Statum PHP SDK (SMS, Airtime, & Accounts)

Official PHP SDK for Statum APIs. Built for secure, production-grade enterprise usage with strict typing, immutable DTOs, and framework-agnostic Guzzle HTTP integrations. Easily send SMS alerts, automate airtime disbursements, and query real-time account balances.

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Table of Contents

• Features
• Getting Started
• Installation
• Quick Start in 2 Minutes
  • 1. Plain PHP Setup
  • 2. Laravel Setup
• Core Integration Examples
  • Account Details
  • Sending SMS
  • Disbursing Airtime
• Error & Exception Handling
• API JSON Payload Specifications
• Integration Guidelines & Gotchas
• Running Tests
• License

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Features

• Type-Safe Constructors: Parameter validation happens locally inside the SDK before outgoing HTTP calls.
• Service-Oriented Design: Clean division between SMS, Airtime, and Account APIs.
• Framework Agnostic: Works out of the box in plain scripts, Symfony, or Laravel.
• Extensive Exception Handling: Maps specific HTTP status codes (e.g. 401, 402, 422) to concrete PHP exception classes.
• Strict Typing: Full compatibility with PHP 8.1+ strict mode.

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Getting Started

1. Sign up for a Statum account: app.statum.co.ke
2. Get your API credentials: Retrieve your Consumer Key and Consumer Secret from the Statum Dashboard.
3. Read the full API documentation: docs.statum.co.ke
4. Install the SDK: Follow the Installation guidelines below.

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Installation

Install the package via Composer:

composer require statum/statum-php-sdk

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Quick Start in 2 Minutes

Ensure your credentials are saved in your .env or system environment:

STATUM_CONSUMER_KEY=your-consumer-key
STATUM_CONSUMER_SECRET=your-consumer-secret

1. Plain PHP Setup

use Statum\Sdk\StatumClient;

$client = StatumClient::create(
    consumerKey: $_ENV['STATUM_CONSUMER_KEY'],
    consumerSecret: $_ENV['STATUM_CONSUMER_SECRET']
);

2. Laravel Setup

The SDK supports package auto-discovery in Laravel. To configure it, publish the configuration file:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=statum-config

This will create a config/statum.php file. You can configure your credentials via your .env file:

STATUM_CONSUMER_KEY=your-consumer-key
STATUM_CONSUMER_SECRET=your-consumer-secret
STATUM_BASE_URL=https://api.statum.co.ke/api/v2
STATUM_TIMEOUT=30.0

Now type-hint StatumClient in any controller or job to inject the initialized client:

use Statum\Sdk\StatumClient;

class SmsController extends Controller
{
    public function __construct(private readonly StatumClient $client) {}

    public function send() {
        // Ready to make type-safe calls!
    }
}

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Core Integration Examples

Account Details

Fetch organization profile, available balances, and service configuration:

$response = $client->account()->getAccountDetails();

echo "Status Code: " . $response->statusCode . "\n";
echo "Organization: " . $response->organization->name . "\n";
echo "Available Balance: KES " . $response->organization->details->availableBalance . "\n";

// List registered services and account codes
foreach ($response->organization->accounts as $account) {
    echo "Service: " . $account->serviceName . " | Code: " . $account->account . "\n";
}

Sending SMS

Send transactional or promotional SMS alerts to a recipient phone number:

$response = $client->sms()->sendSms(
    phoneNumber: '254721553678', // Recipient phone number in international format
    senderId: 'STATUM',     // Your approved Sender ID
    message: 'Hello! This is a secure notification from Statum SDK.'
);

echo "Status Code: " . $response->statusCode . "\n";
echo "Description: " . $response->description . "\n";
echo "Request ID: " . $response->requestId . "\n";

Disbursing Airtime

Disburse airtime rewards or incentives (supports amounts from KES 5 to KES 10,000):

$response = $client->airtime()->sendAirtime(
    phoneNumber: '254721553678',
    amount: '100' // Amount must be passed as a string representation
);

echo "Status Code: " . $response->statusCode . "\n";
echo "Description: " . $response->description . "\n";
echo "Request ID: " . $response->requestId . "\n";

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Error & Exception Handling

The SDK maps HTTP responses to concrete exception classes that inherit from Statum\Sdk\Exceptions\ApiException.

use Statum\Sdk\Exceptions\AuthenticationException;
use Statum\Sdk\Exceptions\ValidationException;
use Statum\Sdk\Exceptions\NetworkException;
use Statum\Sdk\Exceptions\ApiException;

try {
    $response = $client->sms()->sendSms('2547XXXXXXXX', 'SENDERID', 'Message');
} catch (AuthenticationException $e) {
    // Credentials failed validation (HTTP 401)
    echo "Auth Failure: Check Consumer Key and Secret.";
} catch (ValidationException $e) {
    // API-side validation parameters failed (HTTP 422)
    echo "Request ID: " . $e->getRequestId() . "\n";
    foreach ($e->getValidationErrors() as $field => $errors) {
        echo "Field '$field' errors: " . implode(', ', $errors) . "\n";
    }
} catch (NetworkException $e) {
    // DNS, timeouts, or connection failures
    echo "Connection error: " . $e->getMessage();
} catch (ApiException $e) {
    // General API errors (e.g. 402 Insufficient Funds, 500 Server Error)
    echo "HTTP Status Code: " . $e->getCode() . "\n";
    echo "Error Body: " . $e->getResponseBody() . "\n";
}

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API JSON Payload Specifications

Here are the wire-level JSON schemas transmitted and returned by the APIs under the hood:

1. SMS API

• Endpoint: POST /sms
• Headers: Authorization: Basic <base64(key:secret)>

JSON Request

{
  "phone_number": "254721553678",
  "sender_id": "STATUM",
  "message": "Hello from Statum SDK!"
}

JSON Response (Success - 200)

{
  "status_code": 200,
  "description": "Operation successful.",
  "request_id": "d173a8b3-0f3a-463f-8a03-29826b9a2d78"
}

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2. Airtime API

• Endpoint: POST /airtime

JSON Request

{
  "phone_number": "254721553678",
  "amount": "100"
}

JSON Response (Success - 200)

{
  "status_code": 200,
  "description": "Operation successful.",
  "request_id": "6e0213d5-6df9-47bf-ba2d-9b9470d96854"
}

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3. Account Details API

• Endpoint: GET /account-details

JSON Response (Success - 200)

{
  "status_code": 200,
  "description": "Operation successful.",
  "request_id": "5a45bc7b-bf99-49ae-b089-9daf5f4adbb0",
  "organization": {
    "name": "Statum Test",
    "details": {
      "available_balance": 695.15,
      "location": "Nairobi - Westlands",
      "website": "www.statum.co.ke",
      "office_email": "admin@statum.co.ke",
      "office_mobile": "+254722199199",
      "mpesa_account_top_up_code": "B9E573"
    },
    "accounts": [
      { "account": "Statum", "service_name": "sms" },
      { "account": "CONNECT", "service_name": "sms" }
    ]
  }
}

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Integration Guidelines & Gotchas

1. Sender ID Approval: SMS requests will throw an HTTP 422 ValidationException if the senderId is not registered and approved under your Statum account profile.
2. Phone Number Formatting: Ensure phone numbers are passed in the international format (with or without + prefix), e.g. 254721553678 or +254721553678.
3. Airtime Limits: Airtime amounts must be passed as strings (e.g. '100') and must fall strictly within the KES 5 to KES 10,000 range per transaction.

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Running Tests

Ensure PHPUnit is configured and run:

composer install
composer test

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License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.