[keycloak-dev] Abstract SMS support

[Stian Thorgersen]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Burke" <bburke at redhat.com>
> To: "Thomas Raehalme" <thomas.raehalme at aitiofinland.com>, "Stian Thorgersen" <stian at redhat.com>
> Cc: "keycloak-dev" <keycloak-dev at lists.jboss.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, 18 August, 2015 2:35:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [keycloak-dev] Abstract SMS support
> 
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> On 8/17/2015 5:39 AM, Thomas Raehalme wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 12:35 PM, Stian Thorgersen <stian at redhat.com
> > <mailto:stian at redhat.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     I'm not convinced about this approach, I think it would end up being
> >     complex and we'd continuously get request on tweaking it to support
> >     other providers.
> >
> >     Having a simple Java interface with something like (just a quick
> >     mock, not the suggested interface):
> >
> >     SMSProvider:
> >
> >     * Status sendMessage(String message, String phoneNumber)
> >
> >     Would be fairly easy for users to implement and would work for all
> >     services.
> >
> >
> > Sure, the interface would be simple to implement, but nevertheless it
> > requires a customization to the install and Keycloak no longer works
> > out-of-the-box.
> >
> > I'm not saying the interface should not be there, but that it would be
> > great to also have a simple HTTP implementation available.
> >
> 
>  From what I've researched, most of these simple services you have to
> pay for.  There's an OSS SMS proxy and library you can integrate and
> test. But that's it.

For a year or two ago most I looked at included a limited number of free texts. I guess that's changed :(

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