Receiving SMS Confirmation Codes to E-mail Using Zapier and NetPing SMS

Requirements

To implement this solution, there is a need to have:

• NetPing SMS gateway with a pre-installed SIM card;

• a configured sequence of actions (Zap) «Turn Webhooks Into Send Emails» in a Zapier platform;

Basic Configuration of NetPing SMS

Set a NetPing SMS device to the operating condition according to corresponding sections of a user guide and a firmware description:

• insert a working SIM card with a positive balance in the jack of a built-in GSM modem;

• configure necessary parameters for working in the Ethernet network

Zapier Configuration

To use a Zapier platform, there is a need to register an account. To do this, for example, if you want to get a complete free trial access to features of the platform for 14 days, there is a need to click the button «SING UP FOR FREE»:

And fill in a standard registration form:

After the registration, you get an access to features of Zapier with a multiple support of different applications for creating automation rules. To configure Zapier for our described task, there is a need to click the button «MAKE A ZAP!» that is located at the top of a service web interface:

In the window for creating an action sequence (Zap) that appears, it is necessary to enter the text «Webhook» in the field «Choose a Trigger App» and choose the point «Webhooks by Zapier» from a drop-down list:

Then, choose «Turn Webhooks Into Send Emails» under the title «Popular Zaps For Webhooks by Zapier» by clicking the button «Use this Zap»:

Then, click the button «Create this Zap» on the next page:

The next step is to click the button «Continue»:

Then, click the button «Continue» one more time:

Here, the first step of configuring a Zapier service ends and a service provides a link that needs to be copied by clicking the button «Copy to clipboard»:

After having copied an induced URL, open a web interface of a NetPing SMS device and go to the section «WEBHOOK», where paste the URL obtained from the Zapier web site in a field «The called URL» and click the button «Apply changes», as shown on a screenshot below:

Then let's continue to the final step of configuring e-mail notifications:

Then, let's return to a Zapier web site and test a work of our webhook by clicking the button «OK, I did this» and thus sending a textual SMS notification to the phone number of a SIM card, which is installed in a NetPing SMS gateway:

Afterwards, there is a need to send a textual SMS notification to a NetPing SMS device, and if everything was configured properly, we will see the next message on the page of a Zapier service:

Let's go to the final step of configuring e-mail notifications:

An example of a configuration is on a screenshot below:

where:

1.3.6.1.4.1.25728.3800.1.11.0 – is a parameter that is responsible for showing a phone number from which an SMS was sent

FullWebhookMessage – is a text of an SMS notification

UPTime – is the uptime of a NetPing SMS device

Now, there is a need to enter a name of our Zap, for example, «SMS to E-mail», and activate Zap by switching a checkbox to the «ON» position and clicking the button «Finish»:

Result

As a result of described configurations, we will get the next outcome:

1. When a NetPing SMS device receives an SMS notification, the next events happen:

2. An e-mail notification is sent to the email address indicated in the settings of Zapier:

See also: Receiving SMS Confirmation Codes to E-mail Using NetPing SMS