NAME

       SMS::Send - Driver-based API for sending SMS messages

SYNOPSIS

         # Create a sender
         my $sender = SMS::Send->new('SomeDriver',
             _login    => 'myname',
             _password => 'mypassword',
         );

         # Send a message
         my $sent = $sender->send_sms(
             text => 'This is a test message',
             to   => '+61 (4) 1234 5678',
         );

         # Did the send succeed.
         if ( $sent ) {
             print "Message sent ok\n";
         } else {
             print "Failed to send message\n";
         }

DESCRIPTION

       "SMS::Send" is intended to provide a driver-based single API for sending SMS and MMS
       messages. The intent is to provide a single API against which to write the code to send an
       SMS message.

       At the same time, the intent is to remove the limits of some of the previous attempts at
       this sort of API, like "must be free internet-based SMS services".

       "SMS::Send" drivers are installed separately, and might use the web, email or physical SMS
       hardware. It could be a free or paid. The details shouldn't matter.

       You should not have to care how it is actually sent, only that it has been sent (although
       some drivers may not be able to provide certainty).

METHODS

   installed_drivers
       The "installed_drivers" the list of SMS::Send drivers that are installed on the current
       system.

   new
         # The most basic sender
         $sender = SMS::Send->new('Test');

         # Indicate regional driver with ::
         $sender = SMS::Send->new('AU::Test');

         # Pass arbitrary params to the driver
         $sender = SMS::Send->new('MyDriver',
             _login    => 'adam',
             _password => 'adam',
         );

       The "new" constructor creates a new SMS sender.

       It takes as its first parameter a driver name. These names map the class names. For
       example driver "Test" matches the testing driver SMS::Send::Test.

       Any additional params should be key/value pairs, split into two types.

       Params without a leading underscore are "public" options and relate to standardised
       features within the SMS::Send API itself. At this time, there are no usable public
       options.

       Params with a leading underscore are "private" driver-specific options and will be passed
       through to the driver unchanged.

       Returns a new SMS::Send object, or dies on error.

   send_sms
         # Send a message to a particular address
         my $result = $sender->send_sms(
             text => 'This is a test message',
             to   => '+61 4 1234 5678',
         );

       The "send_sms" method sends a standard text SMS message to a destination phone number.

       It takes a set of named parameters to describe the message and its destination, again
       split into two types.

       Params without a leading underscore are "public" options and relate to standardised
       features within the SMS::Send API itself.

       text
           The "text" param is compulsory and should be a plain text string of non-zero length.
           The maximum length is currently determined by the driver, and exceeding this length
           will result in an exception being thrown if you breach it.

           Better functionality for determining the maximum-supported length is expected in the
           future. You input would be welcome.

       to  The "to" param is compulsory, and should be an international phone number as indicated
           by a leading plus "+" character. Punctuation in any form is allowed, and will be
           stripped out before it is provided to the driver.

           If and only if your driver is a regional driver (as indicated by a ::-seperated name
           such as AU::Test) the "to" number can also be in a regional-specific dialing format,
           "without" a leading plus "+" character.

           Providing a regional number to a non-regional driver will throw an exception.

       Any parameters with a leading underscore are considered private driver-specific options
       and will be passed through without alteration.

       Any other parameters without a leading underscore will be silently stripped out and not
       passed through to the driver.

       After calling "send_sms" the driver will do whatever is required to send the message,
       including (potentially, but not always) waiting for a confirmation from the network that
       the SMS has been sent.

       Given that drivers may do the actual mechanics of sending a message by quite a large
       variety of different methods the "send_sms" method may potentially block for some time.
       Timeout functionality is expected to be added later.

       The "send_sms" returns true if the message was sent, or the driver is fire-and-forget and
       unable to determine success, or false if the message was not sent.

SUPPORT

       Bugs should be reported via the CPAN bug tracker at

       http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=SMS-Send
       <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=SMS-Send>

       For other issues, contact the author.

AUTHOR

       Adam Kennedy <adamk@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright 2005 - 2011 Adam Kennedy.

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
       terms as Perl itself.

       The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.