Receiving an SMS
To receive an SMS, you need to:
- Rent a virtual number to receive messages
- Create a webhook endpoint using one of the code examples shown below
- Configure the webhook in your Nexmo Dashboard
Prerequisites
Install dependencies
npm install express body-parserInitialize your dependencies
Create a file named receive-express.js and add the following code:
const app = require('express')()
const bodyParser = require('body-parser')
app.use(bodyParser.json())
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }))
Write the code
Add the following to receive-express.js:
app
.route('/webhooks/inbound-sms')
.get(handleInboundSms)
.post(handleInboundSms)
function handleInboundSms(request, response) {
const params = Object.assign(request.query, request.body)
console.log(params)
response.status(204).send()
}
app.listen(process.env.PORT || 3000)
Run your code
Save this file to your machine and run it:
node receive-express.jsPrerequisites
Install dependencies
Add the following to build.gradle:
compile 'com.nexmo:client:5.1.0'
compile 'com.sparkjava:spark-core:2.7.2'Write the code
Add the following to the main method of the ReceiveSMS class:
/*
* Route to handle incoming SMS GET request.
*/
Route inboundSmsAsGet = (req, res) -> {
System.out.println("msisdn: " + req.queryParams("msisdn"));
System.out.println("messageId: " + req.queryParams("messageId"));
System.out.println("text: " + req.queryParams("text"));
System.out.println("type: " + req.queryParams("type"));
System.out.println("keyword: " + req.queryParams("keyword"));
System.out.println("messageTimestamp: " + req.queryParams("message-timestamp"));
res.status(204);
return "";
};
/*
* Route to handle incoming SMS with POST form-encoded or JSON body.
*/
Route inboundSmsAsPost = (req, res) -> {
// The body will be form-encoded or a JSON object:
if (req.contentType().startsWith("application/x-www-form-urlencoded")) {
System.out.println("msisdn: " + req.queryParams("msisdn"));
System.out.println("messageId: " + req.queryParams("messageId"));
System.out.println("text: " + req.queryParams("text"));
System.out.println("type: " + req.queryParams("type"));
System.out.println("keyword: " + req.queryParams("keyword"));
System.out.println("messageTimestamp: " + req.queryParams("message-timestamp"));
} else {
MessageEvent event = MessageEvent.fromJson(req.body());
System.out.println("msisdn: " + event.getMsisdn());
System.out.println("messageId: " + event.getMessageId());
System.out.println("text: " + event.getText());
System.out.println("type: " + event.getType());
System.out.println("keyword: " + event.getKeyword());
System.out.println("messageTimestamp: " + event.getMessageTimestamp());
}
res.status(204);
return "";
};
Spark.port(8080);
Spark.get("/webhooks/inbound-sms", inboundSmsAsGet);
Spark.post("/webhooks/inbound-sms", inboundSmsAsPost);
}
Run your code
We can use the application plugin for Gradle to simplify the running of our application.
Update your build.gradle with the following:
apply plugin: 'application'
mainClassName = project.hasProperty('main') ? project.getProperty('main') : ''
Run the following gradle command to execute your application, replacing com.nexmo.quickstart.sms with the package containing ReceiveSMS:
gradle run -Pmain=com.nexmo.quickstart.sms.ReceiveSMSPrerequisites
Install dependencies
Install-Package Nexmo.Csharp.ClientInitialize your dependencies
Create a file named SMSController.cs and add the following code:
var client = new Client(creds: new Nexmo.Api.Request.Credentials
{
ApiKey = "NEXMO_API_KEY",
ApiSecret = "NEXMO_API_SECRET"
});
Write the code
Add the following to SMSController.cs:
[Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.HttpGet]
public ActionResult Receive([FromQuery]SMS.SMSInbound response)
{
if (null != response.to && null != response.msisdn)
{
Debug.WriteLine("------------------------------------");
Debug.WriteLine("INCOMING TEXT");
Debug.WriteLine("From: " + response.msisdn);
Debug.WriteLine(" Message: " + response.text);
Debug.WriteLine("------------------------------------");
return StatusCode(Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.StatusCodes.Status200OK);
}
else
{
Debug.WriteLine("------------------------------------");
Debug.WriteLine("Endpoint was hit.");
Debug.WriteLine("------------------------------------");
return StatusCode(Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.StatusCodes.Status200OK);
}
}
Prerequisites
Install dependencies
composer require slim/slim:^3.8Initialize your dependencies
Write the code
Add the following to index.php:
$handler = function (Request $request, Response $response) {
$params = $request->getParsedBody();
// Fall back to query parameters if needed
if (!count($params)){
$params = $request->getQueryParams();
}
error_log(print_r($params, true));
return $response->withStatus(204);
};
Run your code
Save this file to your machine and run it:
php -f index.phpPrerequisites
Install dependencies
pip install flaskInitialize your dependencies
Create a file named receive-flask.py and add the following code:
from flask import Flask, request, jsonify
from pprint import pprint
app = Flask(__name__)
Write the code
Add the following to receive-flask.py:
@app.route('/webhooks/inbound-sms', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
def inbound_sms():
if request.is_json:
pprint(request.get_json())
else:
data = dict(request.form) or dict(request.args)
pprint(data)
return ('', 204)
app.run(port=3000)
Run your code
Save this file to your machine and run it:
python receive-flask.pyPrerequisites
Install dependencies
gem install sinatra sinatra-contribInitialize your dependencies
Create a file named receive.rb and add the following code:
require 'sinatra'
require 'sinatra/multi_route'
require 'json'
helpers do
def parsed_body
json? ? JSON.parse(request.body.read) : {}
end
def json?
request.content_type == 'application/json'
end
end
Write the code
Add the following to receive.rb:
route :get, :post, '/webhooks/inbound-sms' do
puts params.merge(parsed_body)
status 204
end
set :port, 3000
Run your code
Save this file to your machine and run it:
ruby receive.rbConfigure the webhook endpoint in your Nexmo Dashboard
So that Nexmo knows how to access your webhook, you must configure it in your Nexmo account.
In the code snippets, the webhook is located at /webhooks/inbound-sms. If you are using Ngrok, the webhook you need to configure in your Nexmo Dashboard API Settings page is of the form https://demo.ngrok.io/webhooks/inbound-sms. Replace demo with the subdomain provided by Ngrok and enter your endpoint in the field labeled Webhook URL for Inbound Message:
Try it out
Now when you send your Nexmo number an SMS you should see it logged in your console. The message object contains the following properties:
{
"msisdn": "447700900001",
"to": "447700900000",
"messageId": "0A0000000123ABCD1",
"text": "Hello world",
"type": "text",
"keyword": "Hello",
"message-timestamp": "2020-01-01T12:00:00.000+00:00",
"timestamp": "1578787200",
"nonce": "aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-0123456789ab",
"concat": "true",
"concat-ref": "1",
"concat-total": "3",
"concat-part": "2",
"data": "abc123",
"udh": "abc123"
}