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SMSAPI - Send SMS with Multiple Lines of Text

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Send an SMS message containing multiple lines of text. B4X

Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim http As ChilkatHttp
http.Initialize("http")

'  Implements the following CURL command:

'  curl -H "Authorization: Bearer token_api_oauth" \
'  "https://api.smsapi.com/sms.do?from=sender_name&to=44123456789&message=message_content&format=json"

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

'  Adds the "Authorization: Bearer token_api_oauth" header.
http.AuthToken = "token_api_oauth"

Dim messageContent As String = "Hello" & Chr(13) & Chr(10) & "This is a test" & Chr(13) & Chr(10) & "with multiple lines of text."

'  Given that our message contentn has newlines, we obviously cannot put newlines in a URL without them being URL encoded..
'  Therefore.. URL encode..
Dim sbMessage As ChilkatStringBuilder
sbMessage.Initialize
sbMessage.Append(messageContent)
sbMessage.Encode("url", "utf-8")

http.SetUrlVar("msgContent", sbMessage.GetAsString)

Dim sbResponseBody As ChilkatStringBuilder
sbResponseBody.Initialize
success = http.QuickGetSb("https://api.smsapi.com/sms.do?from=sender_name&to=44123456789&message={$msgContent}&format=json", sbResponseBody)
If success = False Then
    Log(http.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


Log("Response body:")
Log(sbResponseBody.GetAsString)