Sending SMS using the Application Programming Interface - MCTel

VAX 6240VIDEOSMS HTTP/HTML Interface Manual v. 1.2Accessing SMS features using MCTEL HTTP GatewayIntroductionHTTP/1.1 POST or GETIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHTTP/1.1 ReplyCustomer serverMCTEL VIDEOSMSHTTP GatewayFigure 3: MCTEL VideoSMS gateway communication using Web HTTP/HTML protocolWhen using the HTTP/HTML interface, the customer Web application service or computerapplication will communicate with MCTEL SMS Gateway using HTTP GET or POSTrequests.Requests are available to perform various kind of operations:• sending SMS messages.• retrieving detailed status of a SMS message previously submitted.• sending Wap Push commands by SMS.Connecting to the MCTEL SMS HTTP GatewayThe client should send a HTTP POST or GET request to the VIDEOSMS HTTP Gateway andwait for the gateway response.The following URLs are used to connect to the gateway:• http://www.smsfax.com/cgi-bin/sendsms.cgi?command=sendsms&... to send amessage• http://www.smsfax.com/cgi-bin/sendsms.cgi?command=readstatus&... to check if agiven message has successfully been transmitted.The calls should be made to the symbolic DNS name of the HTTP gateway(www.smsfax.com) instead of its IP address because several systems offering load balancingand fault tolerant configuration and used and because furthermore the IP address of thegateways are subject to change without prior notice.sont susceptibles d’être modifiées à tout moment.Monaco Telematique MCTEL 17 July 2004