Laravel Queue How to get data in job handle method

I have created a sequence of messsages to be sent in text messages through twilio.

I have created a controller to put the messages in a queue with the data received in the post request. Here is my controller to make queue:

public function make_queue(Request $request)
{
    $data = array (
       'phone' => $request->input('phone'),
       'message'=> $request->input('message'),
       'token'=> $request->input('token')',
       'sid'=> $request->input('sid')
       );

    ProcessMessages::dispatch($data)
      ->delay(now()->addSeconds(15));

    return 'message will be sent';
}

And in handle the job , in the handle function

public function handle()
{
   $token = should_come_from job;
   $sid = should_come_from job;
   $ids = should_come_from job;
   $msg = should_come_from job;
   try{
       // send message
   }
   catch (exception $e)
   {
       handle exception
   }

}

I am not able to figure out how do I get the values in the handle function to actually send the message….

Answer

You need to add a constructor method in your job handler class (ProcessMessages), for example:

// namespace and use statements...

class ProcessMessages implements ShouldQueue
{
    use Dispatchable, InteractsWithQueue, Queueable, SerializesModels;

    protected $data;

    public function __construct(array $data)
    {
        $this->data = $data;
    }

    public function handle()
    {
        $token = $this->data['token'];
        // ...
    }
}

Once you have written your job class, you may dispatch it using the dispatch method on the job itself. The arguments passed to the dispatch method will be given to the job’s constructor. Read about dispatching Jobs.