A GitHub Action to send a text message to mobile number of choice using Africastalking Programmable SMS

1. Create a .github/workflows/sms.yml file in your repository.
2. Add the following content to the sms.yml file:

name: SMS Notification
on:
  pull_request:

jobs:
  smsNotification:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - uses: alphaolomi/actions-africastalking@main
        with:
          fromPhoneNumber: 'INFO' # or secrets.fromPhoneNumber
          toPhoneNumber: ${{ secrets.toPhoneNumber }}
          message: 'Hello World'
        env:
          AT_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.AT_API_KEY }}
          AT_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.AT_USERNAME }}

1. Add the following secrets to your repository:

• AT_API_KEY - Your Africastalking API Key
• AT_USERNAME - Your Africastalking Username

• AT_API_KEY Required. You can get this from the Africastalking's Dashboard.
• AT_USERNAME Required. Use 'sandbox' as the value for development in the test environment
• fromPhoneNumber Required. The name or number the message will appear to be sent from. This can be a valid phone number or an alphanumeric string. For example, INFO or +255711XXXYYY.
• toPhoneNumber Required. The mobile number the message will be sent to. This should include the country code, without any leading zeros. For example, 255711XXXYYY for a Tanzanian number.
• message Required. The text content of the message. The maximum characters allowed is 160 per message. If you exceed this limit, the message will be split into multiple messages, each of which will be charged separately.

• messageId - The ID of the message sent

• @alphaolomi
• Contributors

Contributions, issues and feature requests are welcome!
Feel free to check issues page.

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This project is MIT licensed.