Laravel Mailtrap Driver

A Laravel mail transport for the Mailtrap Email Sending API. Adds a mailtrap transport that works with Laravel's native Mail facade — supporting attachments, CC/BCC, Reply-To, categories, templates, custom headers, custom variables, HTML/plain-text, and multiple accounts.

• Requirements
• Installation
• Configuration
  • Environment variables
  • Laravel mail config
  • Config reference
• Usage
  • Categories
  • Templates
  • Attachments
  • CC, BCC, Reply-To
  • Custom headers
  • HTML and plain text
• Endpoints
  • Transactional (default)
  • Bulk
  • Sandbox (Email Testing)
• Custom base URL
• HTTP options
• Multiple accounts
• Testing
• Troubleshooting
• Contributing
• Security
• License

Requirements

• PHP 8.3+
• Laravel 10, 11, 12, or 13
• PHP extension: curl (required by Guzzle/Laravel HTTP client)

Installation

composer require ronald2wing/laravel-mailtrap

The service provider auto-registers via Laravel package discovery — no manual setup needed.

Publish the config file:

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

Configuration

Environment variables

Laravel mail config

Set the default mailer and register the transport in config/mail.php:

'default' => env('MAIL_MAILER', 'mailtrap'),

'mailers' => [
    'mailtrap' => [
        'transport' => 'mailtrap',
    ],
],

Config reference

// config/mailtrap.php
use Ronald2Wing\LaravelMailtrap\MailtrapEndpoint;

return [
    'token'    => env('MAILTRAP_TOKEN'),

    'endpoint' => env('MAILTRAP_ENDPOINT', MailtrapEndpoint::Transactional->value),

    'inbox_id' => ($inboxId = env('MAILTRAP_INBOX_ID')) !== null
                   ? (int) $inboxId
                   : null,

    'base_url' => env('MAILTRAP_BASE_URL'),

    'http'     => [
        'connect_timeout' => 10,
        'timeout'         => 30,
    ],
];

Usage

Send mail with the Mail facade — identical to any other Laravel driver:

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Mail;

Mail::to('user@example.com')->send(new WelcomeEmail());

Categories

Add an X-Mailtrap-Category header to segment analytics in Mailtrap. Multiple categories are comma-separated.

class WelcomeEmail extends Mailable
{
    public function envelope(): Envelope
    {
        return new Envelope(
            subject: 'Welcome',
        );
    }

    public function content(): Content
    {
        return new Content(
            view: 'emails.welcome',
        );
    }

    public function headers(): Headers
    {
        return new Headers(
            text: [
                'X-Mailtrap-Category' => 'onboarding',
            ],
        );
    }
}

Comma-separated for multiple:

public function headers(): Headers
{
    return new Headers(
        text: ['X-Mailtrap-Category' => 'newsletter,marketing,weekly'],
    );
}

Templates

Send through Mailtrap templates using custom headers:

class WelcomeEmail extends Mailable
{
    public function headers(): Headers
    {
        return new Headers(
            text: [
                'X-Mailtrap-Template-Uuid'      => 'abc-123-def',
                'X-Mailtrap-Template-Variables' => json_encode([
                    'name'    => 'John',
                    'company' => 'Acme',
                ]),
                'X-Mailtrap-Custom-Variables'   => json_encode([
                    'plan' => 'pro',
                ]),
            ],
        );
    }
}

• X-Mailtrap-Template-Variables — values injected into the template. Must be valid JSON.
• X-Mailtrap-Custom-Variables — arbitrary key-value data attached to the send, also JSON.

Attachments

class InvoiceEmail extends Mailable
{
    public function attachments(): array
    {
        return [
            Attachment::fromPath('/path/to/invoice.pdf')
                ->as('invoice.pdf')
                ->withMime('application/pdf'),
            Attachment::fromPath('/path/to/terms.pdf'),
        ];
    }
}

Embedded (inline) images are also supported:

$cid = $this->embed('/path/to/logo.png');

return $this->view('emails.newsletter')
    ->with('logoCid', $cid);

CC, BCC, Reply-To

Mail::send('emails.announcement', $data, function ($message) {
    $message->to('team@example.com')
        ->cc(['manager@example.com', 'lead@example.com'])
        ->bcc('archive@example.com')
        ->replyTo('noreply@example.com', 'No Reply')
        ->subject('Announcement');
});

Multiple Reply-To addresses are joined with , per RFC 5322.

Custom headers

Arbitrary headers are forwarded in the payload:

Mail::send('emails.order', $data, function ($message) {
    $message->to('customer@example.com')
        ->header('X-Priority', '1')
        ->header('X-Order-ID', 'ORD-12345')
        ->subject('Order Confirmation');
});

HTML and plain text

Provide both HTML and plain-text versions:

class WelcomeEmail extends Mailable
{
    public function content(): Content
    {
        return new Content(
            view: 'emails.welcome',       // HTML
            text: 'emails.welcome-text',  // plain-text fallback
        );
    }
}

Endpoints

The endpoint config key determines which Mailtrap API is used.

Transactional (default)

One-off emails — notifications, password resets, receipts.

'endpoint' => 'transactional',

API: https://send.api.mailtrap.io/api/send

Bulk

High-volume sending via the bulk API.

'endpoint' => 'bulk',

API: https://bulk.api.mailtrap.io/api/send

Sandbox (Email Testing)

Test emails within Mailtrap's Email Testing product. Requires an inbox_id.

'endpoint'  => 'sandbox',
'inbox_id'  => env('MAILTRAP_INBOX_ID'),

API: https://sandbox.api.mailtrap.io/api/send/{inbox_id}

Custom base URL

Override the API URL for proxy environments or staging setups. The endpoint still controls authentication behavior — base_url only changes the destination:

'base_url' => 'https://custom-proxy.example.com',

HTTP options

Any Guzzle-compatible request option can be set under the http key. Defaults are connect_timeout: 10 and timeout: 30.

'http' => [
    'connect_timeout' => 10,
    'timeout'         => 30,
    'verify'          => false,          // disable SSL verification (dev only)
    'proxy'           => 'http://proxy:8080',
],

Multiple accounts

Define sub-configurations in config/mailtrap.php and reference them via dot-notation from mailers. Sub-configs inherit top-level defaults (endpoint, base_url, HTTP options) and override only the keys you specify:

// config/mailtrap.php
return [
    'token'         => env('MAILTRAP_TOKEN'),
    'endpoint'      => env('MAILTRAP_ENDPOINT', MailtrapEndpoint::Transactional->value),

    'transactions' => [
        'token'    => env('MAILTRAP_TOKEN_TRANSACTIONS'),
        'endpoint' => 'transactional',
        'http'     => ['timeout' => 60],
    ],

    'marketing' => [
        'token'    => env('MAILTRAP_TOKEN_MARKETING'),
        'endpoint' => 'bulk',
    ],

    'sandbox' => [
        'token'    => env('MAILTRAP_TOKEN_SANDBOX'),
        'endpoint' => 'sandbox',
        'inbox_id' => (int) env('MAILTRAP_INBOX_ID'),
    ],
];

// config/mail.php
'mailers' => [
    'mailtrap_transactions' => [
        'transport' => 'mailtrap',
        'config'    => 'mailtrap.transactions',
    ],

    'mailtrap_marketing' => [
        'transport' => 'mailtrap',
        'config'    => 'mailtrap.marketing',
    ],

    'mailtrap_sandbox' => [
        'transport' => 'mailtrap',
        'config'    => 'mailtrap.sandbox',
    ],
];

Testing

Use Mail::fake() as usual — no transport swap is needed.

Mail::fake();

// exercise your application...

Mail::assertSent(WelcomeEmail::class, function ($mail) use ($user) {
    return $mail->hasTo($user->email)
        && $mail->hasHeader('X-Mailtrap-Category', 'onboarding');
});

Troubleshooting

Contributing

git clone https://github.com/ronald2wing/laravel-mailtrap.git
cd laravel-mailtrap
composer install

Quality checks

Security

• Never commit API tokens.
• Always enable SSL verification in production.
• Validate file types and sizes before attaching user-supplied content.

License

MIT. See LICENSE for details.