SMS text message gateway API

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SMS Gateway: Overview

A SMS text message gateway provides a website with the ability to send and receive SMS-based text messages. Integration with a system is usually via a HTML or XML based API which allows any system to use its gateway to deliver messages to users in a similar fashion to sending and receiving emails. We have used many SMS services - the most recent being Clickatell.

API Description

The API uses a XML or HTML based API to allow users with a pre-paid account to:

  • Send SMS messages
  • Read SMS message delivered to a pre-defined number
  • MMS message options
  • Shortcode and Custom Number options
  • International Numbers
  • Unicode options for international delivery
  • Premium numbers

Examples of actual uses of a SMS gateway include:

  • Sending custom messages to users in bulk
  • Competitions - texting answers to a number & processing answers
  • E-Commerce - text when orders are sent
  • Email Alternative - texts are read and sent to clients via email
  • Server Alerts - SMS sent when server is down or failing

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