Software developers can add full SMS text messaging functionality to their applications using the Text-Connect™ HTTP Gateway.

HTTP is the recommended way accessing the Text-Connect™ service from with in an application.

Sending a SMS text in software, from within your application is as simple as generating a HTTP request containing the relevant variables, and sending it to the Text-Connect™ HTTP gateway in the form of a HTTP POST or HTTP GET.

Text message forwarding is a standard Text-Connect™ feature and means that your application can process your incoming text message traffic arrriving to the dedicated 'text number' we give you with your account.

Configure your Text-Connect™ account to forward messages received on your 'text number' as a HTTP request to your web domain where your script can process the incoming messages. A second option is to forward your messages to a Pop3 email box and process them from there.

When forwarding the following format is used: http://your.url.com/page.ext?source=447...&dest=447...&msg=body

where: source is the senders number, dest is your 'text number' and body is the actual message.

This ability combined with a php / mySQL database gives you huge possibilities for collecting and processing incoming messages.