Sms send

Sms_send

This function makes it possible to send SMS messages to users.

Syntax

Sms_send(userResourceIds, smsoutprovidername, message, [fromresourceid])

Arguments

userResourceId: array of ids of the users who are to receive the SMS

smsoutprovidername: the name of the provider which will be used to send the SMS. Look for the ones available in your lists of SMS providers and copy the exact name from there.

message: the text that you want to send to the users. Should be a string of max 160 characters or it may get truncated.

fromresourceid: (optional) used to determine the source resource, which is again used to determine which keywords to use in the mail template, and also determines which SENT box the message ends up in. Default is current user.

Return type

An array of status codes will be returned as result of the function. There will exist one status for each user to which an SMS was sent. The status codes are:

Code	Constant name	Description
0	SMS_STATUS_SUCCESSFUL	Sent successfully
1	SMS_STATUS_NO_VALID_PHONE_NUMBER	No valid phone number is found to receive the message or user does not have at least 1 phone number
2	SMS_STATUS_MESSAGE_TOO_LONG	The message length exceeds 160 characters
3	SMS_STATUS_NOT_USER_RESOURCE	The type of given resource is not type of user
4	SMS_STATUS_USER_DOES_NOT_EXIST	The given user does not exist
5	SMS_STATUS_USER_DELETED	This user has been deleted
6	SMS_STATUS_USER_DISABLED	This user has been disabled
7	SMS_STATUS_MISSING_RESOURCE_ACCESS	Current user does not have at least observer access to given user Examples array users = {1234567,1234568,1234569}; string smsprovidername = "TeleCo"; string msg = "The project has been completed"; Sms_send(users,smsprovidername,msg); Availability Version 5.8.1