Setting Notification SMS
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To Send SMS notifications you need to setup SMS configuration details.
Go to Settings -> Business Settings -> SMS settings
from here we can set up SMS for most of the vendors having support for REST API, most of the support it. If not then check with your provider
Go to the REST API documentation of your vendor. Contact your vendor if you can’t find it.
Here you’ll find 3 different service type: Nexmo, Twilio, and others.
Setting up SMS for NEXMO
- Create a new account in nexmo.
- From your nexmo dashboard, go to account settings, here you’ll find the API key and secret, the From field enter the from the number provided by nexmo. Enter these details in the pos and try sending a test message.
Setting up SMS for twilio
- Go to Twilio & login with your account.
- Get the SID, Access token, and From information. On your project Twilio Dashboard, you can find the Account SID and Auth Token
- Save it and try sending a message
Setting up SMS for others
Let the api structure is
http://your-sms-website.com/api/sendmsg.php?user=&pass=&sender=&phone=&text=
So the configuration will be as follows
URL: https://rest.nexmo.com/sms/json
Send to parameter name: phone
Message parameter name: text
Request Method: GET
Parameter 1 key: user Parameter 1 value:
Parameter 2 key: pass Parameter 2 value: Parameter 3 key: sender Parameter 3 value:
Example Four: Setting up SMS for others
Let the api structure is
$api_url = “http://sms-app.salepointpos.com/app/smsapi/index.php?username=&password=&campaign=XXXXXX&routeid=XXXXXX&type=text&contacts=97656XXXXX,98012XXXXX&senderid=XXXXXX&msg=Hello+People%2C+have+a+great+day”;
So the configuration will be as follows
URL: http://sms-app.salepointpos.com/smsapi/index.php
Send to parameter name: contacts
Message parameter name: msg
Request Method: GET
Parameter 1 key: username Parameter 1 value:
Parameter 2 key: password Parameter 2 value:
Parameter 3 key: campaign Parameter 3 value: XXXXXX
Parameter 4 key: routeid Parameter 4 value: XXXXXX
Parameter 5 key: type Parameter 5 value: text
Parameter 6 key: senderid Parameter 6 value: XXXXXX
Setting Notification Email
Go to Settings -> Business Settings -> Email settings
Add all the Email SMTP configuration details & it will work.