SMS Texting API

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bobvolz
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Re: SMS Texting API

#11 Post by bobvolz »

Short of employing a separate often costly service, text messages can be easily sent to phones from computers by using the Cell carrier's SMS site. For example vText.com (Verizon) . Texting is the preferred method of communication for most people under 40.

To send a text you need not only the cell phone number but the carrier SMS site as well.

We use www.carrierlookup.com to get the cell phone carrier returned in a simple http post. We pass it the cell number and it returns a character
string with the carrier name such as Verizon , ATT or Sprint. The cost is 1 Cent per post.

Example code : cResponse:=loadfromurl('http://www.carrierlookup.com/index.php/ ... CellNumber)

Then our program translates the returned character string into the url to send the text to such as vText.com or Messaging@sprintPCS etc. Then our app sends the text as an email message to the carriers URL that forwards it to the persons phone as a text message.

It is the equivalent of sending an Email to for example 9999999999@vText.com
If you already have an eMailing app this will be simple for you.

In our app the response from the customers phone gets returned to the eMail address which originated the text message. Not a perfect world but it works well.

Be aware that massive texting is frowned upon by many entities including the US Government. You might get in trouble mass marketing by text if you are not careful
to get the customers permission first.

If you are interested in any of these functions let me know and I will provide you the code.

Bob Volz

Jonathan Leeming
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Joined: Wed Feb 28, 2018 2:04 pm
Location: Edmonton, AB, Canada

Re: SMS Texting API

#12 Post by Jonathan Leeming »

Hi,

I use Twilio (https://www.twilio.com) as the service and use some of Chilkat's ActiveX components (http://www.chilkatsoft.com) to send texts to any number & receive on my Twilio assigned number. It is less than a penny a text. Although my current application only uses text messages I have successfully sent a received images as well.

Regards... Jonathan

Wallaceres
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Joined: Tue May 03, 2022 10:28 pm

Re: SMS Texting API

#13 Post by Wallaceres »

You should use the special Testelium tools for this. They will help you check all the necessary parameters. Tests can be run through your Testelium account or through SMS testing API integration, read more.
SMS testing API integration - https://testelium.com/

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