Ruby

SimpleTexting - Send SMS Message

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Send a text message to an individual contact. Ruby

require 'chilkat'

success = false

# 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 --request POST \
#   --url 'https://app2.simpletexting.com/v1/send?token=YOUR_API_TOKEN&phone=SOME_STRING_VALUE&message=SOME_STRING_VALUE' \
#   --header 'accept: application/json' \
#   --header 'content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded'

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

http.SetRequestHeader("accept","application/json")
http.SetRequestHeader("content-type","application/x-www-form-urlencoded")

req = Chilkat::CkHttpRequest.new()
req.AddParam("token","YOUR_API_TOKEN")
req.AddParam("phone","SOME_10_DIGIT_PHONE_NUMBER")
req.AddParam("message","Hello: This is a sample text message with some punctuation: &%$@,;.")

req.AddHeader("Accept","application/json")

req.put_HttpVerb("POST")
req.put_ContentType("application/x-www-form-urlencoded")

resp = Chilkat::CkHttpResponse.new()
success = http.HttpReq("https://app2.simpletexting.com/v1/send",req,resp)
if (success == false)
    print http.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

sbResponseBody = Chilkat::CkStringBuilder.new()
resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)
jResp = Chilkat::CkJsonObject.new()
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.put_EmitCompact(false)

print "Response Body:" + "\n";
print jResp.emit() + "\n";

respStatusCode = resp.get_StatusCode()
print "Response Status Code = " + respStatusCode.to_s() + "\n";
if (respStatusCode >= 400)
    print "Response Header:" + "\n";
    print resp.header() + "\n";
    print "Failed." + "\n";
    exit
end

# Sample JSON response:
# (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

# {
#   "code": 1,
#   "message": "The request succeeded",
#   "smsid": "5bec5b9d0a975a238808ffb2"
# }

# Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
# Use the following online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
# Generate Parsing Code from JSON

code = jResp.IntOf("code")
message = jResp.stringOf("message")
smsid = jResp.stringOf("smsid")