Sending an SMS

To send an SMS, replace the following variables in the example below:

KeyDescription
VONAGE_API_KEY

Your Vonage API key (see it on your dashboard).

VONAGE_API_SECRET

Your Vonage API secret (also available on your dashboard).

VONAGE_BRAND_NAME

The alphanumeric string that represents the name or number of the organization sending the message.

TO_NUMBER

The phone number you are sending the message to.

Write the code

Add the following to send-sms.sh:

curl -X POST https://rest.nexmo.com/sms/json \
  -d "from=${SMS_SENDER_ID}" \
  -d "to=${SMS_TO_NUMBER}" \
  -d 'text=A text message sent using the Vonage SMS API' \
  -d "api_key=${VONAGE_API_KEY}" \
  -d "api_secret=${VONAGE_API_SECRET}"

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Run your code

Save this file to your machine and run it:

sh send-sms.sh

Note: To include a new line in the message, see the documentation for Concatenation and Encoding

Try it out

When you run the example above, the text message will be sent to the mobile number that you specified.

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