Installation

composer require salamwaddah/laravel-mandrill-driver

Configure

Add into your .env file

MANDRILL_SECRET=YOUR_MANDRILL_API_KEY

In your mail.php file

'from' => [
    'address' => 'noreply@example.com',
    'name' => "From Name"
],

'mandrill' => [
    'key' => env('MANDRILL_SECRET', 'SUPER SECRET KEY')
]

Usage

Basic usage

public function via($notifiable)
{
    return [MandrillChannel::class];
}

public function toMandrill($notifiable)
{
    return (new MandrillMessage())
        ->subject('Purchase successful')
        ->addTo($notifiable->email)
        ->view('mandrill-template-name', [
            'product' => $this->product->toArray(),
            'user' => [
                'name' => $notifiable->name,
                'phone' => $notifiable->phone
            ]
        ]);
}

Advanced

public function toMandrill($notifiable)
{
    return (new MandrillMessage())
        ->subject('Purchase successful')
        ->templateName('mandrill-template-name')
        ->addTo($notifiable->email)
        ->addTos(['a@example.com', 'b@example.com'])
        ->fromName('Customized From')
        ->fromEmail('custom_from@example.com')
        ->replyTo('reply@example.com')
        ->content([
            'product' => $this->product->toArray(),
        ]);
}

Available methods

Method	Type	Description
subject	string	Sets the email subject
templateName	string	Sets template name in Mandrill
addTo	string	Adds a To email
addTos	array	Adds multiple To emails
fromName	string	Overrides the default from name
fromEmail	string	Overrides the default from email
content	array	Content array
replyTo	string	Accepts one parameter($email)
view	function	Accepts 2 params ($templateName, $keyedContentArray)

Note: To keep it consistent with laravel's Mail implementation of replyTo, you can pass two parameters, second parameter is ignored, and If replyTo is called multiple times only first one will be used and others will be ignored. Because mandrill only allows one email address for reply to.

Usage in Mandrill (Dynamic Handlebars)

When specifying your content in the methods content or view you can then write in handlebars syntax in your Mandrill templates like this;

Hey {{user.name}}, you have successfully purchased {{product.name}}.

Mailchimp syntax

If you wish to use Mailchimp Merge Tags instead of the dynamic handlebars then you can set the $mergeLanguage optional param in templateName method to mailchimp.

In mailchimp merge tags, arrays are not supported, so each tag only accepts a string. Full documentation including booked keywords on mandrill

Mailchimp Example

public function toMandrill($notifiable)
{
    return (new MandrillMessage())
        ->subject('Purchase successful')
        ->templateName('mandrill-template-name', 'mailchimp') << HERE
        ->addTo($notifiable->email)
        ->content([
            'customer_name' => $notifiable->name,
            'invoice_link' => 'http://example.com/download/invoice.pdf',
        ])
}

Then in your mandrill template use as follows;

Hi *|customer_name|*, you can download your invoice from here *|invoice_link|*,