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 templates under "project signatures and messages"
- Create message templates on AMPAREX using the following format/example:
TemplateID: 335534 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>