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NisHera's avatar
NisHera
Valued Contributor
7 years ago

sms test results

Anybody out there who tried texting test results?

before accessing mail would like to get sms 

 

sharing any suggestions, experience or knowledge is appreciated.    

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  • HKosova's avatar
    HKosova
    SmartBear Alumni (Retired)

    Hi NisHera,

     

    Some mobile carriers support email-to-SMS, so that you can send an email to <phone_number>@domain.com and the recipient will get an SMS. Check with your carrier to see if it supports this.

     

    Otherwise you'll need an SMS gateway service, such as Twilio (paid service). Twilio provides an API to send messages from code:

    var accountSid = "ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX";
    var authToken = "your_auth_token";
    var url = "https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/" + accountSid + "/Messages";
    
    var message = "To=+15555555555&From=+16666666666&Body=Hello World";
    
    var req = aqHttp.CreatePostRequest(url, accountSid, authToken);
    req.SetHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
    
    var response = req.Send(message);
    if (response.StatusCode == 200)
    {
    Log.Message("message was sent")
    }
    else
    {
    Log.Message("Error from API: status " + response.StatusCode, response.Text);
    }