Building SMS Apps with SMSified (OneAPI)

Mark Headd, Developer Evangelist Voxeo Labs

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1. Building SMS Apps with SMSified (OneAPI) Mark J. Headd Developer Evangelist, Voxeo Labs @mheadd github.com/mheadd
2. What this talk will cover… •  Introduction to SMSified (OneAPI) •  REST is the Best •  Sending SMS messages •  Provisioning a callback URL •  Receiving SMS messages •  Viewing message logs •  Wrapping up
3. LOIS: What do you do? GEORGE: I'm an architect. LOIS: Have you designed any buildings in New York? GEORGE: Have you seen the new addition to the Guggenheim? LOIS: You did that? GEORGE: Yep. And it didn't take very long either What does easy mean?
4. "The GSMA OneAPI initiative defines a commonly supported set of lightweight and Web friendly APIs to allow mobile and other network operators to expose useful network information and capabilities to Web application developers. It aims to reduce the effort and time needed to create applications and content that is portable across mobile operators." Introduction to SMSified (OneAPI)
5. REST is Best •  SMSified uses a simple REST API •  Sending SMS •  Receiving SMS •  Modify settings •  Obtain logs •  Any language that supports HTTP and parses JSON
6. Sending SMS messages •  Simple Node.js script for sending SMS message •  Add a callback URL with the send message call
7. Provisioning a callback URL •  Tell SMSified where to post JSON when: •  An SMS message is sent •  An SMS message is received
8. Receiving SMS messages •  Message JSON delivered to callback URL
9. Viewing message logs •  Query the SMSified API to view message logs
10. Wrapping up •  Simple is awesome •  Continued commitment to open standards •  SMSified currently in beta •  More developments soon