esmpp - Erlang/OTP SMPP Client

esmpp connects erlang applications to SMSCs via the SMPP v3.4 protocol.

Supported Commands

• bind_transmitter
• bind_receiver
• bind_transceiver
• submit_sm
• deliver_sm
• enquire_link

Other commands will be supported in the future versions.

OTP Version

Required: OTP 18 and later

Setup

esmpp can be added as a dependency via hex.pm

{deps, [
  {esmpp, "0.0.13"}
]}. 

Then include esmpp in your application’s .app.src file

{applications, [
  kernel,
  stdlib,
  esmpp
]}.

Usage

Simply call esmpp:start_link/1 with the following options as map:

• name - If provided, the internal gen_server will be registered with this name. see gen_server:start_link/4
• mode - Type of SMPP binding for the client. transmitter, transceiver, or receiver
• host - Hostname or IP address of the SMPP server
• port - Port of the SMPP server
• system_id - Identifier for the SMPP client
• password - Password used to authenticate with the system_id
• system_type - Identifier for the type of SMPP Client
• callback_mo - Module and function tuple to be executed when a mobile originating message has been received
• callback_dr - Module and function tuple to be executed when a delivery receipt has been received

{ok, C} = esmpp:start_link(#{
   mode => transceiver,
   host => "127.0.0.1",
   port => 2775,
   system_id => "smppclient",
   password => "password",
   system_type => "Test",
   callback_dr => {mymodule, myfunction}
}).

Sending SMS

SMS messages are sent by calling esmpp:send_sms/4, esmpp:send_sms/5, or esmpp:send_sms/6. The first four parameters are as follows:

• Connection - Process identifier of esmpp‘s gen_server returned by esmpp:start_link/1
• Sender - Number or mask to be set as sender of the message
• Destination - MSISDN to receive the message
• Message - UTF-8 encoded message

The last parameter in esmpp:send_sms/5 is an optional map with the following possible keys:

• service_type - Indicates the SMS application service associated with the message
• protocol_id - Network specific protocol identifier
• priority_flag - Designates the priority level of the message. 0 is the lowest, while 3 is the highest
• delivery_time - Either the absolute date and time or relative time from the current SMSC time which the delivery of the message is to be first attempted
• validity_period - SMSC expiration time that indicates when the message should be discarded when the message is not delivered
• reg_delivery - Indicates if a delivery receipt will be requested from the SMSC.
  • 0 - No delivery receipt requested
  • 1 - Delivery receipt requested (success or failure)
  • 2 - Delivery receipt requested (failure only)
• replace_flag - Used to request the SMSC to replace a previously submitted message, that is pending delivery. The SMSC will replace the existing message if the source address, destination address, and service type match the same fields in the new message

The last parameter in esmpp:send_sms/6 is another optional map of the optional parameters to be passed in the last part of the submit_sm packet. Complete information is at the generated documentation inside doc/

Ids = esmpp:send_sms(C, <<"12345">>, <<"639473371390">>, <<"Hello">>).

Return Type

All functions return a list of message id tuples:

[{message_id, MessageId}]

MessageId is a (binary) string that was associated to the submitted message in the SMPP server.

UCS2/UTF-16 Support

Messages that are outside the standard GSM 03.38 character set are automatically detected and encoded with UTF-16. This includes emojis.

Long Messages

Long messages are automatically concatenated when they exceed the standard 140 byte limit.

TODOs

• Create common tests
• Implement remaining commands