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+.idea
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+# laravel-zendesk
+
+A Laravel Zendesk library for integrating with the Zendesk API
+
+[![Author](http://img.shields.io/badge/author-@superbalist-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](https://twitter.com/superbalist)
+[![Software License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-brightgreen.svg?style=flat-square)](LICENSE)
+[![Packagist Version](https://img.shields.io/packagist/v/superbalist/laravel-zendesk.svg?style=flat-square)](https://packagist.org/packages/superbalist/laravel-zendesk)
+[![Total Downloads](https://img.shields.io/packagist/dt/superbalist/laravel-zendesk.svg?style=flat-square)](https://packagist.org/packages/superbalist/laravel-zendesk)
+
+This package provides a Laravel service provider and facade for the zendesk/zendesk_api_client_php package.
+
+## Installation
+
+```bash
+composer require superbalist/laravel-zendesk
+```
+
+Register the service provider in app.php
+```php
+'providers' => array(
+    'Superbalist\Zendesk\ZendeskServiceProvider',
+)
+```
+
+Register the facade in app.php
+```php
+'aliases' => array(
+    'Zendesk' => 'Superbalist\Zendesk\ZendeskFacade',
+)
+```
+
+Create a services.php config file.
+```php
+<?php
+
+return array(
+
+    'zendesk' => array(
+        'subdomain' => '[[your zendesk subdomain]]',
+        'username' => '[[your zendesk username]]',
+        'token' => '[[your zendesk api token]]',
+    ),
+
+);
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+Please see https://github.com/zendesk/zendesk_api_client_php for full documentation on the core API.
+
+All functions provided by the core API are available behind the `Zendesk` facade in Laravel.
+
+```php
+use Zendesk;
+
+// get all tickets
+$zendesk = Zendesk::tickets()->findAll();
+
+// create a new ticket
+$ticket = Zendesk::tickets()->create([
+    'subject' => 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog',
+    'comment' => [
+        'body' => 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, ' .
+                  'sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.'
+    ],
+    'priority' => 'normal'
+]);
+```
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+# Changelog
+
+## 1.0.0 - 2016-02-04
+
+* Initial release
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+{
+	"name": "superbalist/laravel-zendesk",
+	"description": "A Laravel Zendesk library for integrating with the Zendesk API",
+	"license": "MIT",
+	"authors": [
+		{
+			"name": "Superbalist.com a division of Takealot Online (Pty) Ltd",
+			"email": "info@superbalist.com"
+		}
+	],
+	"require": {
+		"php": ">=5.5.0",
+		"illuminate/support": ">=4.0.0",
+		"zendesk/zendesk_api_client_php": "~2.0"
+
+	},
+	"autoload": {
+		"psr-4": {
+			"Superbalist\\Zendesk\\": "src/"
+		}
+	},
+	"extra": {
+		"branch-alias": {
+			"dev-master": "1.0-dev"
+		}
+	}
+}
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+<?php
+namespace Superbalist\Zendesk;
+
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Facade;
+
+class ZendeskFacade extends Facade
+{
+
+    /**
+     * Get the registered name of the component.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    protected static function getFacadeAccessor()
+    {
+        return 'zendesk';
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/ZendeskServiceProvider.php b/src/ZendeskServiceProvider.php
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+<?php
+namespace Superbalist\Zendesk;
+
+use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
+use Zendesk\API\HttpClient as ZendeskAPI;
+
+class ZendeskServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
+{
+
+    /**
+     * Register the service provider.
+     */
+    public function register()
+    {
+        $this->app->bind('zendesk', function() {
+            $client = new ZendeskAPI(
+                $this->app['config']->get('services.zendesk.subdomain'),
+                $this->app['config']->get('services.zendesk.username')
+            );
+            $client->setAuth(
+                'basic',
+                array(
+                    'username' => $this->app['config']->get('services.zendesk.username'),
+                    'token' => $this->app['config']->get('services.zendesk.token'),
+                )
+            );
+            return $client;
+        });
+    }
+}