Send Telegram Notification or Message to Telegram Channel in Laravel Application in Custom Helper Function

helper.php

<?php
use GuzzleHttp\Client;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;

function sendTelegramNotification($botKey,$chatId, $message) {
    
    try {

        $botToken = $botKey;
        $apiEndpoint = "https://api.telegram.org/bot{$botToken}/sendMessage";

        $client = new Client();
        $response = $client->post($apiEndpoint, [
            'json' => [
                'chat_id' => $chatId,
                'text' => $message,
            ],
        ]);

        // Check for success and handle errors if needed
        $statusCode = $response->getStatusCode();
        if ($statusCode !== 200) {
            // Handle error here
        }

        $responseBody = $response->getBody()->getContents();

        // Process the response if needed
        $responseData = json_decode($responseBody, true);

    } catch (\Exception $e) {
        Log::error("sendTelegramNotification ===> ".$e->getMessage());
        return false;
    }
}