This document summarizes ways to send SMS messages from web applications, including using HTML5 APIs, PhoneGap plugins, and cloud services. It discusses how SMS can be used when other networks are unavailable, how to include links and forms that trigger SMS, and examples of SMS APIs from Mozilla, W3C, and Twilio. The document concludes with a thank you and links to resources about Wakanda, Twilio, and related GitHub projects.

1. JS in SMS
Alexandre Morgaut & Greg McCarvell
JS.everywhere(2013) - Treasure Island, SF

2. Agenda
Why care about SMS?
Links and Forms
HTML5
Apache Cordova
The Cloud / The Server

3. Why care about SMS?

4. Dead Zones
Many Dead Zones: subway, rural communities...
Wifi / 4G / 3G / Edge / GPRS are not always available
SMS are available almost everywhere

5. Foreign Countries
Data Roaming is very expensive
SMS are usually affordable
SMS are usually supported everywhere

6. User Friendly
Phones create notifications for SMS
Notifications are often not as detailed for mails
No mail account to configure

7. SMS in Links (and Forms?)

8. RFC 5724
URI Scheme for Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
Short Message Service (SMS)
sms:+33123456789,+33678901234?body=Hello%20World
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5724

9. HTML Form
<form method="GET" action="http://example.com/">
<label for="body">Write your Message</label>
<textarea name="body">Hello</textarea>
<input type="submit" value="Send">
<form>
http://example.com/?body=Hello

10. HTML Form
<form method="GET" action="sms:+12345678901">
<label for="body">Write your Message</label>
<textarea name="body"></textarea>
<input type="submit" value="Send">
<form>
Don’t work :-(
sms:+12345678901?body=Hello

11. iOS
sms:+33123456789,+33678901234;body=Hello%20World

12. Link
<a href="sms:+15552345678">Phone only</a>
<a href="sms:?body=Hello, world">Body only</a>
<a href="sms:;body=Hello, world">;body only</a>
<a href="sms:+15552345678?body=Hello World">Phone and ?body</a>
<a href="sms:+15552345678;body=Hello World">Phone and ;body</a>
<a href="sms://+15552345678">Phone only (sms://)</a>
<a href="sms://+15552345678?body=Hello, World">Phone and body (sms://)</a>
http://bradorego.com/test/sms.html

13. alternative schemes
“smsto:”

14. SMS in HTML5

15. Mozilla WebSMS
// There are several ways to retrieve a valid phone number
var message = "Hi!";
var number = "1234";
navigator.mozMobileMessage.send(number, message);
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/WebAPI/WebSMS

16. “The Messaging API”
Device APIs W3C Working Group
navigator.device.sendMessage(
"sms:+460000000001?body=Welcome%20%to%Atlantis",
null,
successCB,
errorCB
);
navigator.device.sendMessage(
"mms:+460000000001?body=Welcome%20%to%Atlantis",
[image1, image2],
successCB,
errorCB
);
http://www.w3.org/TR/messaging-api/

17. “Messaging API”
System Application W3C Working Group
navigator.messaging.sms.send(
'+1234567890',
'How are you?'
).done(
function(message) {
window.console.log(
'Message with identifier ' + message.messageID +
' sent at ' + message.timestamp
);
},
function(error) {
window.console.error('Error: ' + error);
}
)
http://www.w3.org/TR/messaging/

18. Contacts
Device APIs
Pick Contact Intent
System Application
Contact Manager API
http://www.w3.org/TR/contacts-api/
http://www.w3.org/TR/contacts-manager-api/

19. Apache Cordova

20. Cordova Plugins
iOS
PhoneGap SMSComposer
Androïd
SMS inbox_sent access
SMSPlugin
SMSSendPlugin
ContactView
https://github.com/phonegap/phonegap-plugins

21. The Cloud / The Server

22. Cloud Communication
Twilio
Tropo
Nexmo
...

23. Cloud Communication
Twilio
SMS, MMS,Voice
REST API
twilio.js
node.js SSJS connector
wakanda SMS connector
https://www.twilio.com

24. wakanda-twilio
Demo
https://github.com/AMorgaut/wakanda-twilio

25. Thank You!
http://www.wakanda.org/
http://www.twilio.com/
https://github.com/amorgaut
https://github.com/mccarvell