Is it possible to RECEIVE SMS texts using Azure Comm Services Python SDK?

Question

The Azure Communication Service Github repo says that the service has the capability to "Send and Receive SMS messages",

But I only see "Send" functions in both Microsoft Learn (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/communication/sms) and the Python SDK Github repo (https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/main/sdk/communication/azure-communication-sms).

I don't see anything about RECEIVING SMS on the ACS roadmap either.

Is this coming?

Thank you

Answer 1

Hi @seadude , thank you for reaching us.

ACS already supports receiving messages through Event Grid. In summary you need to register to the SMS Received event, and you should receive Event Grid events each time purchased number receive a message.

For more information you can check SMS FAQ here sms-faq and our QuickStart sample here handle-sms-events

When you set up the Event Grid you can configure it to forward the notification to a Web Hook for example and in this way, you can notify your application about the incoming message.

Answer 2

Thank you @Ebraheem Al-Muneyeer (MSFT) , these are the exact documents I need.

I missed these resources in my research.

Take care