aws 2017-05-17 | Slack Archive

is it possible to send SMS directly from AWS (instead of having to use twilio)

qqq: Yes! With the SNS service you can send notifications with the SMS protocol

Here is a Java sample that you can easily wrap in Clojure : http://docs.aws.amazon.com/sns/latest/dg/sms_publish-to-phone.html#sms_publish_sdk

mj_langford14:05:17

You can def do SnS!

mj_langford14:05:46

I'd argue, as a person who does both AWS and Twilio, Twilio is hands down easier to setup.

mj_langford14:05:51

if that matters to you ;D

olfal20:05:35

@U050B8Q1P what kind of setup are you referring to? You only need an AWS secret/pass and you can send an SMS right away. No configuration needed in the portal. I just made a light Clojure wrapper around the Java SDK, and you can just do (publish creds "message" "phone-number"). Not sure how it could be easier 🙂

mj_langford04:05:24

>You only need an AWS secret/pass Lets just say "there are more steps" when involving iOS in the process.

qqq05:05:04

I'm sending the SMS from the server.

qqq05:05:08

Why is iOS involved at all?

qqq05:05:26

and if I was sending the SMS from a mobile device, why would it go through amazon instead of just using the phone's SMS ?

sb05:05:05

I heard aws course and they talked about how to integrate with Twilio when you want send SMS (API gateway, lambda)

sb05:05:29

Aws have inbuilt integration to Twilio