Send an SMS message using the Clickatell API from ColdFusion
Problem
You want to send a text message from ColdFusion
Solution
Use the Clickatell API and the CFHTTP tag to send a message
Detailed explanation
It's really simple to create and send a text message to a mobile phone using the Clickatell API from ColdFusion. We'll be building an XML document that will be posted to their web api using CFHTTP.
Step 1: Build the XML document with the data we want to
send.
<cfsavecontent variable="xmlData">
<cfoutput>
<clickAPI>
<sendMsg>
<!--- the API ID is set up in the Clickatell admin
--->
<api_id>999999</api_id>
<!--- your username and password for the service
--->
<user>#api_username#</user>
<password>#api_password#</password>
<!--- the "source" phone number (usually your own)
--->
<from>12155551212</from>
<!--- the destination phone number - digits only
--->
<to>16105551212</to>
<!--- the message you want to send --->
<text>ColdFusion rocks!</text>
</sendMsg>
</clickAPI>
</cfoutput>
</cfsavecontent>
Step 2: Post that data to Clickatell using the CFHTTP
tag
<cfhttp url="http://api.clickatell.com/xml/xml"
method="POST" resolveurl="false" result="result">
<cfhttpparam type="FORMFIELD" name="data" value="#xmlData#"
/>
</cfhttp>
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