fatboy
Elite Member
- Aug 13, 2008
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Hey guys.
I was going to write this up properly but to be honest, the sun is out and the coffee is tasting good so I want to read the paper more than type
Didn't see this in the forum anywhere, but apologies if I missed it.
I have been making Google, Facebook type accounts and have been verifying them using Tropo.com
Sign up as a developer and you can test your applications free - thrown into this you get access to a free pool of US numbers that can receive SMS messages (other countries available but Tropo do not guarantee their SMS use).
You can assign numbers, use them to verify and then unassign and grab a new number for the next one.
If you use a lot, they will assume that your application is in production and may charge you $3 per month per number - possibly still a good price depending on your use.
I have been running the developer plan for a while without problems and they do work.
Once you hit the 'send SMS' button in Gmail etc, you can either:
1. Watch the debug panel at Tropo and you will see the SMS message come in with your codes. There is a lot of other info in there so its not the easiest to read or;
2. Send all the info to a script on your web server so you can pull out the right info easily (their API is spot on). This will keep a record of the text messages coming your way. Method 1 will not store any old data.
The script I use to write a log file is:
which just saves the text message content and the network (SMS or VOICE - tropo does both)
The above just pulls the message content out to make it easier to find your verification code.
Apologies about the way this is written, its an easy thing to do and Tropo seem a good company to use.
If you need any help, feel free to shout - saying that, I think most people will see the value in a service like this as well as how to put something together code-wise to try and automate it a little more
Have fun!
FB
I was going to write this up properly but to be honest, the sun is out and the coffee is tasting good so I want to read the paper more than type
Didn't see this in the forum anywhere, but apologies if I missed it.
I have been making Google, Facebook type accounts and have been verifying them using Tropo.com
Sign up as a developer and you can test your applications free - thrown into this you get access to a free pool of US numbers that can receive SMS messages (other countries available but Tropo do not guarantee their SMS use).
You can assign numbers, use them to verify and then unassign and grab a new number for the next one.
If you use a lot, they will assume that your application is in production and may charge you $3 per month per number - possibly still a good price depending on your use.
I have been running the developer plan for a while without problems and they do work.
Once you hit the 'send SMS' button in Gmail etc, you can either:
1. Watch the debug panel at Tropo and you will see the SMS message come in with your codes. There is a lot of other info in there so its not the easiest to read or;
2. Send all the info to a script on your web server so you can pull out the right info easily (their API is spot on). This will keep a record of the text messages coming your way. Method 1 will not store any old data.
The script I use to write a log file is:
Code:
<?php
include("tropo.class.php");
$session = new Session();
$from_info = $session->getFrom();
$network = $from_info['channel'];
// Create a new instance of the Tropo object.
$tropo = new Tropo();
// See if any text was sent with session start.
$initial_text = $session->getInitialText();
$fh = fopen('log', 'a') or die("can't open file");
$stringData = $initial_text . "|" . $network . "\n";
fwrite($fh, $stringData);
fclose($fh);
?>which just saves the text message content and the network (SMS or VOICE - tropo does both)
The above just pulls the message content out to make it easier to find your verification code.
Apologies about the way this is written, its an easy thing to do and Tropo seem a good company to use.
If you need any help, feel free to shout - saying that, I think most people will see the value in a service like this as well as how to put something together code-wise to try and automate it a little more
Have fun!
FB
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