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Coding New SMS Provider - Where to start?

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Hi

I'd like to implement a local SMS provider instead as it would be cheaper for us.

Could someone please point me in the right direction. Where should i look and where to start ?

Any help is really appreciated

Thanks

  • Ken Roach

    Ken Roach

    Yay Dillan! How are you going on this? There must be a way to make use of all the free credits on our local phone plans? Would be interested in your progress on this. I'm trying to do the same. Ken

    • Ken Roach

      Ken Roach

      Would love to be able to find a solution that allows us to use a local phone as an SMS gateway. Eg. https://smsgateway.me/. But I don't know if there are security issues. (Also I understand there is a sending limit on Android phones?) There are commercial SMS gateways in New Zealand, but they are not much cheaper than Twilio. Our Twilio costs are mounting up.

      • Dillan Cagnetta

        Dillan Cagnetta

        Hi Ken. I haven't looked at this as before I started I compared rates and it seems Our local providers would be around the same price . I might have a look at it a bit later though.

        • Ken Roach

          Ken Roach

          Has anyone else created an alternative SMS plugin? I'm considering SMSEveryone. We can't get replies to SMS messages sent from Twilio to New Zealand.

          • Photo of David Leigh

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            If you haven't done any custom development with Rock before, I would recommend reading the QuickStart Tutorials documentation to get started with creating a new plugin::
            http://www.rockrms.com/Rock/Developer/BookContent/19/55

            To implement a new SMS provider, create a new plugin and copy the code for the existing Twilio provider to your plug-in as a template.
            All of the code you need is located in the file "Twilio.cs".
            Copy this code file to your plug-in, rename it and make the necessary code changes to implement your new provider.

            This should get you started.