SMS event publisher is used to send message notifications via Short Message Peer-to-Peer Protocol (SMPP). It uses Axis2 SMS events when sending SMSs from WSO2 products. SMPP allows Axis2 to connect to a Short Messaging Service Center ( SMSC) and send/receive SMSs. SMS event publisher can be configured with XML, text, and JSON output mappings.
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Prerequisites
Follow the steps below to complete the prerequisites before starting the event publisher configurations.
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For instructions on creating a SMS event publisher, see Publishing Events Creating Alerts .
Configuring adapter properties
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After entering the above adapter properties, select the Message Format which you want to apply on the published events . Also, click click Advanced to to define custom output mappings based on the Message Format you selected. For more information on custom output mapping types, see Publishing Events in Various Event Formats Output Mapping Types . |
You can also d efine the respective adapter properties of the event publisher based on the transport type within the <to> element of the event publisher configuration in the <PRODUCT_HOME>/repository/deployment/server/eventpublishers/ directory as follows.
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Adapter Property | Description | Configuration file property | Example |
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Phone No | Phone number of the SMS receiver in the following format: [country-code][number] | sms.no | 0716453453 |
Other post configurations that use SMS event publisher
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- Navigate to SMSC Simulator directory. The folder must contain following three files.
smpp.jar
smscsim.jar
users.txt Add the following name-value pairs to
users.txtfile.Info Enter the value of the systemIdparameter defined in the above SMS transport sender configuration as the value of the nameparameter in the below list.Code Block name=das1 password=das123 timeout=unlimited
- Start SMSC Simulator by executing the following command:
java -cp smpp.jar:smscsim.jar com.logica.smscsim.Simulator - In the console where the command runs:
- Enter 1 for the prompt to start simulation.
Enter 2775 as the port number (this port is equal to the port defined in the SMS transport sender configuration.)
Starting listener... startedlog is displayed on the console, the SMSC simulator is ready to accept messages as shown below.
Related samples
For more information on sms event publisher type, see the following sample in WSO2 CEP Documentation.