($data)->json();

Subscriber Management

Import subscribers into your Bento account:

use Bentonow\BentoLaravel\Facades\Bento;
use Bentonow\BentoLaravel\DataTransferObjects\ImportSubscribersData;

$data = collect([
  new ImportSubscribersData(
    email: "[email protected]",
    first_name: "John",
    last_name: "Doe",
    tags: ["lead", "mql"],
    removeTags: ["customers"],
    fields: ["role" => "ceo"]
  ),
]);

return Bento::importSubscribers($data)->json();

Find Subscriber

Search your site for a subscriber:

use Bentonow\BentoLaravel\Facades\Bento;

return Bento::findSubscriber("[email protected]")->json();

Create Subscriber

Creates a subscriber in your account and queues them for indexing:

use Bentonow\BentoLaravel\Facades\Bento;
use Bentonow\BentoLaravel\DataTransferObjects\CreateSubscriberData;

$data = collect([
  new CreateSubscriberData(email: "[email protected]")
]);

return Bento::createSubscriber($data)->json();

Run Command

Execute a command and change a subscriber's data:

use Bentonow\BentoLaravel\Facades\Bento;
use Bentonow\BentoLaravel\DataTransferObjects\CommandData;
use Bentonow\BentoLaravel\Enums\Command;

$data = collect([
  new CommandData(Command::REMOVE_TAG, "[email protected]", "test")
]);

return Bento::subscriberCommand($data)->json();

Get Tags

Returns a list of tags in your account:

use Bentonow\BentoLaravel\Facades\Bento;

return Bento::getTags()->json();

Create Tag

Creates a custom tag in your account:

use Bentonow\BentoLaravel\Facades\Bento;
use Bentonow\BentoLaravel\DataTransferObjects\CreateTagData;

$data = new CreateTagData(name: "example tag");

return Bento::createTag($data)->json();

Get Fields

The field model is a simple named key value pair, think of it as a form field:

use Bentonow\BentoLaravel\Facades\Bento;

return Bento::getFields()->json();

Create Field

Creates a custom field in your account:

use Bentonow\BentoLaravel\Facades\Bento;
use Bentonow\BentoLaravel\DataTransferObjects\CreateFieldData;

$data = new CreateFieldData(key: "last_name");

return Bento::createField($data)->json();

Get Broadcasts

Returns a list of broadcasts in your account:

use Bentonow\BentoLaravel\Facades\Bento;

return Bento::getBroadcasts()->json();

Create Broadcasts

Create new broadcasts to be sent:

use Bentonow\BentoLaravel\Facades\Bento;
use Bentonow\BentoLaravel\DataTransferObjects\CreateBroadcastData;
use Bentonow\BentoLaravel\DataTransferObjects\ContactData;
use Bentonow\BentoLaravel\Enums\BroadcastType;

$data = Collect([
  new CreateBroadcastData(
    name: "Campaign #1 Example",
    subject: "Hello world Plain Text",
    content: "<p>Hi {{ visitor.first_name }}</p>",
    type: BroadcastType::PLAIN,
    from: new ContactData(
      name: "John Doe",
      emailAddress: "[email protected]"
    ),
    inclusive_tags: "lead,mql",
    exclusive_tags: "customers",
    segment_id: "segment_123456789",
    batch_size_per_hour: 1500
  ),
]);

return Bento::createBroadcast($data)->json();

Get Site Stats

Returns a list of site stats:

use Bentonow\BentoLaravel\Facades\Bento;

return Bento::getSiteStats()->json();

Get Segment Stats

Returns a list of a segments stats:

use Bentonow\BentoLaravel\Facades\Bento;
use Bentonow\BentoLaravel\DataTransferObjects\SegmentStatsData;

$data = new SegmentStatsData(segment_id: "123");

return Bento::getSegmentStats($data)->json();

Get Report Stats

Returns an object containing data for a specific report:

use Bentonow\BentoLaravel\Facades\Bento;
use Bentonow\BentoLaravel\DataTransferObjects\ReportStatsData;

$data = new ReportStatsData(report_id: "456");

return Bento::getReportStats($data)->json();

Search Blacklists

Validates the IP or domain name with industry email reputation services to check for delivery issues:

use Bentonow\BentoLaravel\Facades\Bento;
use Bentonow\BentoLaravel\DataTransferObjects\BlacklistStatusData;

$data = new BlacklistStatusData(domain: null, ipAddress: "1.1.1.1");
return Bento::getBlacklistStatus($data)->json();

Validate Email

Validates the email address using the provided information to infer its validity:

use Bentonow\BentoLaravel\Facades\Bento;
use Bentonow\BentoLaravel\DataTransferObjects\ValidateEmailData;

$data = new ValidateEmailData(
  emailAddress: "[email protected]",
  fullName: "John Snow",
  userAgent: null,
  ipAddress: null
);

return Bento::validateEmail($data)->json();

Moderate Content

An opinionated Content moderation:

use Bentonow\BentoLaravel\Facades\Bento;
use Bentonow\BentoLaravel\DataTransferObjects\ContentModerationData;

$data = new ContentModerationData("Its just so fluffy!");
return Bento::getContentModeration($data)->json();

Guess Gender

Guess a subscriber's gender using their first and last name. Best for US users; based on US Census Data:

use Bentonow\BentoLaravel\Facades\Bento;
use Bentonow\BentoLaravel\DataTransferObjects\GenderData;

$data = new GenderData("John Doe");
return Bento::getGender($data)->json();

Geolocate Ip Address

This endpoint attempts to geolocate the provided IP address:

use Bentonow\BentoLaravel\Facades\Bento;
use Bentonow\BentoLaravel\DataTransferObjects\GeoLocateIpData;

$data = new GeoLocateIpData("1.1.1.1");
return Bento::geoLocateIp($data)->json();

Things to Know

1. The SDK integrates seamlessly with Laravel's mail system for sending transactional emails.
2. For event tracking and data importing, use the BentoConnector class.
3. All API requests are made using strongly-typed request classes for better type safety.
4. The SDK supports Laravel's environment-based configuration for easy setup across different environments.
5. For signed emails with return urls, please assign the bento.signature middleware or the BentoSignatureExclusion::class. This must be before the signed middleware to remove all utm and tracking url params.
6. Bento does not support no-reply sender addresses for transactional emails. You MUST use an author you have configured as your sender address.
7. For more advanced usage, refer to the Bento API Documentation.

Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please see our contributing guidelines for details on how to submit pull requests, report issues, and suggest improvements.

License

The Bento SDK for Laravel is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.