Net::SMS::2Way - BulkSMS API
use Net::SMS::2Way; my $sms = Net::SMS::2Way->new({username => 'JBloggs', password => 's3kR3t'}); my $sms = Net::SMS::2Way->new('config' => '/etc/SMS_Options.cfg'); $sms->send_sms('Hello World!', '27821234567'); $sms->send_sms('Hello World!', ['27821234567','27831234567','27841234567']); $sms->send_sms('Hello World!', @recipients);
This module allows you to send SMS text messages using the HTTP API that is available from BulkSMS in South Africa (http://bulksms.2way.co.za) but can be configured to work with all the BulkSMS sites. You can find a list of them at http://www.bulksms.com/selectwebsite.htm
This module implements only the HTTP API. You can read the HTTP API documentation at http://bulksms.2way.co.za/docs/eapi/
Here is a list of the methods that have been implemented: send_sms get_inbox get_report get_credits quote_sms send_batch
Methods yet to be implemented:
public_add_member public_remove_member
1.) You need to register at one of the BulkSMS sites (http://www.bulksms.com/selectwebsite.htm) and have some credits available.
2.) You will need the LWP modules installed. This module was tested with version 5.75
3.) An internet connection.
new() - The new() method is the constructor method. my $object = SMS->new($options) $options is a reference to a hash where the following keys can be used: config_file: The path to config file verbose: Write debug information to logfile logfile: The path to the logfile. Default is $0.log (To turn off logging (override verbose) set this option to -1) username: The username you registered with at http://bulksms.2way.co.za (or one of the other sites). password: The password you registered. http_proxy: Which web-proxy to use e.g. http://10.0.0.1:8080 sa_numbers_only: Set this to 1 if you only want to send to South African mobile numbers. country: Which base url to use, derived from which regional BulkSMS site you want to use. Can be one of ZA, UK, ES, DE, US, INT. default is ZA. ZA => South Africa (API Base URL: http://bulksms.2way.co.za:5567) UK => United Kingdom (API Base URL: http://www.bulksms.co.uk:5567) ES => Spain (API Base URL: http://bulksms.com.es:5567) DE => Germany (API Base URL: http://bulksms.de:5567) US => United States (API Base URL: http://usa.bulksms.com:5567) INT => International (API Base URL http://bulksms.vsms.net:5567) See the bulkSMS API for the meaning of the options below (http://bulksms.2way.co.za/docs/eapi/submission/send_sms/): sender msg_class dca want_report routing_group source_id repliable strip_dup_recipients stop_dup_id send_time send_time_unixtime scheduling_description test_always_succeed test_always_fail allow_concat_text_sms oncat_text_sms_max_parts You can also put any of these (except for config_file) into a file with the format of: option = value The can make comments by using the # character. Once you've created the file you can create your object like this: my $object = SMS->new({config => '/etc/sms.cfg'}); Example of the config file: # My config verbose = 1 country = UK logfile = /usr/local/sms/sms.log sender = 27841234567 username = johnny password = S3kR3t want_report = 1 By default a log file will be created and failures or serious errors will be logged, no matter what the verbose option is set to. If you do not want any logs at all, you must set logfile to -1
This module does support proxies. You can enable it 2 ways: 1.) Populate the http_proxy enviroment variable e.g. [user@server01 ~] $ export http_proxy=http://10.0.0.1:8080 2.) Use the http_proxt attribute when creating the object e.g. $sms = SMS->new({http_proxy => 'http://10.0.0.1:8080'});
quote_sms(STRING, LIST) - The quote_sms() will receive a quotation of how many credits an SMS message will cost. This method uses the exact same parameters as send_sms() Return Values: This method returns a pipe (|) delimited string with the following format: status code|status description|quotation total Example: 0|Quotation issued|quote_total If the status code is >0 then you can assume an error. The status description should give you the reason why.
send_sms(STRING, LIST) - The send_sms() method will connect and send a text message to the list of mobile numbers in the LIST. The second parameter can also be a single scalar i.e. a single number as a string. Return Values: Returns a pipe-seperated i.e. |, which has the format of: status_code|status_description|batch_id Where batch_id is optional, depending on the error. A status code of 0 (or 1) usually means that everything OK. This is not guarenteed. Read http://bulksms.2way.co.za/docs/eapi/submission/send_sms/ for a full explanation. my ($status_code, $status_desc, $batch_id) = split( /\|/, $sms->send_sms("This is a test", '0821234567') ); Also, be sure to check $sms->{error} if there are any other errors.
send_batch( HASH_REF ) - The send_batch() method will send a batch of SMS messages to a list of numbers specified in the HASH_REF hash references. Return Value: This method has the same return values as send_sms() Example: my $hash_ref = { '27841234567' => 'This is a message', '27841234568' => 'This is a different message' }; $sms->send_batch( $hash_ref ); Be sure to check $sms->{error} if there are any other errors.
get_credits() - Takes no arguments and will return the amounts of credits available. Return Values: A positive decimal number can be expected. This number is the number of credits available with the provider. On failure, a return value of -1 can be expected with the reason in $sms->{error}
get_report(INTEGER) - Takes 1 argument which is batch_id i.e. the id returned by a successful submission to send_sms(). It's fully explained at http://bulksms.2way.co.za/docs/eapi/status_reports/get_report/. Return Values: Returns an array on success. Each element has a string which has the format of: msisdn|status_code|body|completed_time|created_time|credits|origin_address|source_id The first element of the array will contain a status code with the format of: status_code|status_description A status code of 0 is returned on success. Anything else is an error.
get_inbox(INTEGER) - Takes 1 arguments, the last retrieved id i.e. the id of the last message retrieved. Defaults to 0, which will return all items in inbox. Returns an array. The array holds 1 element per inbox item which is | seperated. Example: 40108573|447531175884|This is the message|2008-08-01 13:51:52|447797803732|69582240 The format is explained in http://bulksms.2way.co.za/docs/eapi/reception/get_inbox/ IMPORTANT: The first element of the returned array holds the status code, thus you need to shift the array before reading the inbox contents.
Send all bugs, comments & suggestions to the author directly at lee@kode.co.za Commercial support is available.
Many thanks to the guys at BulkSMS for their helpful feedback and comments.
Lee Engel, lee@kode.co.za
Copyright (C) 2007, 2008, 2009 by Lee S. Engel
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.5 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.
To install Net::SMS::2Way, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Net::SMS::2Way
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Net::SMS::2Way
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.