# \[ODK Community\] SMS Sending API **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [July 7, 2011, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/odk-community-sms-sending-api/530 "2011-07-07T16:45:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Curtis\_Broderick1](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@Curtis\_Broderick1](https://forum.getodk.org/u/Curtis_Broderick1)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/odk-community-sms-sending-api/530/1 "2011-07-07T16:45:02Z")
You might want to check out episurveyor or frontlinesms for sending data via sms to your db. > **ยทยทยท** > > Yaw Anokwa wrote: > > > agreed. i wouldn't recommend using sms as the only transport > > mechanism. i think the spec is more appropriate to send a few timely > > chunks of data (say the most important indicators) over sms while the > > rest of the form can be sent over another channel (gprs, wifi) at a > > later time. > > > > On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 07:00, Ian Lawrence [irlawrence@googlemail.com](mailto:irlawrence@googlemail.com) wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > it's non-trivial to build that spec well, so plan accordingly. > > > > > > Remember that if you have a big survey it is going to break the survey > > > into hundreds or thousands of SMS messages to send and then you need > > > to try to put them back together on the device. There is also no > > > guarantee of delivery from operators with sms so if even 1 of your > > > thousand does not arrive you do not have a complete survey. > > > This is quite apart from the cost issue involved with all this of course. > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > -- > > > [http://ianlawrence.info](http://ianlawrence.info) > > > > > > -- > > > Post: [opendatakit@googlegroups.com](mailto:opendatakit@googlegroups.com) > > > Unsubscribe: [opendatakit+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:opendatakit+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com) > > > Options: [http://groups.google.com/group/opendatakit?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/opendatakit?hl=en) > > > > -- > > Post: [opendatakit@googlegroups.com](mailto:opendatakit@googlegroups.com) > > Unsubscribe: [opendatakit+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:opendatakit+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com) > > Options: [http://groups.google.com/group/opendatakit?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/opendatakit?hl=en)