Forward SMS Messages From App To Rest

Install Permissions

Note that to install this app, you will need to allow installation from 'unknown sources.' why?

Permissions Needed

The following permissions are required for this app to function properly:

• RECEIVE_SMS, READ_SMS, SEND_SMS, WRITE_SMS: These permissions are required to access and retrieve SMS messages received by the device.
• FOREGROUND_SERVICE, WAKE_LOCK: These permissions are required to allow the app to run as a service in the background, even when the device is locked or the app is not in use.
• INTERNET: This permission is required to allow the app to connect to the internet and send the SMS messages to your API server.

Code example #1 - to be placed on your server (JSP)

This code will allow your JSP server to receive SMS messages forwarded by the app Example server side code (API.jsp): Copy Text
<% //mandatory parameters String phone = (String) request.getParameter("phone"); String msgText = (String) request.getParameter("text"); // in case of using dual-sim. 1 or 2 (slot 1 or slot 2) String sim = (String) request.getParameter("sim"); //you can also pass other parameters in the URL String device = (String) request.getParameter("device"); //do stuff here //must return "OK" or APP will consider message as failed out.println("OK"); %>

Code example #2 - to be placed on your server (PHP)

This code will allow your PHP server to receive SMS messages forwarded by the app: Example server side code (API.php): Copy Text
<?php $phone = "N/A"; if(isset($_POST["phone"])){ $phone = $_POST["phone"]; }else if(isset($_GET["phone"])){ $phone = $_GET["phone"]; } $text = "N/A"; if(isset($_POST["text"])){ $text = $_POST["text"]; }else if(isset($_GET["text"])){ $text = $_GET["text"]; } // extra post parameters $extra1 = "N/A"; if(isset($_POST["extra1"])){ $extra1 = $_POST["extra1"]; }else if(isset($_GET["extra1"])){ $extra1 = $_GET["extra1"]; } if(strlen($extra1)>15){ $extra1= substr($extra1, 0,15); } $extra2 = "N/A"; if(isset($_POST["extra2"])){ $extra2 = $_POST["extra2"]; }else if(isset($_GET["extra2"])){ $extra2 = $_GET["extra2"]; } $device = ""; if(isset($_POST["device"])){ $device = $_POST["device"]; } $sim = "N/A"; if(isset($_POST["sim"])){ $sim = $_POST["sim"]; }else if(isset($_GET["sim"])){ $sim = $_GET["sim"]; } $myfile = fopen("testfile.txt", "w"); fwrite($myfile, pack("CCC",0xef,0xbb,0xbf)); // convert to utf8 fwrite($myfile, "phone=$phone\n"); fwrite($myfile, "text=$text\n"); fwrite($myfile, "sim=$sim\n"); if($device!=""){ fwrite($myfile, "device=$device\n"); } // get a header called MyHeader fwrite($myfile, "header: MyHeader=".$_SERVER["HTTP_MYHEADER"]."\n"); fclose($myfile); //must return "OK" or APP will consider message as failed echo "OK"; ?>

Default server URL

When the application is first launched, the default target URL for the REST API is our example page: http://forward-sms-to-rest-api.com/sms-example.php
If you want to test SMS forwarding, follow these steps:

• Leave the example URL as is.
• Activate the app
• Send a message to your phone
• Browse to http://forward-sms-to-rest-api.com/sms-example.txt

You will see the last message that was sent to your phone
Please note that this is just an example URL and you will need to change it to your own API server to receive forwarded SMS messages on your server.

WHY THIS APP IS NOT IN APP GOOGLE PLAY?

Google has changed its policy regarding apps that need to receive text messages.
This type of app can no longer exist on Google Play because Google requires that the app be the default SMS handler, which is not logical in many cases.

If you have a website that sends text messages and you want to process client responses automatically, you may need this type of app. A good example (a legitimate use case) is as follows:

1. You are a wedding manager and you send text messages to potential guests for the wedding to check if they plan on attending or not.
2. You want to process the responses programmatically, rather than manually, so you need to receive the responses on your website.

Privacy policy

1. "SMS Forwarding To Rest API" forwards all incoming text messages to the REST endpoint provided on the main configuration page.
2. "SMS Forwarding To Rest API" stores locally on the device a list of all messages and phone numbers that were forwarded to the REST API.
This list is visible on the "Logs" tab
3. "SMS Forwarding To Rest API" does not send or share the data with any other endpoint apart from the one provided by the user in the main configuration tab.
4. Users can clear the forwarding logs at any time from the "Logs" tab. "SMS Forwarding To Rest API" does not store the data in other places.