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Send message using SMaM URL

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The Send Me a Message (SMaM) URL can be used a number of different ways to send a message to the mobile number(s) associated with the URL.

  • Form on a web page
  • Message in query string
  • Message in JSON POST
  • Message in POST body

Web page

Form on a web page

Go to the SMaM URL using a web browser and a form will be displayed that can be used to send the message.

https://richmsg.io/s/b5gSkSJbN6

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Customisable SMaM web page forms

SMaM web page forms will shortly be customisable with a logo, title and other text.

Webhook

Message in query string

Append the message as a query string (using ? character) to the SMaM URL. Requires URL encoding.

https://richmsg.io/s/b5gSkSJbN6?Hello 🙂

Message in POST JSON

curl https://richmsg.io/s/b5gSkSJbN6 --request POST \
 --data '{"message":"Alert: 🚨 cluster-ws-main-pri-01 DOWN"}' \
 --header 'Content-type: application/json'

POST /s/b5gSkSJbN6 HTTP/2
Host: richmsg.io
content-type: application/json
content-length: 53

{"message":"Alert: .... cluster-ws-main-pri-01 DOWN"}


HTTP/2 200 
date: Thu, 08 Jun 2023 22:11:13 GMT
content-type: application/json
content-length: 71

{"outcome":true,"transactionid":"88324f51-27fc-45a2-a4d0-638d9799b056"}

Message in POST body

If no JSON is present in the body of the POST, the whole body will be taken as the message.

curl https://richmsg.io/s/b5gSkSJbN6 --request POST --data 'Alert: 🚨 cluster-ws-main-pri-02 DOWN'

POST /s/b5gSkSJbN6 HTTP/2
Host: richmsg.io
user-agent: curl/7.87.0
content-length: 39

Alert: .... cluster-ws-main-pri-02 DOWN


HTTP/2 200 
date: Thu, 08 Jun 2023 22:26:42 GMT
content-type: application/json
content-length: 71

{"outcome":true,"transactionid":"219938dc-794a-4577-9d17-0c2e5d10040: ea9df"}

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