README

Simple mailing list manager

Telegraph provides a simple and opinionated way to manage and interact with third party mailing list services, normalising the intricacies of each service into a consistent API.

Installation

Install via Composer:

composer require decodelabs/telegraph

Setup

The system is designed as a simplified abstraction in front of third party mailing list services. It doesn't aim to be a full implementation of all the features of each service, but rather to provide a consistent interface for managing the most common operations.

Configuration

Configuration can be defined by any class that implements the DecodeLabs\Telegraph\Config interface. The package provides a Dovetail implementation out of the box however it can be easily replaced with a custom implementation.

use DecodeLabs\Telegraph;
Telegraph::setConfig(new MyConfig());

The configuration class must provide access to a list of sources which map a source name to an Adapter name, settings that allow the adapter to operate and the ID of the specific list to use from that service.

With the default Dovetail implementation, your configuration file could look like this:

use DecodeLabs\Dovetail;

return [
    'main' => [
        'adapter' => 'Mailchimp',
        'apiKey' => Dovetail::envString('MAILCHIMP_API_KEY'),
        'list' => 'abc123abc123'
    ]
];

Cache

Telegraph expects to be able to cache the results of API calls to avoid making unnecessary network requests. The main context accepts an instance of a Psr\Cache\CacheItemPoolInterface to use for caching, allowing you to use any cache system that implements the PSR-6 interface. If Stash is installed, it will be used by default, otherwise:

Telegraph::setCache(new MyPsrCachePool());

Usage

Once configured, Telegraph provides a simple API for interacting with your sources. Either load a specific source by name and operate on it directly, or use the shortcut methods on the main context to streamline common operations.

use DecodeLabs\Telegraph;
use DecodeLabs\Telegraph\MemberDataRequest;

$source = Telegraph::load('main');

$listInfo = $source->getListInfo();
echo $listInfo->name;

$request = new MemberDataRequest(
    email: 'test@example.com',
    firstName: 'Test',
    lastName: 'User',
    country: 'GB',
    language: 'en',
    groups: [
        '1234567890' => true,
    ],
    tags: [
        'test' => true,
    ]
);

$response = $source->subscribe($request);

if($response->success) {
    echo 'Subscription successful';
}

Or using the shortcut methods:

use DecodeLabs\Telegraph;
use DecodeLabs\Telegraph\MemberDataRequest;

$listInfo = Telegraph::getListInfo('main');
$request = new MemberDataRequest(...);
$response = Telegraph::subscribe('main', $request);

Fetch a subscribed member's information:

use DecodeLabs\Telegraph;

$memberInfo = Telegraph::getMemberInfo('main', 'test@example.com');

echo $memberInfo->email;
echo $memberInfo->firstName;
echo $memberInfo->lastName;
echo $memberInfo->country;
echo $memberInfo->language;

foreach($memberInfo->groups as $group) {
    echo $group->name;
}

foreach($memberInfo->tags as $tag) {
    echo $tag->name;
}

Updating a member

The MemberDataRequest class can also be used to update a member's data atomically:

use DecodeLabs\Telegraph;
use DecodeLabs\Telegraph\MemberDataRequest;

// Change name and email
$request = new MemberDataRequest(
    email: 'someone-else@example.com',
    firstName: 'Someone',
    lastName: 'Else',
);

$response = Telegraph::update('main', 'test@example.com', $request);

Groups and tags can be enabled or disabled by passing a boolean value with the group or tag key:

use DecodeLabs\Telegraph;
use DecodeLabs\Telegraph\MemberDataRequest;

$request = new MemberDataRequest(
    groups: [
        '1234567890' => false,
        '4567890123' => true,
    ],
    tags: [
        'test' => false,
        'new-tag' => true,
    ]
);

$response = Telegraph::update('main', 'someone-else@example.com', $request);

Unsubscribing a member just requires the email address:

use DecodeLabs\Telegraph;

$response = Telegraph::unsubscribe('main', 'someone-else@example.com');

User Stores

When in heavy use, it is advisable to store the results of List and Member lookups in non-volatile storage to avoid piling up API requests when caches are cleared on application restart or deployment.

This only makes sense in the context of logged in users where non-volatile storage can be associated with a user account.

When using Telegraph in this way you should use the *User() methods instead of the regular methods - this will ensure that the results are stored against the user account and stores and caches are updated accordingly.

Take care not to mix the user and non-user oriented methods where possible - calls without a user ID can not affect the store so a mixed set of calls can leave the store out of sync. Generally, if an operation concerns a user with an account, you should operate with the user oriented methods.

You can provide a custom Store implementation to handle saving List and Member information to your database. See the Store interface for more details.

Telegraph::setStore(new MyStore());

Telegraph::subscribeUser(
    source: 'main',
    userId: '1234567890',
    request: new MemberDataRequest(
        email: 'test@example.com',
        firstName: 'Test',
        lastName: 'User',
    )
);

Telegraph::updateUser(
    source: 'main',
    userId: '1234567890',
    email: 'test@example.com',
    request: new MemberDataRequest(
        firstName: 'Another',
        lastName: 'User',
    )
);

Telegraph::unsubscribeUser(
    source: 'main',
    userId: '1234567890',
    email: 'test@example.com'
);

$info = Telegraph::getUserMemberInfo(
    source: 'main',
    userId: '1234567890',
    email: 'test@example.com'
);

Disciple

Telegraph can be used in conjunction with the Disciple package to provide a seamless experience for subscribing users to mailing lists.

If Disciple is installed, the following methods can automatically fill in the member data request with the current user's data. Note, you will still need to provide a MemberDataRequest instance if you need to assign groups or tags.

use DecodeLabs\Telegraph;

Telegraph::subscribeDisciple();

Telegraph::updateDisciple(new MemberDataRequest(
    groups: [
        '1234567890' => true,
    ],
    tags: [
        'test' => true,
    ]
));

Telegraph::unsubscribeDisciple();

Commandment Actions

This package also provides a few useful CLI actions using the Commandment package.

Assuming you have Effigy installed plus the necessary dependencies for CLI commands, you can run the following commands in your project root:

# Refresh the cache for all sources
effigy telegraph/refresh

# Refresh the cache for a specific source
effigy telegraph/refresh mySource

# Show ListInfo for specified source
effigy telegraph/info mySource

# Show a list of all available lists on all connected services
effigy telegraph/probe

Licensing

Telegraph is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for the full license text.