Building A SMS Sender Microservice

Using Ringcentral api and express build an SMS sender microservice

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1. Building A SMS Sender Microservice
2. @moficodes Why send SMS Offline communication Password Reset Customer Engagement Confirmations
3. @moficodes SMS Platforms Twilio Ringcentral Nexmo
4. @moficodes Architecture User make post request to /?to=<recipient>&messag e=<messagecontent> Express server handles the request and calls ringcentral api Handles the request and tries to send a message to the recipient Message is recieved
5. @moficodes Code The code for this is available at https://github.com/moficodes/message-microservice
6. @moficodes Step 1 Create a free developer account at developer.ringcentral.com
7. @moficodes Step 2 Go to console
8. @moficodes Step 3 Click on create app Give a name Give a description Click next
9. @moficodes Step 4 For Application type Select Private For Platform Type Select Server-only Click Next
10. @moficodes Step 5 Add permission for SMS Click Create
11. @moficodes Step 6 Take note of your credential
12. @moficodes Step 7 Copy the credential and create config.json in the project { "CLIENT_ID": "<ENTER CLIENT ID>", "CLIENT_SECRET": "<ENTER CLIENT SECRET>", "ACCOUNT_ID": "<YOUR ACCOUNT PHONE NUMBER>", "ACCOUNT_PASSWORD": "<YOUR ACCOUNT PASSWORD>", "RINGCENTRAL_SERVER": "https://platform.devtest.ringcentral.com", "RINGCENTRAL_EXTENSION": "<YOUR EXTENSION, PROBABLY "101">" }
13. @moficodes Step 8 Install dependencies npm install Run the app npm start
14. @moficodes Step 9 Make a post request to localhost:9001 with param to and message I like postman for tests like this
15. @moficodes Step 10 Success
16. @moficodes Improvements Work with message queue Run it as a serverless funciton
17. @moficodes Thank You