// Example: Opn up the full conversations page in single-sign-on
public static void OpenSingleSignOnConversationsPage()
{
var client = new StagingRestClient();
try
{
// if you already have the user's authorization token, you can use it, like this:
// client.SetAccessToken("pass in the token here");
// or prompt the user for their Text-Em-All username/password
client.SetAccessTokenByPromptingForLogin();
// get single-sign-on URL for conversations
var urlToOpen = client.GetConversationsPageUrl();
// open browser (windows OS)
Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo("cmd", $"/c start {urlToOpen}"));
}
catch (Exception exception)
{
Console.WriteLine($"There was an error: {exception}");
}
Console.WriteLine("Press any key to close...");
Console.ReadKey();
}
// Example: Send a conversation text message
//
// Note: A message to a single contact sent immediately
public static void SendTextMessage()
{
var client = new StagingRestClient();
try
{
// if you already have the user's authorization token, you can use it, like this:
// client.SetAccessToken("pass in the token here");
// or prompt the user for their Text-Em-All username/password
client.SetAccessTokenByPromptingForLogin();
// enter a phone number to text
// e.g. your own
Console.Write($"Please enter a phone number to text: ");
var phoneNumber = Console.ReadLine();
// enter a text to send
// please make it not spammy or salesy
Console.Write($"Please enter a text message to send: ");
var text = Console.ReadLine();
// if you already have the ID stored for the toll free text-number
// that you want to send the message out on (e.g. 18885551234), you can use that
// or you can look up one that the user has access to:
var textNumbers = client.Get <Feed <TextNumber> >("/v1/textnumbers");
var textNumber = textNumbers.Items.FirstOrDefault();
if (textNumber == null)
{
throw new Exception("The user does not have a toll free text number set up yet.");
}
var textMessageToSend = new TextMessage
{
Message = text,
Contact = new Person {
PrimaryPhone = phoneNumber
}
};
var conversation = new TextConversation
{
TextNumberID = textNumber.TextNumberID,
LastMessage = textMessageToSend
};
// create broadcast
var result = client.Post("/v1/conversations", conversation);
}
catch (Exception exception)
{
Console.WriteLine($"There was an error: {exception}");
}
Console.WriteLine("Press any key to close...");
Console.ReadKey();
}
// Example: Send a voice broadcast using text to speech
//
// Note: Although a broadcast can go to as many recipients as you need
// in this example, we only prompt for one phone number
public static void CreateTextToSpeechVoiceBroadcast()
{
var client = new StagingRestClient();
try
{
// if you already have the user's authorization token, you can use it, like this:
// client.SetAccessToken("pass in the token here");
// or prompt the user for their Text-Em-All username/password
client.SetAccessTokenByPromptingForLogin();
// enter a phone number to call
// e.g. your own
Console.Write($"Please enter a phone number to call: ");
var phoneNumber = Console.ReadLine();
// enter a text to turn into text-to-speech
// e.g. Hi everyone! This is my first test. Say 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20. Goodbye!
Console.Write($"Please enter a longer than 10 seconds text to speech message to play: ");
var textToSpeech = Console.ReadLine();
var broadcast = new Broadcast
{
BroadcastName = "Test broadcast",
BroadcastType = "Announcement",
PrimaryPhoneNumbersOnly = true,
// contacts
Contacts = new List <Person>
{
new Person {
PrimaryPhone = phoneNumber
},
// add additional contacts if needed
// new Person { PrimaryPhone = phoneNumber, FirstName = "Optional", LastName = "Optional", Notes = "Optional" }
},
// audio
Audio = new Audio
{
TextToSpeech = true,
Text = textToSpeech
}
};
// create broadcast
var result = client.Post("/v1/broadcasts", broadcast);
}
catch (Exception exception)
{
Console.WriteLine($"There was an error: {exception}");
}
Console.WriteLine("Press any key to close...");
Console.ReadKey();
}
// Example: Send a text broadcast
//
// Note: Although a broadcast can go to as many recipients as you need
// in this example, we only prompt for one phone number
public static void CreateTextBroadcast()
{
var client = new StagingRestClient();
try
{
// if you already have the user's authorization token, you can use it, like this:
// client.SetAccessToken("pass in the token here");
// or prompt the user for their Text-Em-All username/password
client.SetAccessTokenByPromptingForLogin();
// enter a phone number to text
// e.g. your own
Console.Write($"Please enter a phone number to text: ");
var phoneNumber = Console.ReadLine();
// enter a text to send
// please make it not spammy or salesy
Console.Write($"Please enter a text message to send: ");
var text = Console.ReadLine();
var broadcast = new Broadcast
{
BroadcastName = "Test broadcast",
BroadcastType = "SMS",
PrimaryPhoneNumbersOnly = true,
// contacts
Contacts = new List <Person>
{
new Person {
PrimaryPhone = phoneNumber
},
// add additional contacts if needed
// new Person { PrimaryPhone = phoneNumber, FirstName = "Optional", LastName = "Optional", Notes = "Optional" }
},
// message
TextMessage = text
};
// create broadcast
var result = client.Post("/v1/broadcasts", broadcast);
}
catch (Exception exception)
{
Console.WriteLine($"There was an error: {exception}");
}
Console.WriteLine("Press any key to close...");
Console.ReadKey();
}