How to send SMS from asp.net MVC appliction

In this article I am going to explain how to send SMS in asp.net MVC application.

In the previous article I have explained how to send SMS in asp.net using Twilio, howto display file icons according to file extensions in asp.net and how to dosorting in gridview data control using Jquery.

Description:

To fulfill this requirement I am using Twilio restful API service.

Implementation:

First of all create a account on Twilio and verify your phone number. Now configure a number for messaging. You can also buy a preferred number.

Add Twilio DLL

Now add the Twilio DLL to project. Here I will add this to project through Nuget. Run the below command in Package manager console:

                  Install-package twilio

Add Controller

Now add a empty controller to project. Import the Twilio namespace and write the below given code to send SMS.

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using System.Web;

using System.Web.Mvc;

using Twilio;

namespace MVC_Project.Controllers

{

    public class SendSMSController : Controller

    {

        //

        // GET: /SendSMS/

        public ActionResult Index()

        {

            return View();

        }

        public ActionResult SendSMS()

        {

            return View();

        }

        [HttpPost]

        public ActionResult SendSMS(string phone,string message)

        {

            string AccountSid  = "Account ID";

            string Token = "Auth Token";

            var twilio = new TwilioRestClient(AccountSid , Token);

            string number = "+91" + phone;

            var send = twilio.SendSmsMessage("+13183901909", number, message);

            TempData["successful"] = "SMS send Successfully";

            return RedirectToAction("sendsms");

        }

    }

}

Add View

Add view for send SMS and design as code given below:

@{

    ViewBag.Title = "Send SMS";

    var message = TempData["successful"];

}

<h2>Send SMS</h2>

@using (Html.BeginForm())

{

    <table>

        <tr><td>Enter phone No. :</td><td>@Html.TextBox("phone","",new {@placeholder="Phone Number",style="width:200px"})</td></tr>

        <tr><td>Message</td><td>@Html.TextArea("message", "", new { @placeholder = "Message", style = "width:200px;height:150px" })</td></tr>

        <tr><td></td><td><input type="submit" value="Send Message" /></td></tr>

    </table>   

}

<script type="text/javascript">

    var message = '@message';

    if(message)

        alert(message);

</script>

You have done it. Now build and run the application. To test it send sms to your mobile number.

Note: Trial account will send SMS to verified phone number.