SMS integration

[Salieri24]

1. Find an SMS API
2. Develop the communications with the backend
   • Check if the shop supports SMS communication in the ShopSettings
   • Get the Authentication token from the shop settings and add it as a Authorization Header to the request
   • Retrieve needed data from the client.
   • Send a request to the API. ( Would be a good idea to add information that it comes from the Hatfield shop)
   • [Optional] Read the responses and log the requestId and status
3. Test the API but make sure to not waste money with real requests. Instead you can mimic the request through Postman

[Salieri24]

I found this website and tested it.

And its pricing is

The API works with requests like these and its authentication happens through a Bearer token:

{
  "messages": [
    {
        "channel": "sms",
        "recipients": ["+359***93"],
        "content": "Greetings from D7 API",
        "msg_type": "text",
        "data_coding": "text"
    }
  ],
  "message_globals": {
    "originator": "SignOTP",
    "report_url": "https://the_url_to_recieve_delivery_report.com"
  }
}

And returns a response of:

{
    "request_id": "00151a8f-592a-406c-89ae-09e49bbf0d92",
    "status": "accepted",
    "created_at": "2023-07-27T11:12:22.623254"
}

The request is saved in the postman collection.
Also, after creating an account the user can look through its usage there. I would recommend its usage if the pricing is not a lot.

[Salieri24]

I just got an idea. If we want to lower the sms credit usage, we can send an SMS message only on Finish/ on Cancelled requests