On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 12:18 PM, Stian Thorgersen <stian(a)redhat.com> wrote:
> However it might be a good idea to include a generic HTTP/REST
implementation
> which you could configure through the admin interface to deliver SMS
> messages to any service supporting HTTP? I'm pretty sure this would
satisfy
> most users.
Not sure how that would work. AFAIK SMS providers have their own
proprietary rest endpoints as well as authentication mechanisms so I don't
see how we could create a generic implementation.
You would need to implement a template mechanism where the Keycloak data
(for example the recipient number and message text) is provided as
keywords, and the admin defines the template utilizing those keywords. It
would be a good idea to allow choosing between POST and GET.
For example Twilio supports a simple HTTP POST operation to delivery SMS
messages through their API:
https://www.twilio.com/docs/api/rest/sending-messages
Many operators and service providers use a similar mechanism. Often the
authentication is just a simple token which needs to be included in the
request.
Best regards,
Thomas