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A code example for sending SMS via a Delphi Pascal language, thanks to Graham Murt for the example code.
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PHP is the very popular web scripting language, to make things easy for the PHP programmer we have provided some (almost!) plug and play PHP code that easily integrates PHP with our SMS Gateway.
Simple Example of sending SMS with PHP
This class allows you to send SMS using PHP, please feel free to modify at will. [...]
Most bulk SMS providers , (including ourselves) will take great pains to point out the merits of direct connections to the UK Networks, and a direct connection is indeed essential for a first class, reliable sms service.
But that is only part of the story. Just as crucial to reliability are the systems in place that connect [...]
Our development team has been busy recently building a range of new tools for our main bulk sms service. We’ll be reporting these new tools and what they can do for our customers over the next few weeks.
One of the main reasons that sms is such a responsive direct marketing channel is that if hasn’t [...]
The development team at Text Marketer have had a busy few months and the latest system improvement has now been launched.
Following customer research, we have now built into all accounts the ability to upload numbers straight from Excel, without having to save the database as a .csv or .txt file.
This improvement will save time when [...]
The Concept
To create an interactive game using Text Messaging and to show how easy it is to create interactive experiences using your Text Marketer Account. The example uses both our short code API (to receive the customer responses) and then our gateway API to send out the ‘answer’.
The Game
Guess the number of sweets in a [...]
Example of a .NET Bulk SMS Gateway / API integration
For more information regarding the bulk sending API click here.
A simple example for sending SMS via a .NET method
Here’s a stand-alone .Net method:
private static string SendSms(string p_userName, string p_password, string p_orig, string p_number, string p_message, bool p_respondInXml) {
StringBuilder requestUrl = new StringBuilder();
requestUrl.Append(“http://www.textmarketer.biz/gateway/“);
requestUrl.Append(“?username=”).Append(HttpUtility.UrlEncode(p_userName));
requestUrl.Append(“&password=”).Append(HttpUtility.UrlEncode(p_password));
requestUrl.Append(“&orig=”).Append(HttpUtility.UrlEncode(p_orig));
requestUrl.Append(“&number=”).Append(p_number);
requestUrl.Append(“&message=”).Append(HttpUtility.UrlEncode(p_message));
if (p_respondInXml) {
requestUrl.Append(“&option=”).Append(“xml”);
}
WebRequest webRequest = [...]
2 classes available in php 5, SendSMS and SendSMSXML (recommended)
Class Name: SendSMS (depreciated)
This class is a nice and easy way to start sending SMS’s with the Text Marketer system, please feel free to modify at will. You just need the username and password from your account login as the constructor arguments.
Download the PHP 5 SMS [...]
Introduction
If you are using the API / Gateway to send bulk SMS you can collect your delivery reports from the server, which is a good way of removing bad numbers from your data.
Delivery Reports and the API
It is important to understand the difference between getting a “failure” (or success) message at the API/Gateway and a [...]
Introduction
Text Marketer owns the 88802 short code, this short code can be used to “route” incoming texts via a keyword to your account and optionally respond with a message “thanks for entering our competition” etc, (this form of communication is known as text response). You can also configure your account to trigger a response when [...]
Introduction
Adding SMS as a communication method to a system is often very useful, for instance you don’t have issues with spam filtering, it doesn’t require the person to make an immediate response like a phone call, so it’s great for alerts and triggers. Another good application for SMS (text messaging) which is often over looked [...]
SMS Gateway API - Specification
When you create a free account you can also use the Text Marketer API (sometimes known as a gateway). The API uses simple HTTP GET requests to communicate with the Text Marketer gateway server. The requests allow you to send SMS’s through the system, you can also retrieve delivery reports discussed here.
HTTP [...]
