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Send SMS Text Message to Phone Number

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Uses Amazon SNS to send an SMS text message to a phone number.

See SNS Publish for more information.

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C++
#include <CkRest.h>
#include <CkAuthAws.h>
#include <CkXml.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

    // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkRest rest;

    // Connect to the Amazon AWS REST server.
    // such as https://sns.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
    bool bTls = true;
    int port = 443;
    bool bAutoReconnect = true;
    success = rest.Connect("sns.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);

    // Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
    CkAuthAws authAws;
    authAws.put_AccessKey("AWS_ACCESS_KEY");
    authAws.put_SecretKey("AWS_SECRET_KEY");
    // the region should match our URL above..
    authAws.put_Region("us-west-2");
    authAws.put_ServiceName("sns");

    rest.SetAuthAws(authAws);

    rest.AddQueryParam("Action","Publish");
    // ----------------------------------------------------
    // Please use your own phone number here for testing...
    // ----------------------------------------------------
    rest.AddQueryParam("PhoneNumber","+15551239999");
    rest.AddQueryParam("Message","This is a test message from Amazon SNS");

    const char *responseXml = rest.fullRequestNoBody("GET","/");
    if (rest.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        std::cout << rest.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    // A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
    if (rest.get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
        std::cout << "response status code = " << rest.get_ResponseStatusCode() << "\r\n";
        std::cout << "response status text = " << rest.responseStatusText() << "\r\n";
        std::cout << "response header: " << rest.responseHeader() << "\r\n";
        std::cout << "response body: " << responseXml << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    // Examine the successful XML response.
    CkXml xml;
    xml.LoadXml(responseXml);
    std::cout << xml.getXml() << "\r\n";

    // To get the MessageId
    std::cout << "MessageId: " << xml.chilkatPath("PublishResult|MessageId|*") << "\r\n";

    // A sample successful response:
    // <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    // <PublishResponse xmlns="http://sns.amazonaws.com/doc/2010-03-31/">
    //     <PublishResult>
    //         <MessageId>5ffca506-6ff6-502c-bca3-f098971bcb9c</MessageId>
    //     </PublishResult>
    //     <ResponseMetadata>
    //         <RequestId>6c815022-050e-5930-a7b4-05bcfde35280</RequestId>
    //     </ResponseMetadata>
    // </PublishResponse>
    }