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Rapid SMS PHP SDK is built for Rapid SMS - Bulk SMS Application

Prerequisites

To use Rapid SMS SDK you must have created an account with Rapid SMS. For more details please visit: Rapid SMS

php >=7.2
Rapid SMS - Bulk SMS Application

Installing

Via Composer

composer require rapidsmsng/sms-php-sdk 

And Via Bash

git clone https://github.com/rapidsmsng/sms-php-sdk.git

Usage

Step 1:

If installing Rapid SMS SDK using Git Clone then load your Rapid SMS SDK Class files with the use of namespaces.

require_once 'src/RapidSMS.php';
use RapidSMS\RapidSMS;

If installing Rapid SMS API using Composer then require/include autoload.php file in the index.php of your project or whatever file you need to use Rapid SMS SDK classes:.

require 'vendor/autoload.php';
use RapidSMS\RapidSMS;

Step 2:

Get your API_KEY from https://rapidsmsng.com/sms-api/info (from within your account)

$apiKey = 'YWRtaW46YWRtaW4ucGFzc3dvcmQ=';

Step 3:

Change to your Sender ID. Submit Sender ID for approval from here https://rapidsmsng.com/user/sms/sender-id-management

$from = 'RapidSMSNG';

Step 4:

the number we are sending to - Any phone number

$destination = '08028333008';

For multiple number please use Comma (,) after every single number.

$destination = '08028333008,09054036811,09087040398';

You can insert maximum 100 numbers using comma separated string in single api request.

Step 5:

Replace your URL with https://rapidsmsng.com/sms/api. sms/api is mandatory.

$url = 'https://rapidsmsng.com/sms/api';

// SMS Body

$sms = 'Test message from RAPID SMS';

// Unicode SMS

$unicode = '1'; //For Unicode message

// Schedule SMS

$scheduleDate = '05/17/2020 10:20 AM'; //Date like this format: m/d/Y h:i A

// Create Plain/text SMS Body for request

$smsBody = array(
    'api_key' => $apiKey,
    'to' => $destination,
    'from' => $from,
    'sms' => $sms
);

// Create Unicode SMS Body for request

$smsBody = array(
    'api_key' => $apiKey,
    'to' => $destination,
    'from' => $from,
    'sms' => $sms,
    'unicode' => $unicode,
);

// Create SMS Body for Schedule request

$smsBody = array(
    'api_key' => $apiKey,
    'to' => $destination,
    'from' => $from,
    'sms' => $sms,
    'schedule' => $scheduleDate,
);

Step 6:

Instantiate a new Rapid SMS API request

$client = new RapidSMS\RapidSMS();

Send SMS

Finally send your sms through Rapid SMS API

$response = $client->sendSms($url, $smsBody);

Get Inbox

Get all your messages

$getInbox = $client->getInbox($apiKey, $url);

Get Balance

Get your account balance

$getBalance = $client->checkBalance($apiKey, $url);

Response

Rapid SMS API return response in json format, like:

{"code": "ok","message": "Successfully Send"}

Delivery Reports

Pushing delivery reports to an endpoint you specify is coming soon

Status Code

Authors

• Kenneth Onah - Initial work - rapidsmsng