Question

What are the links/keys needed to create a ruby application to send an SMS using an API. Without having to write gems for it? I have a link to the service and an API key. I need to know where to start. Im new to ruby and am trying to follow this tutorial but cant seem to get anywhere without knowing what i do without using clickatell. http://lukeredpath.co.uk/blog/sending-sms-messages-from-your-rails-application.html

Answer 1

For sending the actual HTTP request, you can use one of the several ruby HTTP libraries/gems, like REST Client, httparty or plain Net/HTTP.

The most simple one might be REST Client, example:

require 'rest_client'

API_URL = 'http://yourapiurl.com/resource'
API_KEY = 'thatoneapikey'

RestClient.post API_URL, :api_key => API_KEY, :number => '7812637813', :body => 'Foo SMS Text Bar Baz'

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