Amazon SNS - aws-sdk-php

Question

     $accessKey = 'XZA...';
     $accessSecret = 'YKW...';
     $credentials = new Aws\Credentials\Credentials($accessKey, $accessSecret);

     $sharedConfig = [
        'region'  => 'us-east-1',          
        'version' => 'latest',
        'credentials' => $credentials
    ];

     $sdk = new Aws\Sdk($sharedConfig);
     $sns = new SnsClient($sharedConfig);

     $payload = [
        'PhoneNumber' => '+999999999',   // E.164 format
        'Message' => md5(time()),
        'MessageAttributes' => [
          'DefaultSenderID' => ['DataType'=>'String','StringValue'=>'MyBrandName'],
          'DefaultSMSType' => ['DataType'=>'String','StringValue'=>'Transactional']
        ]
    ];

    try {
        $data = $sns->publish( $payload );
        $MessageId = $data->get('MessageId');
    } catch ( Exception $e ) {   }

I'm using the AWS SDK for PHP - Version 3.
The code above works well when i'm sending a single SMS message except the attribute DefaultSenderID wich is not working when i send a SMS to a mobile device.

Amazon documentation says that DefaultSenderID – A string, such as your business brand, that is displayed as the sender on the receiving device. Support for sender IDs varies by country. The sender ID can be 1 - 11 alphanumeric characters, and it must contain at least one letter.

Anyone has experienced this problem using the Amazon SNS?

Answer 1

For anybody still struggling with this.

If you look at the documentation here , you will find that you need to add the key AWS.SNS.SMS.SenderID to the payload's MessageAttributes .

The following should work:

$payload = [
    'PhoneNumber' => '+999999999', // E.164 format
    'Message' => md5(time()),
    'MessageAttributes' => [
        'AWS.SNS.SMS.SenderID' => [
            'DataType' => 'String',
            'StringValue' => 'YourSenderID',
        ]
    ]
];

try {
    $data = $sns->publish($payload);
    $MessageId = $data->get('MessageId');
} catch (Exception $e) { }