Lua

Clickatell Send SMS Text Message using HTTP GET

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Demonstrate how to send a Clickatell SMS text message using an HTTP GET request with query params. Lua

local chilkat = require("chilkat")

-- This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
-- See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

local http = chilkat.Http.new()

-- Implements the following CURL command:

-- curl -G https://api.clickatell.com/http/sendmsg \
--   -d "api_id=xxxx" \
--   -d "user=yourUsername" \
--   -d "password=yourPassword" \
--   -d "from=yourFromPhoneNumber" \
--   -d "to=receiverPhoneNumber" \
--   -d "text=The text of your message"

-- Use the following online tool to generate HTTP code from a CURL command
-- Convert a cURL Command to HTTP Source Code

local queryParams = chilkat.JsonObject.new()
queryParams:update_string("api_id", "xxxx")
queryParams:update_string("user", "yourUsername")
queryParams:update_string("password", "yourPassword")
queryParams:update_string("from", "yourFromPhoneNumber")
queryParams:update_string("to", "receiverPhoneNumber")
queryParams:update_string("text", "The text of your message")

-- If the following URL does not work, then try "https://api.clickatell.com/http/sendmsg"
local resp = chilkat.HttpResponse.new()
local success = http:http_params("GET", "https://platform.clickatell.com/messages/http/send", queryParams, resp)
if not success then
    print(http.last_error_text)
    return
end

print(resp.status_code)
print(resp.body_str)