SQL Server

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. SQL Server

-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @iTmp0 int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

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

    DECLARE @http int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Http', @http OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    -- 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

    DECLARE @queryParams int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @queryParams OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @queryParams, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'api_id', 'xxxx'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @queryParams, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'user', 'yourUsername'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @queryParams, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'password', 'yourPassword'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @queryParams, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'from', 'yourFromPhoneNumber'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @queryParams, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'to', 'receiverPhoneNumber'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @queryParams, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'text', 'The text of your message'

    -- If the following URL does not work, then try "https://api.clickatell.com/http/sendmsg"
    DECLARE @resp int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.HttpResponse', @resp OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @http, 'HttpParams', @success OUT, 'GET', 'https://platform.clickatell.com/messages/http/send', @queryParams, @resp
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @http, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @queryParams
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @resp
        RETURN
      END

    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @resp, 'StatusCode', @iTmp0 OUT
    PRINT @iTmp0
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @resp, 'BodyStr', @sTmp0 OUT
    PRINT @sTmp0

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @queryParams
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @resp


END
GO