Send SMS from desktop application

Question

How should I proceed? I found nothing useful googling it but some really expensive programs to connect a cell phone to the pc and use it to send the messages. I'm willing to pay for the service and the messages will be sent to Israel and US.

I'm using C# but I'm willing to use any language.

Cheers!

Answer 1

The easiest way to do it is with Twilio. You can get it set up in a matter of minutes. Check out my answer Sending SMS from asp.net website for an example program of just how easy it is to send SMS with Twilio and C#.

Answer 2

You want to use an sms gateway that has an API. The most likely will be a REST or SOAP API that you can consume from your app.

When you need to send an SMS invoke the gateway's send method.

The gateway you choose will be influenced by which country you're in and if you need to send international sms.

As a reference we use SMS Global for AU message sending via their API, which can serve as an example of the type of thing you could expect:

http://www.smsglobal.com/en-au/technology/developers.php