# How do you post SMS messages on a website?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-you-post-sms-messages-on-a-website/112415>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [August 18, 2007, 4:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-you-post-sms-messages-on-a-website/112415 "2007-08-18T16:36:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![lazukars](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/eb9ed0/32.png) [@lazukars](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lazukars)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 4:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-you-post-sms-messages-on-a-website/112415/1 "2007-08-18T16:36:37Z")

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I am developing a website with Ruby that will integrate SMS messaging.  
Let’s say the site is called [http://www.example.com](http://www.example.com) for clarity sake.  
The primary function of [example.com](http://example.com) will be accepting incoming sms  
messages and then posting these messages to a page on the site. So,  
let’s say Jane Doe texts, “This is cool”, to some number, ultimately  
“This is cool” will post to a page on [www.example.com](http://www.example.com). The only  
stipulation that [example.com](http://example.com) needs is that it will have to handle a  
large amount of sms messages

Doing some research over the last few days it seems like only viable way  
to pull this off is by accessing a SMS gateway. I just want to make  
sure that accessing a SMS gateway is the best alternative before  
starting a project that will take awhile to complete.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,  
Ryan

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**Author:** ![lazukars](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/eb9ed0/32.png) [@lazukars](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lazukars)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 5:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-you-post-sms-messages-on-a-website/112415/2 "2007-08-18T17:43:11Z")

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18 Á×Ç. 2007, × 17:36, Ryan Mr. ÐÉÓÁÌ(Á):

> viable way

Try [http://zong.com](http://zong.com)

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**Author:** ![lazukars](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/eb9ed0/32.png) [@lazukars](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lazukars)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 4:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-you-post-sms-messages-on-a-website/112415/3 "2007-08-21T04:34:59Z")

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On 8/18/07, Ryan Mr. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Doing some research over the last few days it seems like only viable way  
> to pull this off is by accessing a SMS gateway. I just want to make  
> sure that accessing a SMS gateway is the best alternative before  
> starting a project that will take awhile to complete.

What country are you in, and what is the scope (e.g. local, regional,  
national, international, or global) of the SMS messages you want to be  
able to receive? A large amount of messages is still a vague term. Up  
to about a thousand messages a day (mobile originated, with no  
response in return) may still be doable with a GSM modem coupled to  
Kannel ([http://www.kannel.org](http://www.kannel.org)). For traffic volumes larger than this,  
or if you want to send SMS messages out, either in response or as a  
mobile terminated service (e.g. to send updates to certain users), or  
if you want your service to be international or global in scope you  
will need a real SMS gateway.