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--- blocks:app-note:sms42elks [2025-05-22 09:48]
mattias [Send a text message from a task]
+++ blocks:app-note:sms42elks [2025-05-30 08:43] (current)
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 =====Send texts to mobile=====
-This application note describes a way to send text messages (SMS) from blocks via a SMS gateway service. It can serve a s boilerplate for anyone that wants to develop a similar script for some other SMS gateway service or simply for someone that just needs the functionality and is happy to use the https://46elks.com/ gateway service used in this example.
+This application note describes a way to send text messages (SMS) from blocks via a SMS gateway service. It can serve as a boilerplate for anyone that wants to develop a similar script for some other SMS gateway service, or simply just needs the functionality and is happy to use the https://46elks.com/ gateway service from this app note as is.
-===== Installation =====
+===== Installation =====
 You need a computer with a running blocks server with internet access and a web browser to test this application note.
 We have prepared a PIXILAB-blocks-root folder containing everything you need to run the example.
-{{ :blocks:app-note:sms42elks:smsgateway46elks.zip |Download this ZIP file and unpack it}}
+{{ :blocks:app-note:sms42elks:smsgateway46elks.zip |Download this ZIP file and unpack it}}. If you do not know how to do this, read the instructions in the [[blocks:app-note:start|general setup section]].
+====Getting your Credentials====
-If you do not know how to do this, read the instructions in the [[blocks:app-note:start|general setup section]]. This zip archive is a bit different from the other application notes, it has a blocks server config file and the root folder. The Blocks config file is a sample file showing the format of the mail settings that need to be set in your own blocks config file to enable the email feature in Blocks.
-====Get your credentials====
 Goto [[https://46elks.com/]] and register an account and fill the account with some credits. Follow the vendors documentation to obtain a user token and a secret token (password).
-====Configure the script====
+====Configuring the User Script====
-Before we can send a text we must set out credentials. They can be set as properties from a task. THis must be done before attempting to send texts.
+Before we can send a text we must apply our credentials obtained in the previous step. They can be set as properties from a task. This must be done before attempting to send texts.
 {{:blocks:app-note:sms42elks:screenshot_2025-05-22_084621.png?800|}}
-In production environment one may rather store the credentials in a file on the server. The script will look for script/files/SMS_46elks.json
-The credentials must be stores in JSON format like in the example:
+In production environment one may instead store the credentials more securely in a file on the server. The script looks for the file script/files/SMS_46elks.json, expected to be a JSON file with contents like this (but with your credentials, of course):
 <code>
 {
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 ====Send a text message from a task====
-Use a task to send out the message, the phone number must be complete with countrycode like in the example.
+Use a task to send a message, the phone number must include the country code, as shown in this example.
 {{:blocks:app-note:sms42elks:screenshot_2025-05-22_094859.png?800|}}
+Aternatively, call this function from a another user script, e.g. if your building a [[blocks:advanced_scripting:visitor_identity_tracking|Personal Visitor Experience]].
 ====Result====
-{{:blocks:app-note:sms42elks:screenshot_20250522_114557_messages.jpg?400|}}
+A text message should be received.
+{{:blocks:app-note:sms42elks:screenshot_20250522_114557_messages.jpg?200|}}
+If not, check your log file for any error messages related to the SMS service, such as incorrect credentials.