Need to install SendGrid in PHP App Service??

Question

I have a PHP App Service within which I'm trying to send a simple email using SendGrid (as instructed). SendGrid says to use their API. Do I need to install that within my App Service, or does it come pre-loaded?

I'm guessing the former, so how do I install the API as instructed here:
https://docs.sendgrid.com/for-developers/sending-email/v2-php-code-example
Using the console?

Obviously I'm very new to all of this so any basic guidance is very much appreciated!

Answer 1

@MAC , Apologies for the delay in responding here. Thanks for the good question.

Yes, you need to install it. It is recommended to use the Composer.
Edit the compose.json file located in the root folder of your website

Kindly see this doc for some samples: https://github.com/sendgrid/sendgrid-php and simple sample below:

    // If you are using Composer (recommended)  
    //require 'vendor/autoload.php';  
       
    // If you are not using Composer  
    require("./sendgrid-php/<sendgrid-php.php>");  
       
    $from = new SendGrid\Email(null, "******@domain.com");  
    $subject = "Hello World from the SendGrid PHP Library!";  
    //$to = new SendGrid\Email(null, "******@domain.com");  
    $to = new SendGrid\Email(null, "******@domain.com");  
    $content = new SendGrid\Content("text/plain", "Hello, Email! This is test from user1");  
    $mail = new SendGrid\Mail($from, $subject, $to, $content);  
       
    //$apiKey = getenv('SENDGRID_API_KEY');  
    //$sg = new \SendGrid($apiKey);  
    $sg = new \SendGrid("xxxx");  
       
    $response = $sg->client->mail()->send()->post($mail);  
    echo $response->statusCode();  
    echo $response->headers();  
    echo $response->body();  
       

Additionally,

Twilio SendGrid's v3 APIs expect an API key to be passed in an Authorization header as a Bearer Token.
The Twilio SendGrid helper libraries all provide a method to set your key, handling the authentication via Bearer Token for you.

1. Sending Email with Microsoft Azure.
2. Kindly take a look at enabling Composer and the steps outlined (it’s related to SengGrid, but similar steps need to be applied).
   Azure App Service Web Apps - Install Mail package using composer
3. Configure a PHP app for Azure App Service for additional customization/configuration options.

Kindly let us know if this helps or you need further assistance we will be more than happy to assist you.

Answer 2

I got it to work! After quite a bit of fiddling though...

FYI, couldn't get your sample code to work, but I was able to use the sample code on the Integration page of SendMail's Dashboard:

$email = new \SendGrid\Mail\Mail(); 
$email->setFrom("test@example.com", "Example User");
$email->setSubject("Sending with SendGrid is Fun");
$email->addTo("test@example.com", "Example User");
$email->addContent("text/plain", "and easy to do anywhere, even with PHP");
$email->addContent(
    "text/html", "<strong>and easy to do anywhere, even with PHP</strong>"
);
$sendgrid = new \SendGrid(getenv('SENDGRID_API_KEY'));
try {
    $response = $sendgrid->send($email);
    print $response->statusCode() . "\n";
    print_r($response->headers());
    print $response->body() . "\n";
} catch (Exception $e) {
    echo 'Caught exception: '. $e->getMessage() ."\n";
}

Thanks much!