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TextBelt is a free API for outgoing SMS
- newAtlStartup 15y agocan you send to multiple numbers?
- Shank 15y agoI assume this works via emailing the carriers (e.g. number@vtext.com),. If so, why not just release the source (or is that somewhere else?) over running your own service?
- mp3jeep01 15y agoIt looks like that's how they're doing it since they have the caveat of "may receive messages from txt@textbelt.com" As for the open source comment -- they're probably running a carrier lookup on the numbers via another API on the back-end, so that dependency on another service doesn't make it as straightforward as just open sourcing it.
- sunsu 15y agoI would be interested in knowing what API they are using for the carrier look-ups.
- dsl 15y agoAre you doing LRN lookups to handle ported numbers?
- blhack 15y agoUm...this seems pretty wide open to abuse...
- chime 15y agoYou'd need multiple IPs to go beyond 75/day. If you're going through the trouble to do all that, you might as well directly email phonenumber@txt.att.net, phonenumber@vtext.com etc. yourself ( http://hacknmod.com/hack/email-to-text-messages-for-att-verizon-t-mobile-sprint-virgin-more/ http://hacknmod.com/hack/email-to-text-messages-for-att-veri... )
- blhack 15y agoDidn't see the part about limited to 75/day :)
- alpb 15y agoNexmo offers 2 Euros for trial accounts (which you can sign up for unlimitedly). Let's say I'll use this get notified if my blog is under heavy traffic load every 5 minutes, how can I rely on it that it won't get shut down tomorrow? Who are behind this and why are they offering this service? Just a github-generated project page does not seem reliable to me.
- typpo 15y agoIf you're just making this for yourself, you might be better off emailing your provider's email-to-SMS gateway rather than using a service like this.
- alpb 15y agoI don't believe such a gateway exists in GSM providers of my country :-/
- tjoff 15y agoJust email it to yourself? Long before apple invented email you have been able to check mail on pretty much any phone made in the last 7 years? (or more?)
- omarchowdhury 15y agoWhat API is available to lookup what carrier a phone is registered with?
- kennywinker 15y agoNeat, but the user experience is somewhat lacking on my carrier. curl http://textbelt.com/text -d number=<my phone number> -d "message=Yo momma!" SMS from my carrier (305 000 01): You have mail from txt@textbelt.com. Please reply with 'Read' to read your message. After replying "read": txt@textbelt.com() Yo momma! Message came through, but with a fair bit of cruft.
- mskierkowski 15y agoCool (free, easy). Where are you going with this? I wrote an app that does almost the same thing through the UI (not API) http://textfrom.me/ http://textfrom.me/ but it's not free. I made that project because I needed to txt a group of folks at a specific time in bulk.
- xtrimsky_ 15y agoHow about google voice ?
- xtrimsky_ 15y agoI use google voice for everything, I find it important to be able to receive text messages on my Google Voice account. (I don't have a text messaging plan)
- christiangenco 15y agoAnother vote for google voice here. For the life of me I can't find an API that's capable of texting my GV number.
- christiangenco 15y agoScratch that; Twilio totally works with Google Voice. Thanks Kevin for following up with me! That was awesome.
- amper5and 15y ago+1 for GV. What's cool is that there are libraries in many languages to allow you to use it in creative ways: * java: http://code.google.com/p/google-voice-java/ http://code.google.com/p/google-voice-java/ * C++: https://github.com/mastermind202/GoogleVoice https://github.com/mastermind202/GoogleVoice * C#: http://code.google.com/p/sharp-voice/ http://code.google.com/p/sharp-voice/ * obj-C: https://bitbucket.org/joeygibson/gvoice/wiki/Home https://bitbucket.org/joeygibson/gvoice/wiki/Home * Python: http://code.google.com/p/pygooglevoice/ http://code.google.com/p/pygooglevoice/ * PHP: http://code.google.com/p/phpgooglevoice/ http://code.google.com/p/phpgooglevoice/ * javascript (node.js): https://github.com/amper5and/node-google-voice https://github.com/amper5and/node-google-voice I dont know how many of those are still maintained. Disclaimer: I am the author of node-google-voice, which is still maintained.
- christiangenco 15y agoDon't forget ruby: https://github.com/jeffrafter/google-voice https://github.com/jeffrafter/google-voice Though now it's looking a bit stale. Google CL needs to put some pressure on the rest of google to open up more APIs.
- kevinprince 15y agoSo this doesn't work for any of the UK carriers you list as the api cant handle UK MSISDN's. I am assuming your not doing submit SM to an SMSC and are abusing the email to text apis?
- corin_ 15y ago> We support the following U.S. providers: No mention of UK support, it's American only.
- kevin_prince 15y agoYou have Orange and O2 on the list of carriers. These are not US carrier.
- kevin_prince 15y agoYou have Orange and O2 on the list of carriers. These are not US carrier.
- losethos 15y agoSomebody has never heard of tongues. 1 Corinthians 14 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+14&version=NIV http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+14... God says... how_about_a_comic lying I_love_you car You_know I_am_not_amused don't_have_a_cow I_didn't_do_it lust in_a_galaxy_far_far_away I_planned_that how_come do_it off_the_record I_give_up I_don't_care imports cowardice sports illogical duck_the_shoe Is_that_your_final_answer no_way_dude do_you_have_a_problem I_had_a_crazy_dream hope unemployment laziness ice_cream job other game_over pet the lying
- usmanghani 15y agoWhat API is available to lookup what carrier a phone is registered with?