Console.text() – SMS alerts when code executes

6 pointsposted 2 days ago
by Noel04

Item id: 46228881

9 Comments

vunderba

2 hours ago

This is a pretty crowded space (Vonage, Clicksend, TopMessage, etc). They all provide very simple SMS sending libraries for JavaScript.

The biggest problem you’re going to have going forward is establishing trust over existing platforms.

Jeremy1026

3 hours ago

It seems like my carrier is blocking the messages. The console says it was delivered, but my phone isn't getting anything.

nicbou

a day ago

Why not use ntfy.sh?

Noel04

17 hours ago

  ntfy.sh is great! But it requires:
  - Setting up a topic/channel
  - Installing their app on your phone
  - Subscribing to topics
  - Running a curl command or HTTP client

  console.text() is:
    npm install @holler2660/console-text
    console.text('thing happened');
That said, ntfy.sh doesn't do SMS, so if you genuinely need to wake up at 3am for critical alerts, it's push notifications vs actual phone calls/texts. The main thing I'm going for is ease of use

pestatije

a day ago

is this cloud-friendly? or just us-based?

Noel04

a day ago

It's global! The SDK works anywhere, and you can receive SMS to any phone number worldwide.

davydm

2 days ago

interesting

btw - can't connect to any consoletext.dev domain - dashboard, docs, etc