Nexmo Client Library for Ruby

This is the Ruby client library for Nexmo's API. To use it you'll need a Nexmo account. Sign up for free at nexmo.com.

• Requirements
• Installation
• Usage
• SMS API
• 2FA API
• Voice API
• Verify API
• Conversation API
• Number Insight API
• Application API
• Numbers API
• Secret Management API
• Redact API
• Logging
• JWT authentication
• Webhook signatures
• API coverage
• License

Requirements

Nexmo Ruby supports CRuby 2.1.0+ and JRuby 9k.

Installation

To install the Ruby client library using Rubygems:

gem install nexmo

Alternatively you can clone the repository:

git clone [email protected]:Nexmo/nexmo-ruby.git

Usage

Begin by requiring the nexmo library:

require 'nexmo'

Then construct a client object with your key and secret:

client = Nexmo::Client.new(api_key: 'YOUR-API-KEY', api_secret: 'YOUR-API-SECRET')

You can now use the client object to send an SMS, start a verification, or create an application.

For production you can specify the NEXMO_API_KEY and NEXMO_API_SECRET environment variables instead of specifying the key and secret explicitly, keeping your credentials out of source control.

Credentials

To check signatures for incoming webhook requests you'll also need to specify the signature_secret argument:

client = Nexmo::Client.new(signature_secret: 'secret')

Alternatively you can set the NEXMO_SIGNATURE_SECRET environment variable.

To call newer endpoints that support JWT authentication such as the Voice API you'll also need to specify the application_id and private_key arguments. For example:

client = Nexmo::Client.new(application_id: application_id, private_key: private_key)

Both arguments should have string values corresponding to the id and private_key values returned in a "create an application" response. These credentials can be stored in a datastore, in environment variables, on disk outside of source control, or in some kind of key management infrastructure.

SMS API

Send an SMS

response = client.sms.send(from: 'Ruby', to: 'YOUR NUMBER', text: 'Hello world')

if response.messages.first.status == '0'
  puts "Sent message id=#{response.messages.first.message_id}"
else
  puts "Error: #{response.messages.first.error_text}"
end

Docs: https://developer.nexmo.com/api/sms#send-an-sms

2FA API

Send a 2FA Token

response = client.tfa.send(to: 'YOUR NUMBER', pin: '12345')

if response.messages.first.status == '0'
  puts "Sent message id=#{response.messages.first.message_id}"
else
  puts "Error: #{response.messages.first.error_text}"
end

Docs: https://developer.nexmo.com/api/sms/us-short-codes/2fa

Voice API

Create an outbound call

response = client.calls.create({
  to: [{type: 'phone', number: '14843331234'}],
  from: {type: 'phone', number: '14843335555'},
  answer_url: ['https://example.com/answer']
})

Docs: https://developer.nexmo.com/api/voice#createCall

Get details of your calls

response = client.calls.list

Docs: https://developer.nexmo.com/api/voice#getCalls

Get detail of a specific call

response = client.calls.get(uuid)

Docs: https://developer.nexmo.com/api/voice#getCall

Modify an in progress call

response = client.calls.hangup(uuid)

Docs: https://developer.nexmo.com/api/voice#updateCall

Play an audio file into a call

stream_url = 'https://nexmo-community.github.io/ncco-examples/assets/voice_api_audio_streaming.mp3'

response = client.calls.stream.start(uuid, stream_url: [stream_url])

Docs: https://developer.nexmo.com/api/voice#startStream

Stop playing an audio file into a call

response = client.calls.stream.stop(uuid)

Docs: https://developer.nexmo.com/api/voice#stopStream

Play text to speech into a call

response = client.calls.talk.start(uuid, text: 'Hello')

Docs: https://developer.nexmo.com/api/voice#startTalk

Stop text to speech in a call

response = client.calls.talk.stop(uuid)

Docs: https://developer.nexmo.com/api/voice#stopTalk

Play DTMF tones into a call

response = client.calls.dtmf.send(uuid, digits: '1234')

Docs: https://developer.nexmo.com/api/voice#startDTMF

Verify API

Start a verification

response = client.verify.request(number: '441632960960', brand: 'MyApp')

if response.status == '0'
  puts "Started verification request_id=#{response.request_id}"
else
  puts "Error: #{response.error_text}"
end

Docs: https://developer.nexmo.com/api/verify#verify-request

The response contains a verification request id which you will need to store temporarily.

Check a verification

response = client.verify.check(request_id: '00e6c3377e5348cdaf567e1417c707a5', code: '1234')

if response.status == '0'
  puts "Verification complete, event_id=#{response.event_id}"
else
  puts "Error: #{response.error_text}"
end

Docs: https://developer.nexmo.com/api/verify#verify-check

The verification request id comes from the call to client.verify.request.

The PIN code is entered into your application by the user.

Cancel a verification

client.verify.cancel('00e6c3377e5348cdaf567e1417c707a5')

Docs: https://developer.nexmo.com/api/verify#verify-control

Trigger next verification step

client.verify.trigger_next_event('00e6c3377e5348cdaf567e1417c707a5')

Docs: https://developer.nexmo.com/api/verify#verify-control

Conversation API

Create a conversation

response = client.conversations.create(name: 'Example Conversation', display_name: 'Example Display Name')

Docs: https://developer.nexmo.com/api/conversation#createConversation

Retrieve a list of conversations

response = client.conversations.list

Docs: https://developer.nexmo.com/api/conversation#listConversations

Retrieve a single conversation

response = client.conversations.get(conversation_id)

Docs: https://developer.nexmo.com/api/conversation#retrieveConversation

Update a conversation

response = client.conversations.update(conversation_id, answer_method: 'PUT')

Docs: https://developer.nexmo.com/api/conversation#replaceConversation

Delete a conversation

response = client.conversations.delete(conversation_id)

Docs: https://developer.nexmo.com/api/conversation#deleteConversation

Number Insight API

Basic Number Insight

client.number_insight.basic(number: '447700900000')

Docs: https://developer.nexmo.com/api/number-insight#request

Standard Number Insight

client.number_insight.standard(number: '447700900000')

Docs: https://developer.nexmo.com/api/number-insight#request

Advanced Number Insight

client.number_insight.advanced(number: '447700900000')

Docs: https://developer.nexmo.com/api/number-insight#request

Advanced Number Insight Async

client.number_insight.advanced_async(number: '447700900000', callback: webhook_url)

The results of the API call will be sent via HTTP POST to the webhook URL specified in the callback parameter.

Docs: https://developer.nexmo.com/api/number-insight#request

Application API

Create an application

response = client.applications.create(name: 'Example App', type: 'voice', answer_url: answer_url, event_url: event_url)

Docs: https://developer.nexmo.com/api/application#create-an-application

Retrieve a list of applications

response = client.applications.list

Docs: https://developer.nexmo.com/api/application#retrieve-your-applications

Retrieve a single application

response = client.applications.get(uuid)

Docs: https://developer.nexmo.com/api/application#retrieve-an-application

Update an application

response = client.applications.update(uuid, answer_method: 'POST')

Docs: https://developer.nexmo.com/api/application#update-an-application

Delete an application

response = client.applications.delete(uuid)

Docs: https://developer.nexmo.com/api/application#destroy-an-application

Numbers API

List owned numbers

client.numbers.list

Docs: https://developer.nexmo.com/api/developer/numbers#list-owned-numbers

Search available numbers

client.numbers.search(country: 'GB')

Docs: https://developer.nexmo.com/api/developer/numbers#search-available-numbers

Buy a number

client.numbers.buy(country: 'GB', msisdn: '447700900000')

Docs: https://developer.nexmo.com/api/developer/numbers#buy-a-number

Cancel a number

client.numbers.cancel(country: 'GB', msisdn: '447700900000')

Docs: https://developer.nexmo.com/api/developer/numbers#cancel-a-number

Update a number

client.numbers.update(country: 'GB', msisdn: '447700900000', voice_callback_type: 'app', voice_callback_value: application_id)

Docs: https://developer.nexmo.com/api/developer/numbers#update-a-number

Secret Management API

Retrieve a list of secrets

client.secrets.list

Docs: https://developer.nexmo.com/api/account/secret-management#retrieveSecrets

Create a secret

client.secrets.create(secret: 't0ps3cr3t')

Docs: https://developer.nexmo.com/api/account/secret-management#createSecret

Retrieve a secret

client.secrets.get(secret_id)

Docs: https://developer.nexmo.com/api/account/secret-management#retrieveSecret

Revoke a secret

client.secrets.revoke(secret_id)

Docs: https://developer.nexmo.com/api/account/secret-management#revokeSecret

Redact API

Redact a specific message

client.redact.transaction(id: '00A0B0C0', product: 'sms')

Docs: https://developer.nexmo.com/api/redact#transaction

Logging

Use the logger option or attribute writer method to specify a logger. For example:

require 'logger'

logger = Logger.new(STDOUT)

client = Nexmo::Client.new(logger: logger)

By default the library sets the logger to Rails.logger if it is defined.

To disable logging set the logger to nil.

JWT authentication

By default the library generates a short lived JWT per request.

To generate a long lived JWT for multiple requests or to specify JWT claims directly call Nexmo::JWT.generate to generate a token, and set the token attribute on the client object. For example:

claims = {
  application_id: application_id,
  nbf: 1483315200,
  exp: 1514764800,
  iat: 1483228800
}

private_key = File.read('path/to/private.key')

client.token = Nexmo::JWT.generate(claims, private_key)

Webhook signatures

client = Nexmo::Client.new(signature_secret: 'secret')

if client.signature.check(request.GET)
  # valid signature
else
  # invalid signature
end

Docs: https://developer.nexmo.com/concepts/guides/signing-messages

Note: you'll need to contact [email protected] to enable message signing on your account.

API coverage

• Account
  • Balance
  • Pricing
  • Settings
  • Top Up
  • Numbers
    • Search
    • Buy
    • Cancel
    • Update
• Number Insight
  • Basic
  • Standard
  • Advanced
  • Webhook Notification
• Verify
  • Verify
  • Check
  • Search
  • Control
• Messaging
  • Send
  • Delivery Receipt
  • Inbound Messages
  • Search
    • Message
    • Messages
    • Rejections
  • US Short Codes
    • Two-Factor Authentication
    • Event Based Alerts
      • Sending Alerts
      • Campaign Subscription Management
• Voice
  • Outbound Calls
  • Inbound Call
  • Text-To-Speech Call
  • Text-To-Speech Prompt

License

This library is released under the MIT License