Send Email from Laravel

Send emails from Laravel controllers and jobs

1. Install the SDK

composer require sendpigeon/sendpigeon

2. Set your API key

Add your SendPigeon API key to your environment variables:

SENDPIGEON_API_KEY=your_api_key_here

Get your API key from the dashboard.

3. Send your first email

<?php
// app/Http/Controllers/ContactController.php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use SendPigeon\SendPigeon;

class ContactController extends Controller
{
    public function store(Request $request)
    {
        $validated = $request->validate([
            'email' => 'required|email',
            'name' => 'required|string',
        ]);

        $client = new SendPigeon(config('services.sendpigeon.key'));

        $client->send(
            to: $validated['email'],
            from: 'hello@yourdomain.com',
            subject: "Thanks for reaching out, {$validated['name']}!",
            html: '<h1>We got your message</h1><p>We\'ll get back to you soon.</p>',
        );

        return response()->json(['success' => true]);
    }
}

Features

Works with Laravel queues
Notification channel support
Blade template integration

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