[LRUG] SMS receiving in Ruby

[Pete O'Grady]

> Hi all (my first post to the list:))
>
> Recently at work we needed the ability to send SMS messages from  
> within an application. After a bit of research we found  
> TextAnywhere: http://ws.textanywhere.net/web/home/default.aspx
>
> They allow you to send (and I think receive) sms messages using  
> standard soap web service calls. It's free to sign up for a  
> developer account - they give you 20 free messages. After that you  
> can purchase bundles "Pay as you go" style where messages work out  
> at about 7p (£22 for 250 messages).
>
> Might be of some use to you
>
> Cheers
>
> Pete

On 14 Dec 2006, at 13:15, James Darling wrote:

> Just completely for side little personal projects I'm playing with  
> in my head, does anyone know how I'd go about receiving SMS  
> messages here in the UK that I can then process using Ruby?
> As this is a personal play about, I only have pocket money for  
> this, so the cheapest way would be much appreciated.
> I have found ruby-sms [1], but this seems to only send messages  
> through an interesting bluetooth to real mobile phone setup.
>
> Any ideas/experience?
>
> Thanks
>
> [1] http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/ruby-sms/
>
>
> James Darling
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