Question : Sending a web API command from Asterisk

Hello experts,

I have a subscription with an SMS messaging service which can be used through some API web commands like the following:

http://api.smsprovider.com/some+code+here

Would you please guide me how to send such commands from my Asterisk dialplan.

Answer : Sending a web API command from Asterisk

Easiest thing to do is use the shell command in asterisk, and call wget to execute the URI.

http://www.asterisk.org/docs/asterisk/trunk/functions/shell

exten => 1,Set(foo=${SHELL(wget http://api.smsprovider.com/some+code+here)})