Send text messages

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Hi is it possible to send text messages through Planet Press workflow?

2

If you mean sending SMS messages, then you need to subscribe to a SMS provider like Twilio or Plivo. Those services offer REST APIs that can be called within a script in Workflow.

We have a demo named Proof Of Delivery that showcases that feature on OL Learn.

3

Hi Phil, thats great thanks for the message.

4

Hi Alex,

I used the HTTP Client Input plugin years ago to send text messages via Workflow using Clickatell API. It was a single string that you could append your message to.

Regards,
S

5

Hi Sharne, ahhh right ok fab thanks for the message.

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Is it possible to download the workflow config for the POD demo that has the SMS scripts?

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It wouldn’t do you much good: you need a Plivo account (or you could do it with Twillio or any other SMS provider out there). Sending an SMS is simply done through a script that uses their REST API.

To give you an idea, here’s the JS code that sends a SMS using the Plivo API:

function send(authId, authToken, fromNumber, toNumber, message) {
  var result = '';
  var sendSmsUrl = "https://api.plivo.com/v1/Account/" + authId + "/Message/"

  // Strip everything that's not a digit from phone number
  toNumber = toNumber.replace(/[^0-9]/g,'');

  var sms = {src: fromNumber, dst: toNumber, text: message};

  xhr.open("POST", sendSmsUrl, false, authId, authToken);
  xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/json");
  xhr.send(JSON.stringify(sms));
  result = xhr.responseText;
  return result;
}
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Hi Phil,

I assume MMS can be done too right? With locally stored images for the media message?

Regards,
S

9

Yes, depending on the provider and the type of service you subscribe to.

10

Thank you.

Regards,
S