Sends a SMS message using Esendex's REST API and Node.js

send.js

var request = require('request'); // npm install request

var username = "user@domain.com";
var password = "password"; // Sorry no API keys!
var accountReference = "EX0123456"; // https://www.esendex.com/echo (on the right hand side EX12345)
var recipient = "447123456789"; // Your number
var message = "Hello world!";


request(
  {
    url: 'http://api.esendex.com/v1.0/messagedispatcher',
    method: 'POST',
    auth: {
      user: username,
      pass: password
    },
    json: {'accountreference': accountReference, 'messages': [ { "to": recipient, "body": message } ]}
  },
  function(error, response, body){
    if(!error && response.statusCode == 200){
      console.log("Success!");
    }
    else {
      console.log("Something went wrong");
      console.log("Error: ", error);
      console.log("Status: ", response.statusCode);
      console.log("Body: ", body);
    }
  }
);