Meteor WebSMS

NOTE: 5-Dec-2007 Meteor recently updated their website meaning that this API no long works. If you have the time (and interest) then you're more than welcome to fix it. It'll probably be a while before I get around to looking at it.

Meteor WebSMS is a Java API and a command line tool for sending SMS messages via the Irish mobile operator Meteor's subscriber website .

Download

Version 1.2 : 15-Oct-2007

File Size
meteor-websms-1.2.tar.gz 438 KB
meteor-websms-1.2.zip 446 KB

Installation

  • Extract the tarball/zip
  • Meteor are using an in-house generated SSL certificate rather than one from a Certification Authority such as Verisign. For this reason we need to add their certificate to our KeyStore of trusted certificates. To do this copy the bundled file 'jssecacerts' into the .\lib\security folder of your JRE (something like C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_02\lib\security).

Usage

Command Line Tool

 usage: mwsms
  -f,--free                              report back the number of free messages
                                         left this month
  -F,--messageFile <file>                file containing the message to send
  -h,--help                              show this help message
  -m,--message <message>                 the message to send
  -p,--password <password>               your password/pin - if not supplied
                                         you'll be prompted
  --proxy <proxy>                        http proxy in the format
                                         <server>:<port> - port defaults to 8080
                                         if not given
  --proxy-password <proxy password>      http proxy password
  --proxy-username <proxy username>      http proxy username
  -q,--quiet                             Operate quietly
  -r,--recipient <recipient>             the recipient's number, accepts 
                                         +{CC}{NDC}{SN} or 00{CC}{NDC}{SN} or
                                         {NDC}{SN}
  -u,--username <username>               your mobile number

  username and password are always required
  recipient and message OR messageFile are required for sending a message

Examples...

To retrieve the number of free messages you have left...

  mwsms -u 0853338475 -p 3384 -f

To send a message...

  mwsms -u 0853338475 -p 3384 -r 0863338264 -m "where r u?"

API

Example usage with no HTTP proxy.

Meteor meteor = new Meteor();
MSISDN recipient = new MSISDN("0867654321");
meteor.login("0851234567", "1234");
meteor.sendMessage("hi u k?", recipient);
meteor.logout();

Example usage with HTTP proxy, no username or password required.

Meteor meteor = new Meteor("www-proxy.domain.com", 8080);
MSISDN recipient = new MSISDN("0867654321");
meteor.login("0851234567", "1234");
meteor.sendMessage("hi u k?", recipient);
meteor.logout();

Example usage with HTTP proxy requiring username or password.

Meteor meteor = new Meteor("www-proxy.domain.com", 8080, "myuser", "mypass");
MSISDN recipient = new MSISDN("0867654321");
meteor.login("0851234567", "1234");
meteor.sendMessage("hi u k?", recipient);
meteor.logout();

The Properties File

Rather than having to pass in several parameters to the mwsms tool you use the properties file mwsms.properties located in the lib folder. This file allows you to set almost any parameter you can on the command line. Parameters you pass on the command line override those set in the properties file.