direct_sms.rb

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# Copyright (c) 2010 Tim Lucas <[email protected]>
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require 'net/https'

# A simple API wrapper for DirectSMS's HTTPS API (http://directsms.com.au/info/api/http.html)
class DirectSMS
  class UnknownError < StandardError; end
  class ErrorResponse < StandardError; end
  def initialize(username, password)
    @connection_id = post '/connect', :username => username, :password => password
  end
  def send(message, to, from)
    post '/send_branded_message', :connectionid => @connection_id,
                                  :message => message,
                                  :to => Array(to).join(","),
                                  :senderid => from
  end
  
  private
    def post(path, params={})
      http = Net::HTTP.new('api.directsms.com.au', 443)
      http.use_ssl = true
      http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE # Heroku needed this :(
      http.start do |http|
         req = Net::HTTP::Post.new("/s3/https#{path}")
         req.set_form_data(params)
         resp, body = http.request(req)
         raise UnknownError.new(body) unless resp.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
         return parse(body)
      end
    end
    def parse(body)
      match = body.match(/(.*?):(.*)/)
      raise UnknownError.new(body) if !match
      type, content = body.match(/(.*?): (.*)/).captures
      raise ErrorResponse.new(content) if type != "id"
      content.strip
    end
end

Hi Tim,

Thanks very much for sharing this code. I've tweaked it to work with the current directSMS API. See https://gist.github.com/keithpitty/5947010.

Keith