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2 labels:
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3 - 'Stage-Alpha'
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4 summary: XMPP to SMS gateway using the Clickatell API
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5 ...
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7 Introduction
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8 ============
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10 This module provides and SMS gateway component which uses the Clickatell
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11 HTTP API to deliver text messages. See clickatell.com for details on
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12 their services. Note that at present, this is entirely one way: replies
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13 will either go nowhere or as sms to the source number you specify.
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15 Configuration
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16 =============
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18 In prosody.cfg.lua:
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20 Component "sms.example.com" "sms_clickatell"
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21 sms_message_prefix = "some text"
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23 The sms\_message\_prefix is a piece of text you want prefixing to all
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24 messages sent through the gateway. For example, I use the prefix
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25 "`[Via XMPP]` " to indicate to recipients that I've sent the message via
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26 the internet rather than the mobile network. Since my primary use case
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27 for this component is to be able to send messages to people only
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28 reachable via mobile when I myself only have internet access and no
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29 mobile reception, this option allows me to give a hint to my recipients
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30 that any reply they send may not reach me in a timely manner.
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32 Usage
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33 =====
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35 Once you've installed and configured, you should be able to use service
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36 discovery in your XMPP client to find the component service. Once found,
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37 you need to register with the service, supplying your Clickatell
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38 username, password, API ID, and a source number for your text messages.
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40 The source number is the mobile number you want messages to 'originate'
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41 from i.e. where your recipients see messages coming from. The number
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42 should be in international format without leading plus sign, or you can
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43 use some other format if clickatell supports it.
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45 To send text messages to a target number, you need to add a contact in
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46 the form of `[number]@sms.example.com`, where `[number]` is the mobile
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47 number of the recipient, in international format without leading plus
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48 sign, and sms.example.com is the name for the component you configured
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49 above. For example:
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51 447999000001@sms.yourdomain.com
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53 You should then be able to send messages to this contact which get sent
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54 as text messages to the number by the component.
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56 Compatibility
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57 =============
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59 ----- -------
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60 0.7 Works
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63 Todo
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64 ====
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66 - Refactor to create a framework for multiple sms gateway back ends,
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67 and split Clickatell specific code in to its own back end