Sending an SMS via the command line

answered 2014-01-22 00:32:37 +0200

CsTom
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updated 2014-01-24 13:17:52 +0200

Yep, the key is that the modem is called /ril_0 (not isimodem as on N900), otherwise the dbus commands work nicely.

For example sending and SMS to +358500000000:

dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=org.ofono /ril_0 org.ofono.MessageManager.SendMessage string:"+358500000000" string:"test sms" (okay, the --print-reply you don't need for sending, but for other queries it's good to have it on the line :-)

UPDATE: dbus-send --type=method_call --dest=org.nemomobile.qmlmessages / org.nemomobile.qmlmessages.startSMS array:string:"+358123456" string:"Hello world" would open the message editor on the phone and you have to press the "Send" button to actually send it. Might be useful for some, eg. just to proof-read the SMS before sending. (and also, this is the allowed method for applications wana be on Harbour)

answered 2014-01-23 12:04:23 +0200

marsch
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updated 2014-01-23 17:49:22 +0200

Please keep in mind that bash scripts are a pain to port. Though sh is usally linked to bash on linux, this is not set in stone. I've wrote this code for a single recipient before the qsms script was posted, so it basically accomplishes the same task not using bash specific stuff.

Using quotes is not necessary for the single-shot approach, as long as the number is a string without spaces. It might however make sense to introduce quoted strings for a more robust multi-shot implementation.

Here you go:

#!/bin/sh

# Nail down path
PATH=/bin:/usr/bin

# Do we have enough parameters?
if [ $# -ge 2 ]; then

  # Check if second param looks like a phone number
  if [ $(echo "$1" | awk '/^\+?[0-9]+$/') ]; then
    # Store phone number
    PHONE=$1
    shift

    # Convert message to UTF-8
    MESSAGE=$(echo $* | iconv -f iso-8859-1 -t utf-8)

    # Try to send the message
    dbus-send --system --dest=org.ofono /ril_0 org.ofono.MessageManager.SendMessage string:"${PHONE}" string:"${MESSAGE}"

    # Check return value
    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
      echo "SMS to ${PHONE} successfully sent."
      exit 0
    else
      echo "Sending SMS to ${PHONE} failed."
      exit 1
    fi
  fi
fi

# Print usage
echo "Usage: $0 [+]NUMBER MESSAGE"
exit 1

answered 2014-09-24 20:27:04 +0200

baptx
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https://drawcode.eu/

updated 2014-09-25 21:20:39 +0200

Thanks @CsTom, so you can send SMS using command line with dbus-send and you can read SMS with commhistory-tool (with list -group "group_number" option). Here's a minimal script for saving SMS sent via command line so they can appear in the Messages application (you can call the script sms_send.sh). It takes 3 arguments: message, phone number and the conversation group number you want from commhistory-tool listgroups.

if [ $# -ne 3 ]; then
    echo "Usage: $0 message phone_number conversation_group (see commhistory-tool)"
    exit
fi
commhistory-tool add -group "$3" -text "$1" -out -sms "" "$2"
dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=org.ofono /ril_0 org.ofono.MessageManager.SendMessage string:"$2" string:"$1"

By the way, if someone knows how to receive SMS delivery reports (with dbus-send maybe?), it would be great.

answered 2019-07-29 16:38:07 +0200

sedric
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Hello,

Since 3.1.0 this does not work, raising a org.ofono.Error.AccessDenied (Probably due to access control in ofono ?)

Does anyone know how the access are given ? I tried to add a policy for nemo in /etc/dbus-1/system.d/ofono.conf (by copying the radio rights) but it doesnt seems to work...