Visual FoxPro

Clickatell Send SMS Text Message using HTTP GET

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Demonstrate how to send a Clickatell SMS text message using an HTTP GET request with query params. Visual FoxPro

LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loHttp
LOCAL loQueryParams
LOCAL loResp

lnSuccess = 0

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

loHttp = CreateObject('Chilkat.Http')

* Implements the following CURL command:

* curl -G https://api.clickatell.com/http/sendmsg \
*   -d "api_id=xxxx" \
*   -d "user=yourUsername" \
*   -d "password=yourPassword" \
*   -d "from=yourFromPhoneNumber" \
*   -d "to=receiverPhoneNumber" \
*   -d "text=The text of your message"

* Use the following online tool to generate HTTP code from a CURL command
* Convert a cURL Command to HTTP Source Code

loQueryParams = CreateObject('Chilkat.JsonObject')
loQueryParams.UpdateString("api_id","xxxx")
loQueryParams.UpdateString("user","yourUsername")
loQueryParams.UpdateString("password","yourPassword")
loQueryParams.UpdateString("from","yourFromPhoneNumber")
loQueryParams.UpdateString("to","receiverPhoneNumber")
loQueryParams.UpdateString("text","The text of your message")

* If the following URL does not work, then try "https://api.clickatell.com/http/sendmsg"
loResp = CreateObject('Chilkat.HttpResponse')
lnSuccess = loHttp.HttpParams("GET","https://platform.clickatell.com/messages/http/send",loQueryParams,loResp)
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loHttp
    RELEASE loQueryParams
    RELEASE loResp
    CANCEL
ENDIF

? STR(loResp.StatusCode)
? loResp.BodyStr

RELEASE loHttp
RELEASE loQueryParams
RELEASE loResp