Java

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. Chilkat2 Java

import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Http;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.HttpResponse;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.JsonObject;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
        // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

        Http http = new 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

        JsonObject queryParams = new JsonObject();
        queryParams.updateString("api_id", "xxxx");
        queryParams.updateString("user", "yourUsername");
        queryParams.updateString("password", "yourPassword");
        queryParams.updateString("from", "yourFromPhoneNumber");
        queryParams.updateString("to", "receiverPhoneNumber");
        queryParams.updateString("text", "The text of your message");

        // If the following URL does not work, then try "https://api.clickatell.com/http/sendmsg"
        HttpResponse resp = new HttpResponse();
        try {
            http.httpParams("GET", "https://platform.clickatell.com/messages/http/send", queryParams, resp);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        System.out.println(resp.getStatusCode());
        System.out.println(resp.getBodyStr());
    }
}