Re: Send email as a text to cell phone -- WEB400

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Plenty of good responses here already but just a thought as you perhaps ponder a broader application: You may want to consider a "chat" web app that is integrated into a "sales app". Node.js is really slick in this regard and it's easily integrated into either an RPG or other web app.

Push notifications, although different than a text message, are easy enough to create and enable in a web app that a mobile web "chat" app for your sales folks would be pretty easy to pull off.

Pete Helgren
www.petesworkshop.com
GIAC Secure Software Programmer-Java

On 12/10/2015 4:46 PM, Roger Harman wrote:

As a side project, I'd like to investigate sending some notifications to sales reps via text message. Currently, we send emails.

Any recommendations for a source/api to retrieve the carrier for a given number? I've seen a couple via Google but wondering if anyone has real-world experience with this.

It has to be a VERY low (or no) cost implementation - at least for now. No commercial products.

Thanks.

Roger Harman
COMMON Certified Application Developer - ILE RPG on IBM i on Power

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