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     2 labels:
       
     3 - 'Stage-Alpha'
       
     4 summary: XMPP to SMS gateway using the Clickatell API
       
     5 ...
       
     6 
       
     7 Introduction
       
     8 ============
       
     9 
       
    10 This module provides and SMS gateway component which uses the Clickatell
       
    11 HTTP API to deliver text messages. See clickatell.com for details on
       
    12 their services. Note that at present, this is entirely one way: replies
       
    13 will either go nowhere or as sms to the source number you specify.
       
    14 
       
    15 Configuration
       
    16 =============
       
    17 
       
    18 In prosody.cfg.lua:
       
    19 
       
    20     Component "sms.example.com" "sms_clickatell"
       
    21         sms_message_prefix = "some text"
       
    22 
       
    23 The sms\_message\_prefix is a piece of text you want prefixing to all
       
    24 messages sent through the gateway. For example, I use the prefix
       
    25 "`[Via XMPP]` " to indicate to recipients that I've sent the message via
       
    26 the internet rather than the mobile network. Since my primary use case
       
    27 for this component is to be able to send messages to people only
       
    28 reachable via mobile when I myself only have internet access and no
       
    29 mobile reception, this option allows me to give a hint to my recipients
       
    30 that any reply they send may not reach me in a timely manner.
       
    31 
       
    32 Usage
       
    33 =====
       
    34 
       
    35 Once you've installed and configured, you should be able to use service
       
    36 discovery in your XMPP client to find the component service. Once found,
       
    37 you need to register with the service, supplying your Clickatell
       
    38 username, password, API ID, and a source number for your text messages.
       
    39 
       
    40 The source number is the mobile number you want messages to 'originate'
       
    41 from i.e. where your recipients see messages coming from. The number
       
    42 should be in international format without leading plus sign, or you can
       
    43 use some other format if clickatell supports it.
       
    44 
       
    45 To send text messages to a target number, you need to add a contact in
       
    46 the form of `[number]@sms.example.com`, where `[number]` is the mobile
       
    47 number of the recipient, in international format without leading plus
       
    48 sign, and sms.example.com is the name for the component you configured
       
    49 above. For example:
       
    50 
       
    51 447999000001@sms.yourdomain.com
       
    52 
       
    53 You should then be able to send messages to this contact which get sent
       
    54 as text messages to the number by the component.
       
    55 
       
    56 Compatibility
       
    57 =============
       
    58 
       
    59   ----- -------
       
    60   0.7   Works
       
    61   ----- -------
       
    62 
       
    63 Todo
       
    64 ====
       
    65 
       
    66 -   Refactor to create a framework for multiple sms gateway back ends,
       
    67     and split Clickatell specific code in to its own back end