Request

• Retrieving the request parameters
  • Any request POST parameter
  • Any request GET parameter
  • The phone number of the user
  • The network
  • The session ID
  • The request type (a.k.a service operator code)
  • The user’s response (a.k.a USSD string)
  • The channel

Retrieving the request parameters

Any request POST parameter

$this->request()->input('name_of_the_input');

For POST parameters, the request method can be used directly:

$this->request('name_of_the_input');
// Equivalent to
$this->request()->input('name_of_the_input');

Any request GET parameter

$this->request()->query('name_of_the_input');

While this two methods are useful, Rejoice has helper methods for some of the parameters:

The phone number of the user

$this->tel();
// or
$this->msisdn();

The network

$this->network();

This returns the MNC of the user, not the network name.

The session ID

$this->sessionId();

The session ID is retrieved from the mobile operator.

The request type (a.k.a service operator code)

$this->ussdRequestType();

The user’s response (a.k.a USSD string)

$this->userResponse();

The channel

Useful when building an application not only for USSD. You can do extra stuff, customize the response, etc., based on the channel.

$this->channel(); // Will be USSD by default.