I have an account with smsglobal, they have sms http api as so: http://www.smsglobal.com/http-api/
If I use a browser like so: http://www.smsglobal.com/http-api.php?action=sendsms&user=myname&password=mypassword&&from=myself&to=targetcellphone&text=Hello%20world browser says: OK: 0; Sent queued message ID: e506.....28 SMSGlobalMsgID:64.....80337 and, I receive an sms OK on cellphone if I try wget with same url, I get[1]: do I need to escape strings...? how ? downloaded file has like: # cat http-api.php?action=sendsms ERROR: Missing parameter: user ERROR: Missing parameter: password ERROR: Missing parameter: from ERROR: Missing parameter: to [1] # wget http://www.smsglobal.com/http-api.php?action=sendsms&user=myname&password=mypassword&&from=mysekf&to=targetcellphone&text=Hello%20world [1] 18942 [2] 18943 [3] 18944 [4] 18945 [2] Done user=myname [3]- Done password=mypassworde && from=myself # --2014-03-19 10:56:39-- http://www.smsglobal.com/http-api.php?action=sendsms Resolving www.smsglobal.com... 203.89.193.162 Connecting to www.smsglobal.com|203.89.193.162|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 130 [text/html] Saving to: `http-api.php?action=sendsms.1' 100%[======================================>] 130 --.-K/s in 0s 2014-03-19 10:56:39 (8.76 MB/s) - `http-api.php?action=sendsms.1' saved [130/130] (then I hit 'cr' ot propmt doesn't come back) [1]- Done wget http://www.smsglobal.com/http-api.php?action=sendsms [4]+ Done to=mycellphone