MessageMedia Chameleon SMS allows you to have masked communication between two parties using metadata. You will need to set up atleast one dedicated number for your account in order to get this application working as expected. To do so, you can send an email to MessageMedia's support team ([email protected]).
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Start ngrok - you can do this opening up the command line and running the command
ngrok http 3000 -
A successful execution will show you a screen similar to the one below
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Clone this repository
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Open the cloned repository and create a .env file
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Copy and paste the environmental variables below and update them accordingly:
MM_API_API_KEY=[API Key from MessageMedia]
MM_API_SECRET_KEY=[API Secret Key from MessageMedia]
PORT=[Any, we recommend port 3000]
CALLBACK_URL=[ngrok url]/incoming
LINES=[dedicated number(s), separated by comma.]
Your ngrok url will show up on the command line after you run ngrok http 3000. You can choose any one of the 'Forwarding URLs'. This is what it typically looks like - http://f34bba6f.ngrok.io
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Fire up the command line from the root of this cloned repository and run
npm installto install all dependencies -
Run
npm startfrom the same location to start the express server -
You should see the following on your command line -
Chameleon listening on port 3000! -
Click on the following button -
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This will import the request into your Postman application
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You should see something similar on your app
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Update your authentication details
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Update the url with your
[ngrok url]/chameleon. Eg:http://f34bba6f.ngrok.io/chameleon -
Update the mobile numbers in the request. You can change the names and the expiry time as well.
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Hit send!
Please contact developer support at [email protected] or check out the developer portal at developers.messagemedia.com
Apache License. See the LICENSE file.