MobileTextAlerts

A simple Ruby wrapper for working with the Mobile-Text-Alerts.com API.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'mobile_text_alerts'

And then execute:

$ bundle install

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install mobile_text_alerts

Setup your project

After installing the gem in your project, you need to add the following configuration to your project:

# config/initializers/mobile_text_alerts.rb
MobileTextAlerts.configure do |config|
    config.api_key = YOUR_API_KEY
end

Of course, replace YOUR_API_KEY with your Mobile Text Alerts API key from your developer settings area in your account.

Usage

The following examples assume that you've instantiated your MTA client.

client = MobileTextAlerts.new

Note: If you don't see what you're looking for below, please browse the files in the lib/actions directory as each method is well documented. Alternatively, check out the Ruby Docs.

SMS Messages

Sending SMS messages to a phone number

Pass in the phone number and the message.

client.send_sms_to_number('1112223333', 'foo bar')

Sending SMS messages to a MTA group

Pass in the group id from MTA and the message.

If you would like to send the message to all of your subscribers, use 'all' as the group_id parameter.

client.send_sms_to_group('1', 'foo bar')

MMS Messages

Sending MMS messages to a phone number

Pass in the phone number, the message, and the url to the image file.

client.send_mms_to_number('1112223333', 'foo bar', 'https://foo.bar/image.png')

Sending MMS messages to a MTA group

Pass in the group id from MTA, the message, and the image url.

If you would like to send the message to all of your subscribers, use 'all' as the group_id parameter.

client.send_mms_to_group('1112223333', 'foo bar', 'https://foo.bar/image.png')

TTS Messages

Sending TTS messages to a phone number

Pass in the phone number, the message, and the url to the image file.

client.send_tts_to_number('1112223333', 'foo bar')

Sending TTS messages to a MTA group

Pass in the group id from MTA, the message, and the image url.

If you would like to send the message to all of your subscribers, use 'all' as the group_id parameter.

client.send_tts_to_group('1112223333', 'foo bar')

Adding contacts/members to your account

Pass in a hash of the contacts information. You must provide at the very least, the phone number or email address of the contact.

contact_info = {
    phone_number: phone_number,
    email:        email,
    first_name:   'Foo',
    last_name:    'Bar',
    groups:       ['11111']
}
client.add_member(contact_info)

Delete contacts/members from your account

You must pass either the phone number or email address of the contact in your account.

client.delete_member_via_number(phone_number)
# OR
client.delete_member_via_email(email)

Todos

• Expand on the usage examples above
• Add actions for the following API endpoints:
  • lulacash
  • send_2fa
  • check_2fa

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/jr180180/mobile_text_alerts. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the code of conduct.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.

Code of Conduct

Everyone interacting in the MobileTextAlerts project's codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.

Support Development

If you're interested in supporting the development of this gem, please consider signing up for Mobile-Text-Alerts.com through our referral link.

Development sponsored by Passion Cafe