(Perl) 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.

For more information, see https://docs.clickatell.com/channels/sms-channels/sms-api-reference/#tag/SMS-API/operation/sendMessageHTTP

Chilkat Perl Downloads Perl Module for Windows, MacOS, Linux, Alpine Linux, Solaris

use chilkat();

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

$http = chilkat::CkHttp->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

$queryParams = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$queryParams->UpdateString("api_id","xxxx");
$queryParams->UpdateString("user","yourUsername");
$queryParams->UpdateString("password","yourPassword");
$queryParams->UpdateString("from","yourFromPhoneNumber");
$queryParams->UpdateString("to","receiverPhoneNumber");
$queryParams->UpdateString("text","The text of your message");

# If the following URL does not work, then try "https://api.clickatell.com/http/sendmsg"
# resp is a HttpResponse
$resp = $http->QuickRequestParams("GET","https://platform.clickatell.com/messages/http/send",$queryParams);
if ($http->get_LastMethodSuccess() == 0) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print $resp->get_StatusCode() . "\r\n";
print $resp->bodyStr() . "\r\n";