Tencent Cloud SMS gateway interface (China only).
1. Settings on AMPAREX
Configuration
Branch | You can limit the service to a certain branch only. |
PC/workstation | You can limit the service to a certain computer only. If no computer is selected, each computer may use the service. |
Utilisation | |
Start | You can specifying a start date for the selected interface to start automatically. With no date selected the interface is ready for use straight away. |
SMS Details
User name | You will receive it from the provider. It will be called “SDK AppID”. |
Sender | Here you can specify the sender’s name. This what the SMS recipient will see displayed on his/her smartphone. Please clarify the usage of special characters with the Tencent Cloud support. |
Proxy Server | The provider’s unique URL. This is already selected for you because it's always the same for a selected provider. |
Check login data | Pressing this button sends a query to your SMS API provider to check if the credentials you’ve entered are correct. |
Password | Will be communicated to you by the service provider and it called "App Key" here. |
Country code | Please select 86 valid for People's Republic of China. |
2. SMS API on Tencent Cloud
Tencent Cloud has 4 main SMS service areas which contain different APIs. We currently use those marked in bold.
- SMS text message APIs
- Send single SMS message with specified template
- Send bulk SMS messages with specified template
- SMS message delivery status notification
- SMS message reply
- Pull SMS message status
- Pull SMS message status of a single mobile number
- Template APIs
- Add SMS message template
- Modify SMS message template
- Delete SMS message template
- Query SMS message template status
- Signature APIs
- Add SMS signature
- Modify SMS signature
- Delete SMS signature
- Query SMS signature status
- Statistics APIs
- Delivery statistics
- Report statistics
3. Tencent Cloud setup
- Create your Tencent Cloud account.
- Let your company our yourself be verified by Tencent Cloud.
- Create a project under "Products" → "Communication" → "Short Message Service"
- Create your "Project" to use for messaging to mainland China. Please note that you'll obtain your unique "SDK AppID" and "APP Key" you would need to enter onto AMPAREX to configure the SMS interface.
- Create your SMS message template on Tencent Cloud. You would need your SMS Signature, too as this is what would be displayed on the recipient phone.
TemplateID: 351713 Params: [ <span placeholder="true">/appointment/startdate</span>, <span placeholder="true">/appointment/starttime</span>, <span placeholder="true">login/staff/fullname</span> ] Text: We are looking forward to seeing you <span placeholder="true">/appointment/startdate</span> at <span placeholder="true">/appointment/starttime</span> o'clock! Best regards <span placeholder="true">login/staff/fullname</span>