Messaging service application programming interface
A system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program and a computer-implemented method that enables short message service (SMS) text messaging to be integrated into existing applications is presented. Consistent with some embodiments, the method may include receiving a request from a client application to transmit a message to a recipient device. The method may further include validating the request to ensure that the telephone number is valid and that the message conforms to a predefined messaging standard. In response to successfully validating the request, the method causes transmission of the message to the recipient device.
1. A system comprising:
one or more processors and executable instructions accessible on a computer-readable medium that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving, from a client application executing on a client device, a message transmission request including a telephone number assigned to a recipient device;
adding the message transmission request to an outbound queue based on determining the message transmission request is valid;
causing transmission of a message to the recipient device based on the message transmission request being included in the outbound queue;
obtaining status information specifying a status of transmission of the message, the status information including an indication of successful transmission of the message;
adding the message transmission request and the status information to a reporting queue; and
storing a record of the message transmission request, the record including the message and the indication of successful transmission of the message.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the storing the record of the message transmission request comprises storing the record in a machine-readable medium responsive to the causing the transmission of the message.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the causing transmission of the message comprises transmitting a request to a Short Message Service (SMS) aggregator, the request identifying the telephone number and a telephone carrier associated with the recipient device, the SMS aggregator to route the message to the telephone carrier.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein a predefined messaging standard specifies a particular format for the message.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the message is transmitted as a Short Message Service (SMS) message.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the message transmission request is a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise determining that the telephone number is valid by determining that the telephone number includes a particular number of digits.
8. A method comprising:
receiving, from a client application executing on a client device, a message transmission request including a telephone number assigned to a recipient device;
adding, by a machine having a memory and at least one processor, the message transmission request to an outbound queue based on determining the message transmission request is valid;
causing transmission of a message to the recipient device based on the message transmission request being included in the outbound queue;
obtaining status information specifying a status of transmission of the message, the status information including an indication of successful transmission of the message;
adding the message transmission request and the status information to a reporting queue; and
staring a record of the message transmission request, the record including the message and the dication of successful transmission of the message.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the storing the record of the message transmission request comprises storing the record in a machine-readable medium responsive to the causing the transmission of the message.
10. The method of claim 8 , further comprising determining that the telephone number is valid by determining that the telephone number includes a particular number of digits.
11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the causing transmission of the message comprises transmitting a request to a Short Message Service (SMS) aggregator, the request identifying the telephone number and a telephone carrier associated with the recipient device, the SMS aggregator to route the message to the telephone carrier.
12. The method of claim 8 , wherein a predefined messaging standard specifies a particular format for the message.
13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the message is transmitted as a Short Message Service (SMS) message.
14. The method of claim 8 , wherein the message transmission request is a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request.
15. A computer-readable hardware storage device having stored therein a set of program instructions which, when executed by the computer causes the computer to perform operations comprising:
receiving, from a client application executing on a client device, a message transmission request including a telephone number assigned to a recipient device;
adding the message transmission request to an outbound queue based on determining the message transmission request is valid;
causing transmission of a message to the recipient device based on the message transmission request being included in the outbound queue;
obtaining status information specifying a status of transmission of the message, the status information including an indication of successful transmission of the message;
adding the message transmission request and the status information to a reporting queue; and
storing a record of the message transmission request, the record including the message and the indication of successful transmission of the message.
16. The computer-readable hardware storage device of claim 15 , wherein the storing the record of the message transmission request comprises storing the record in a machine-readable medium responsive to the causing the transmission of the message.
17. The computer-readable hardware storage device of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise determining that the telephone number is valid by determining that the telephone number includes a particular number of digits.
18. The computer-readable hardware storage device of claim 15 , wherein the causing transmission of the message comprises transmitting a request to a Short Message Service (SMS) aggregator, the request identifying the telephone number and a telephone carrier associated with the recipient device, the SMS aggregator to route the message to the telephone carrier.
19. The computer-readable hardware storage device of claim 15 , wherein a predefined messaging standard specifies a particular format for the message.
20. The computer-readable hardware storage device of claim 15 , wherein the message is transmitted as a Short Message Service (SMS) message.
21. The computer-readable hardware storage device of claim 15 , wherein the message transmission request is a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request.