Questions tagged [sms]
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SMS verification in web application
This is my first project related to SMS verification.
How to implement SMS verification in online ordering web application? For example:- when we try to reset the password in amazon's website, it sends an sms verification code and after entering the…
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What are the key points to evaluate to select a good SMS gateway?
We are planning to add a "SMS verification account" option for our customers. (So we will only send SMS. We do not need a short code.)
We have found several companies who offer SMS gateways through REST APIs (we use PHP).
As we are totally new to…
Toto
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Handling SMS/email convergence: how does a good business app do it?
I'm writing a school administration software package, but it strikes me that many developers will face this same issue: when communicating with users, should you use email or SMS or both, and should you treat them as fundamentally equivalent…
Tim Cooper
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Using SMS as transaction in offline situations
Currently, I have this hybrid mobile application which talks to my C# web service to do CRUD transactions. As the mobile application is always on the go, and there might not have internet connectivity in all situations.
Therefore, I'm thinking of…
Gene
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What is the best way to send SMS through my own SIM card?
TLDR: I'm looking for advice on the most straightforward method to set up an SMS system using my own SIM card, without relying on SMS service providers like Twilio or MessageBird.
Currently, I am developing a custom appointment system for a doctor,…
Боян Дечев
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Responsibility of message template for OTP microservice
We want to design a solution for generation and validation of OTP(One Time Password) process. We decided to create OTP process as a separate micro service. Since OTP need to be communicated to users we felt a need to create a separate micro service…
nak
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Generating 4 digits SMS confirmation code
I need to generate simple, 4 digits confirmation SMS code, which based on given information, e. g. username, or birthdate, whatever. So, for two identical inputs, I need two same output codes.
I can't store this code in database.
I'm writing in C#,…
Yurii N.
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Algorithm for appointment reminders
My program allows users to store appointments in a calendar. What has been requested of me is the ability for SMS reminders to be sent to people to remind them of their appointment. The SMS would need to be sent out about 2 days prior to their…
CJ7
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Max. SMS length that will reach all users
I'm building a grants management system where we're trying to find a list of lost users using a number of different means.
The first attempt is email but if we do not have an email address, we will try SMS.
Just wondering, before we get our…
RoboShop
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How to create a code that will be send by SMS to verify that it's a valid phone number?
I'm creating a mobile app that will have a verification process of the phone number like most of apps do when they use your phone.
I'm also developing the back-end but I don't know exactly what is the safer way to generate a 4-6 digits code and send…
Vencovsky
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Should I have a queue with SMS requests to picked up by a separate process or connect directly to the API?
I created an email queue where I put the requests for emails to be sent. If the SMTP server is unavailable, the requests are not lost.
When the SMTP server gets back online, the background service will pick up the requests to send the emails and…
Fabio Milheiro
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In-house SMS (using a SIM card) receiving and sending?
My needs are very simple but I don't know the terms I should be Googling for: I need to occasionally send a SMS to a machine and that machine is going to answer with another SMS to the number that did send the first SMS.
I've got no say as to how…
Cedric Martin
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SMS for messaging between applications
What would be the issues or advantages to using SMS messaging for inter-application messaging? more or less reliable than http? etc.
Kwells
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How does a SMS provider like twilio work?
Simple question, I'm asking here as I don't exactly know how to phrase this question correctly, I'm interested in knowing how SMS providers work, e.g how do they send you that message? who does it go through? how would you send an SMS without a…
APEX studio
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