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Textbelt clients, installation and download

David Luu edited this page Oct 10, 2016 · 15 revisions

A list of available clients to use with Textbelt, if you don't want to use curl, REST, or build your own client. Most are to be installed/downloaded, and some are web accessible.

##Clients from this project

Google Chrome Extension

Firefox add-on/extension

Safari Extension unzip file (if needed), then double-click extracted file OR drag and drop it into Safari to install.

Opera Extension

Windows Phone 8.1 app

NOTE: alternatively, if you prefer a different, cooler UI and have the ability to build/compile your own Windows phone app, see this

Windows 8 and 8.1 (Metro/Store) app

Mac OS X dashboard widget - unzip file then double-click extracted file to install.

Windows 7/Vista gadget

Unzip file then double-click extracted file to install. NOTE: If you have problems installing the gadget, you can rename the file from textbelter.gadget to textbelter.zip then be sure extracted folder is named textbelter.gadget and finally copy folder to %UserProfile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Sidebar\Gadgets, where %UserProfile% is usually C:\Users\YourUsername. You may have to set folder options to show hidden and system files to find this folder location. Once copied, the gadget should show up in the gadgets list to add/install. The gadget might have some issues with providing status after sending message, haven't figured out the problem yet.

Microsoft HTA app version (to run under IE7+) - download files from web directory, the HTA file, htaclient.js, and the ICO file.

MOBILE/TABLET WEB CLIENT <-- click, or go download the files from the web directory.

##Textbelt API/service clients by others and provider of Textbelt API/service itself

Textbelt API/service and node.js client

SendSMS Mac app

AppleScript to send SMS on Mac

Python script sample

Windows Phone app (manual install):

https://dzone.com/articles/building-test-texting-system

https://dzone.com/sites/all/files/WindowsPhoneTest.zip

Possible iPhone app development - Objective-C code for Textbelt:

http://www.raywenderlich.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=18144

Using Textbelt with curl and shell scripts:

http://ksuess.com/wp/?tag=textbelt

http://osxdaily.com/2014/03/12/send-sms-text-message-from-command-line/

jQuery examples:

https://gist.github.com/bryanjimenez/3ad2868d0e54142b7725

https://github.com/esmith-ssd/textbelt/blob/9b3348ae10b27b942e239af9b45257bc58b15ae9/server/views/ajax_front_end_example.html

And additional clients are mentioned on the Textbelt project's README (e.g. Ruby, more node.js, PHP)

##Using the Textbelt clients with self hosted option

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