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Where I work, we use Pushover (https://pushover.net/ https://pushover.net/) for this. A message comes in via SMS and then a handler stores it in a database the
by techsupporter 5y ago
Where I work, we use Pushover (https://pushover.net/ https://pushover.net/) for this. A message comes in via SMS and then a handler stores it in a database then turns around, does some light filtering[0], and then sends a notification to a Pushover group. It's $5 per user per month for their teams feature, which we happily use.
0 - The handler doesn't send out via Pushover any message that contains words we're unlikely to use; Facebook is one, for example. If a message isn't forwarded via push notification, it is emailed to the sysadmin list for one of us to manually look at during daytime hours.
- _hyn3 5y agoWonder if it runs on Twilio..
- techsupporter 5y agoI don't know what the SMS service part of Pushover uses as we don't send SMS through Pushover. The part we use, the main feature, sends a notification through an app the user installs on their device. All of us who receive push notifications through our system have the Pushover app on our phones, some also have it on their tablets and computers. I like the Apple Watch integration as I can interact with urgent notifications just on my watch without my phone handy.
- ChrisDutrow 5y agoOh I didn't even realize they had SMS. I was just thinking I could use push messages instead of SMS.
- throwaway12_34 5y agoInteresting. I had an app, that had pretty much this functionality. Read the SMS from a phone and send a push notification with the content to a second phone. Google killed it though, because they said it does not have a legitimate reason to read SMS. Still a bit bitter about it.
- techsupporter 5y agoYou can rig this up yourself with Tasker and Pushover. There is an plug in for Tasker that enables using REST API calls and with variable names in the call so you can capture the text of an SMS. I used to do this for an old hotline phone.
- ChrisDutrow 5y agoOh very cool, thanks for this suggestion. I think the outgoing text messages actually add up to be kind of expensive too so this could save some money.