Try Twilio SMS

Ruby class that sends an SMS message with twilio

Usage

ruby twilio_sms.rb

Internally:

number = "+44747407****"
Sms.new.deliver to: number, message: "Hi there!"

Configure

touch ~/.twilio_keys

Get Twilio keys from https://www.twilio.com/console

Put your keys in that file

vim  ~/.twilio_keys

separated by |, example:

SID|TOKEN

Then edit config/env.rb, set up your TWILIO_NUMBER

You can get it from https://www.twilio.com/console/dev-tools/api-explorer/sms/sms-mms-create (field is called from ^^).

And finally in twilio_sms.rb, change number with your number.

And you're done!

Install

gem i twilio-ruby

or you can setup a Gemfile if you like.

Run

ruby twilio_sms.rb

Note about costs:

(at the moment the cost of a SMS with Twilio is 4 USD cents for UK and 2 USD cents for US)

enjoy!

@makevoid