# Sending cell-phone text-message from Rails **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [November 5, 2007, 11:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sending-cell-phone-text-message-from-rails/119313 "2007-11-05T23:40:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![paul](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@paul](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/paul)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 11:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sending-cell-phone-text-message-from-rails/119313/1 "2007-11-05T23:40:46Z")
Is there a way of sending a cell-phone text-message from Rails? If so, how? Thanks, Paul D. ---
**Author:** ![paul](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@paul](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/paul)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 12:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sending-cell-phone-text-message-from-rails/119313/2 "2007-11-06T00:02:26Z")
On 11/5/07, Paul [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Is there a way of sending a cell-phone text-message from Rails? If so, > how? > Thanks, > Paul D. If you know the carrier you can do it pretty easily with email. This may or may not be what you’re looking for. Example: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid for verizon wireless. Here’s a list: > **[SMS gateway](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_gateways#Email_to_SMS)** > > An SMS gateway or MMS gateway allows a computer (also known as a Server) to send or receive text messages in the form of Short Message Service (SMS) or Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) transmissions between local and/or international telecommunications networks. In most cases, SMS and MMS are eventually routed to a mobile phone through a wireless carrier. SMS gateways are commonly used as a method for person-to-person to device-to-person (also known as application-to-person) communications. Man... Michael G. ---
**Author:** ![paul](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@paul](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/paul)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 12:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sending-cell-phone-text-message-from-rails/119313/3 "2007-11-06T00:04:46Z")
On Tue, 6 Nov 2007 07:35:43 +0900, Paul [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Is there a way of sending a cell-phone text-message from Rails? If so, > how? You would probably want to use one of the available Ruby libraries for sending an SMS message. Here is one example: [http://www.lukeredpath.co.uk/2007/8/29/sending-sms-messages-from-your-rails-application](http://www.lukeredpath.co.uk/2007/8/29/sending-sms-messages-from-your-rails-application) While sending SMS messages is not Rails-specific functionality, you may get better information on how to integrate such a Ruby library with your Rails application by asking on the rails mailing list instead of the general Ruby one. -mental ---
**Author:** ![paul](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@paul](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/paul)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 2:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sending-cell-phone-text-message-from-rails/119313/4 "2007-11-06T02:14:09Z")
Paul wrote: > Is there a way of sending a cell-phone text-message from Rails? If so, > how? > Thanks, > Paul D. There sure is. 37signals has an application called backpack, which allows you to send a text to your phone from the rails app at a specific time, or after something happens, vice versa, I think you can send something to your backpack account (not too sure on this). It’s pretty cool though. Check it out on the rails forum. ~Jeremy