How to setup SMS notifications

To Send SMS notifications you need to set up SMS configuration details.

Go to Settings -> Business Settings -> SMS settings

From here we can set up SMS for most of the vendors that have support for REST API, most of the support it. If not then check with your provider

Go to the REST API documentation of your vendor. Contact your vendor if you can’t find it.

Here you’ll find 3 different service types: Nexmo, Twilio, and others.

Setting up SMS for NEXMO

1. Create a new account in Nexmo.

2. From your Nexmo dashboard, go to account settings, here you’ll find the API key and secret, the From field enter from the number provided by Nexmo. Enter these details in the pos and try sending a test message.

Setting up SMS for Twilio

1. Go to Twilio & log in with your account.

2. Get the SID, Access token, and From information. On your project Twilio Dashboard, you can find the Account SID and Auth Token

3. Save it and try sending a message

Setting up SMS for others

Let the API structure is

http://your-sms-website.com/api/sendmsg.php?user=&pass=&sender=&phone=&text=

So, the configuration will be as follows

• URL: https://rest.nexmo.com/sms/json

• Send to parameter name: phone

• Message parameter name: text

• Request Method: GET

• Parameter 1 key: user Parameter 1 value:

• Parameter 2 key: pass Parameter 2 value: Parameter 3 key: sender Parameter 3 value:

Example Four: Setting up SMS for others

Let the API structure is

$api_url = “http://sms-pos.testsms.com/app/smsapi/index.php?username=&password=&campaign=XXXXXX&routeid=XXXXXX&type=text&contacts=97656XXXXX,98012XXXXX&senderid=XXXXXX&msg=Hello+People%2C+have+a+great+day”;

So the configuration will be as follows

• URL: http://sms-pos.testsms.com/app/smsapi/index.php

• Send to parameter name: contacts

• Message parameter name: msg

• Request Method: GET

• Parameter 1 key: username Parameter 1 value:

• Parameter 2 key: password Parameter 2 value:

• Parameter 3 key: campaign Parameter 3 value: XXXXXX

• Parameter 4 key: routeid Parameter 4 value: XXXXXX

• Parameter 5 key: type Parameter 5 value: text

• Parameter 6 key: senderid Parameter 6 value: XXXXXX

Setting headers:

If required in your API, you can also set headers

• Header 1 key: Header 1 value:

• Header 2 key: Header 2 value:

• Header 3 key: Header 3 value:

Setting Notification Email

Go to Settings -> Business Settings -> Email settings

Add all the Email SMTP configuration details & it will work.

How to setup email notifications

Business-level mail setup

For sending mail notifications, the business-level mail setup should be done. For this provide the required details in Settings -> Business Settings -> Email settings

FAQ:

1. Does SMS feature work without adding country codes to mobile numbers? Some APIs will work without adding country code and some may not. It is based on your API provider.