Send emails with Laravel

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Prerequisites

To get the most out of this guide, you will need to:

• Create an API key
• Verify your domain

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1. Install

First, install Resend for Laravel using the Composer package manager:

composer require resend/resend-laravel

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2. Configuration

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API key

Next, you should configure your Resend API key in your application’s .env file:

RESEND_API_KEY=re_xxxxxxxxx

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Mail driver

To use Resend as your mail driver, first create a new mailer definition, in the mailers array within your application’s config/mail.php configuration file:

'resend' => [
    'transport' => 'resend',
],

Next, update your application’s .env file to use the Resend mail driver:

MAIL_MAILER=resend
MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS=onboarding@resend.dev
MAIL_FROM_NAME=Acme

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3. Send an email

Resend for Laravel provides two convenient ways to send emails, using Laravel’s email service or the Resend API facade.

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Using the Mail Facade

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use App\Mail\OrderShipped;
use App\Models\Order;
use Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Mail;

class OrderShipmentController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Ship the given order.
     */
    public function store(Request $request): RedirectResponse
    {
        $order = Order::findOrFail($request->order_id);

        // Ship the order...

        Mail::to($request->user())->send(new OrderShipped($order));

        return redirect('/orders');
    }
}

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Using the Resend Facade

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use App\Mail\OrderShipped;
use App\Models\Order;
use Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Resend\Laravel\Facades\Resend;

class OrderShipmentController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Ship the given order.
     */
    public function store(Request $request): RedirectResponse
    {
        $order = Order::findOrFail($request->order_id);

        // Ship the order...

        Resend::emails()->send([
            'from' => 'Acme <onboarding@resend.dev>',
            'to' => [$request->user()->email],
            'subject' => 'hello world',
            'html' => (new OrderShipped($order))->render(),
        ])

        return redirect('/orders');
    }
}

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4. Receiving webhook requests

By default, Resend for Laravel includes a webhook controller to respond to the /resend/webhook URL path. The controller will dispatch a Laravel event that corresponds to a Resend event. For example, an email.delivered event type will send an EmailDelivered Laravel event.

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Register the webhook endpoint

Register your publicly accessible HTTPS URL in the Resend dashboard.

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CSRF protection

Webhook requests from Resend need to bypass Laravel’s CSRF protection. Be sure to list the URI as an exception in your application’s App\Http\Middleware\VerifyCsrfToken middleware or list the route outside of the web middleware group:

protected $except = [
    'resend/*',
];

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Verifying webhook signatures

To enable webhook verification, ensure that the RESEND_WEBHOOK_SECRET environment variable is set in your application’s .env file. The Signing secret can be retrieved from your Resend dashboard.

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5. Try it yourself