Elk - 46elks API-client

Ruby client for 46elks "Voice, SMS & MMS" service. https://www.46elks.com/ At the moment the API only supports sending SMS messages.

Requirements

Modern Ruby: >= 2.4
API account at 46elks.com

Install

Install via RubyGems

gem install elk

Source and development

The source for Elk is available on Github:

https://github.com/jage/elk

Elk uses rspec and webmock for testing, do a bundle install for all the development requirements.

Test specs with:

bundle exec rake spec

Usage

elk can be used to allocate phone numbers, manage the numbers and send/receive messages through these numbers.

Authentication and configuration

First thing when using elk is to set the authentication parameters

require "elk"

Elk.configure do |config|
  config.username = "USERNAME"
  config.password = "PASSWORD"
end

It is possible to avoid the singleton configuration:

require "elk"

client = Elk::Client.new
client.configure do |config|
  config.username = "USERNAME"
  config.password = "PASSWORD"
end

# Then pass client to the class methods
numbers = Elk::Number.all(client: client)
# => [#<Elk::Number ...>, #<Elk::Number ...>]


Elk::SMS.send(client: client, from: "MyService", to: "+46704508449", message: "Your order #171 has now been sent!")
# => #<Elk::SMS:0x0000010179d7e8 @client=... @from="MyService", @to="+46704508449", @message="Your order #171 has now been sent!", @message_id="sdc39a7926d37159b6985283e32f43251", @created_at=2011-07-17 16:21:13 +0200, @loaded_at=2011-07-17 16:21:13 +0200>

Numbers

To be able to send and recieve messages, a number is needed. Several numbers can be allocated.

number = Elk::Number.allocate(sms_url: "http://myservice.se/callback/newsms.php", country: "se")
# => #<Elk::Number:0x0000010282aa70 @country="se", @sms_url="http://myservice.se/callback/newsms.php", @status="yes", @number_id="n03e7db70cc06c1ff85e09a2b3f86dd62", @number="+46766861034", @capabilities=[:sms], @loaded_at=2011-07-17 15:23:55 +0200>

Get all numbers

numbers = Elk::Number.all
# => [#<Elk::Number ...>, #<Elk::Number ...>]

Change number settings

number.sms_url = "http://myservice.se/callback/newsms.php"
number.save
# => true

Deallocate a number. Beware that there is no way to get your number back once it has been deallocated!

number.deallocate!
# => true
number.status
# => :deallocated

SMS

Send SMS. Messages can be sent from one of the allocated numbers or an arbitrary alphanumeric string of at most 11 characters.

Elk::SMS.send(from: "MyService", to: "+46704508449", message: "Your order #171 has now been sent!")
# => #<Elk::SMS:0x0000010179d7e8 @from="MyService", @to="+46704508449", @message="Your order #171 has now been sent!", @message_id="sdc39a7926d37159b6985283e32f43251", @created_at=2011-07-17 16:21:13 +0200, @loaded_at=2011-07-17 16:21:13 +0200>

Receiving SMS does not require Elk, but should be of interest anyway. Example with Sinatra:

post "/receive" do
  if request.params["message"] == "Hello"
    # Sends a return SMS with message "world!"
    "world!"
  end
end

SMS history

Elk::SMS.all
# => [#<Elk::SMS ...>, #<Elk::SMS ...>, <Elk::SMS ...>]

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