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Arnold Acho
Arnold Acho

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How to forward a text message (SMS) from an android phone into your webhook

You can now program your android phone to forward messages received on your phone to your server and trigger powerful automations with tools like zapper and IFTTFT. I created an open source application called httpSMS that helps you to set this up with ease

Step 1: Get your API_KEY

Create an account on the httpSMS web application and copy your API key from the settings page. https://httpsms.com/settings

httpsms.com settings page

Step 2: Install the httpSMS android app

Install the httpSMS android app on your phone and sign in using your API KEY which you copied above. This app listens for SMS messages received on your android phone. https://github.com/NdoleStudio/httpsms/releases/latest/download/HttpSms.apk

httpsms android app

Step 3: Set up a webhook

Once the appliation has been installed, it will be listening for SMS messages received on the android phone. You can configure the application to sent this SMS message to your server URL using a webhook. You can configure this URL under the settings page in the httpSMS application https://httpsms.com/settings

httpSMS webhook configuration

Conclusion

Congratulations, you have successfully set up SMS forwarding from your Android phone to a webhook! This powerful automation tool can help you streamline your business workflow and save you time and effort.

You can also trigger the httpSMS application to send an SMS a simple API. You can find more information on the documentation page at https://docs.httpsms.com

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