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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. Xbase++

LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oHttp
LOCAL oQueryParams
LOCAL oResp

nSuccess := 0

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

oHttp := CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")

//  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

oQueryParams := CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
oQueryParams:UpdateString("api_id", "xxxx")
oQueryParams:UpdateString("user", "yourUsername")
oQueryParams:UpdateString("password", "yourPassword")
oQueryParams:UpdateString("from", "yourFromPhoneNumber")
oQueryParams:UpdateString("to", "receiverPhoneNumber")
oQueryParams:UpdateString("text", "The text of your message")

//  If the following URL does not work, then try "https://api.clickatell.com/http/sendmsg"
oResp := CreateObject("Chilkat.HttpResponse")
nSuccess := oHttp:HttpParams("GET", "https://platform.clickatell.com/messages/http/send", oQueryParams, oResp)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oHttp:LastErrorText
    oHttp:destroy()
    oQueryParams:destroy()
    oResp:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

? Str(oResp:StatusCode)
? oResp:BodyStr

oHttp:destroy()
oQueryParams:destroy()
oResp:destroy()