ClickaTell api

Getting Started
1

Testing out the ClickaTell API but is unable to get pass the “POST” section.

[code]Dim FromTel, Totel as string
FromTel = fldFromTelNum.text // Use your Twilio-assigned phone number here
ToTel = fldToTelNum.text // A phone number to send the test message to

Dim kapiKey As Text = fldApiKey.Text.ToText

// Set the URL
Dim url as TEXT = “https://platform.clickatell.com/messages/http/send?apiKey=” + kapiKey +"&to=" + ToTel.ToText + “&content=” + fldMessage.text.ToText
TextField1.text = str(url)

MsgBox url

// Send Request, results (including any errors) are in MySocket.PageReceived event handler
MySocket.Send(“POST”, url)[/code]

If I copied the generated url and paste it into the browser, the sms api delivers it perfectly.
Please advice.

2

Does the API actually expect a POST? The documentation doesn’t actually say https://www.clickatell.com/developers/api-documentation/http-api-send-message/

For giggles try a GET request.

5

I certainly don’t have any issues posting to clickatell using their HTTP API? I have been using them in a desktop app for 7+ years. I do note the different syntax of the HTTP SOCKET in your code.

[code]dim wholeline, messagetxt, result as string
messagetxt=ReplaceAllB(txtFld.text," “,”%20") 'spaces replaced
wholeline=http_line+numbers+"&text="+messagetxt

result=httpsocket1.post(wholeline,3)
result=DefineEncoding(result, Encodings.UTF8)

[/code]

wholine looks like the below

http://api.clickatell.com/http/sendmsg?user=username&password=userpass&api_id=apiID&cliMSgId=username_20180622082445000004470&concat=3&from=4477712345678&to=4477798765432&text=Test%20Message%20text

This line adds the extra bits to give the message a reference of username, datetime and random number but a UUID or similar would work that I can later check to confirm it has been received which you may not require, the whole line is URL_Encoded as you would expect.

The line may look slightly different now as they have changed their API a little in the last couple of years so check the documentation at the bottom. The above works for me today but you may have a different type of account.

Try a line in a web browser with your username and api details, a number and message to yourself by text and see if it works.

https://www.clickatell.com/developers/api-documentation/http-api-request-parameters/

6

Thank you will look at it again.

7

It seems you aren’t percent encoding the message.

Your browser will do this automatically which explains why it works from the browser.

8

There is a Xojo function http://documentation.xojo.com/index.php/EncodeURLComponent that will do that for you.