From: "Paweł Andziak" Date: 2008-12-13T22:08:09+09:00 Subject: Re: configure kannel to get the data from database Rajkumar Surabhi pisze: > hi everyone, > My project is to send sms to mobile. iam new to rails. how to configure > the kannel to push sms to gateway. Generally you need a connection to the SMS gateway. You can connect directly to operator's SMSC or to any SMS gateway like clickatell.com. I recommend using SMPP connection, but most providers allow you to use SMPP when you send at least dozens of thousands messages monthly. > is it better first keep the data into database and kannel has to fetch > the records from database and send sms... or push the url to gateway bu > using Net::push and store the data into database. If first is better > option how to configure the kannel or how to push the data from the > database to kannnel fromrails application. > And in my application i have messages to be delivered at scheduled time. > how can we do that . is it kannel job or we have to push it from > applicaotion if to push from appliaction how do it. The best option is to keep messages in your database and write your own standalone ruby daemon (also could be a script run periodically from cron), which would check if there are messages waiting to be sent in the DB. You can schedule messages for later delivery that way. A message can be delivered to kannel by HTTP GET (it is described in Kannel's User Guide) using Ruby's Net::HTTP.get -- ganda