Sending SMS using the Application Programming Interface - MCTel

VIDEOSMS HTTP/HTML Interface Manual v. 1.2Perform the HTTP requests in NoCache mode if a HTTP proxy is installed on your enterprisenetwork.When connecting it is necessary to specifiy your username and password (and in some casea company name and optionnaly a company password). You could get these parameters byseveral ways:• your company has opened an account: your parameters has been given to you byMCTEL.• your are a MCTEL partner: same• you could also immediately (if not already done) open your own prepaid SMS accounton http://www.smsfax.com by specifying your mobile number and email address andalso the username you wish to use. If this username is not already in use, you willreceive immediately your account password by SMS on your mobile along with somefree SMS units to test your new account. You could purchase SMS units on youraccount by credit card, check and in some countries by sending a Premium SMS orconnecting to the videotex network.You could also open your account by downloading and installing the VideoSMS/PCDesktop SMS sender from http://www.smsfax.com.In all cases, whatever the method used to open your account, you could use yourusername and password to send SMS from all the methods supplied by SMS: PCDesktop sender, Web, SMS Gateway API, SMS FTP/XML Interface and the SMSHTTP/HTML interface described in this document.Submitting requests to the gatewayThe client should transmit requests using either HTTP GET or HTTP POST requests to thegateway. Submissions sent to the gateway should conform to the syntax described below.Using HTTP GET requestsFollow the following procedure :• connect to the www.smsfax.com gateway on port 8080 (see above).• transmit the GET request to the /cgi-bin/sendsms.cgi URI• send the GET request containing the needed parameters, transmitted after the URI andthe ? character, each parameter beeing encoded and separated by & (parametersencoding and formating are usually automatically performed by HTTP functions).• Do not close the connection after the request in order to be able to receive the replyfrom the gateway.Using HTTP POST requestsFollow the following procedure :• connect to the www.smsfax.com gateway on port 8080 (see above).• transmit the POST request to the /cgi-bin/sendsms.cgi URI.• The POST request must contain the following mandatory HTTP headers, separatedfrom the message content by :Monaco Telematique MCTEL 18 July 2004