[SOLVED]iPhone iMessages / SMS

Sorry, I'm sure that this is obvious, but I am learning!

I'm trying to set up a notification to my iPhone using either SMS messaging or iMessage, and seen loads of posts about it, but I just cannot get it to work.
I tried an applescript, but it gave an error saying that it could not send to my own phone!

Can someone point me in the right direction?

Thanks
Gareth

I do it by executing applescript as follows:

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tell application "Messages"

set theBuddy to buddy "+12345678900" of service id "xxxx-xxxx-xxxx"

send "hi there" to theBuddy

end tell

I can't remember how to get your phone's service ID, but this script works.

[matt (support)]

Or you can just send an email to your provider's SMS email gateway.

Matt,
Not so easy when you live in Cyprus, our SP has only just got SMS, let alone email to SMS!

Seeker,
Thanks, that is 99% what I needed (it also sends my Mac the messages, but I suppose that is to be expected as its the same account)

BTW the missing bit of ID can be found by running :-

tell application "Messages"
get every service
end tell

Thanks all.

Sorry to reply to my own message, but I have found that my SP does have a Web SMS Api, they have a few examples, none of which means much to me, does anyone know if I can use them?

<websmsapi>
<version>1.0</version>
<username>Indigo</username>
<secretkey>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</secretkey>
<recipients>
<count>1</count>
<mobiles>
<m>99xxxxxx</m>
</mobiles>
</recipients>
<message>Hello from cytamobile-vodafone web sms API</message>
<language>en</language>
</websmsapi>


Or

C#
string SmsMessage = "ΓΕΙΑ ΣΑΣ ΑΠΟ ΤΟ cyta web sms API";
string XmlValidSmsMessage = System.Security.SecurityElement.Escape(SmsMessage);
string PostData = null;
PostData = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" ?> " +
"<websmsapi>" +
" <version>1.0</version>" +
" <username>SomeUser</username>" +
" <secretkey>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</secretkey>" +
" <recipients>" +
"</websmsapi>";
byte[] PostDataBuffer = null;
<count>3</count>" +
<mobiles>" +
"
"
"
"
"
"
" </recipients>" +
" <message>" + XmlValidSmsMessage + "</message>" +
" <language>el</language>" +
<m>9xxxxxx1</m>" +
<m>9xxxxxx2</m>" +
<m>9xxxxxx3</m>" +
</mobiles>" +
PostDataBuffer = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(PostData);
System.Net.WebRequest SendSmsRequest = null;
SendSmsRequest = System.Net.WebRequest.Create("https://www.cyta.com.cy/cytamobilevodafone/dev/websmsapi/sendsms.aspx");
SendSmsRequest.Method = "POST";
SendSmsRequest.ContentType = "application/xml; charset=utf-8";
//by writting to the Stream the Content-Length is automatically set
using (System.IO.Stream Writer = SendSmsRequest.GetRequestStream())
{
}
Writer.Write(PostDataBuffer, 0, PostDataBuffer.Length);
Writer.Flush();
string SendSmsResponseData = string.Empty;
System.Net.WebResponse SendSmsResponse = SendSmsRequest.GetResponse();
using (System.IO.StreamReader Reader = new System.IO.StreamReader(SendSmsResponse.GetResponseStream(), System.Text.Encoding.UTF8))
{
}
SendSmsResponseData = Reader.ReadToEnd();

This seems to be a straight-forward POST operation -- so you could duplicate this with (preferably) Python and most likely AppleScript. If you do not have any Python experience, or don't want to take on the task of getting it to work, search the forum for "curl" and you will find some examples of how to call curl from AppleScript.

That should get you started, but there should be plenty of help here if you get stuck...

Adam

Guys,

Trying to repair my SMS messaging scripts since changing computers and moving to 10.9 Mavericks....

This is the script I'm trying to use.....

tell application "Messages"
send "Front Door is Unlocked" to buddy "William Hill"
end tell

I'm getting an error that says "Can't send a message to yourself."

Any suggestions ?

Thanks

Sounds like the computer you are running Indigo on is signed in to the same iCloud account as your iPhone. I had the same problem. I just created a new Apple ID for the computer and singed it into that account.

Hope it works for you .....