@vonage/messages

Vonage Messages SDK for Node.js

This is the Vonage Messages SDK for Node.js for use with Vonage APIs. To use it you will need a Vonage account. Sign up for free at vonage.com.

For full API documentation refer to developer.nexmo.com.

If you are updating from V2 to V3, please check the migration guide found here

• Installation
• Usage
• Promises
• Channels

Installation

We recommend using this SDK as part of the overall @vonage/server-sdk package. Please see the main package for installation.

You can also use this SDK standalone if you only need access to just the Messages API.

With NPM

npm install @vonage/messages

With Yarn

yarn add @vonage/messages

Usage

As part of the Vonage Server SDK

If you are using this SDK as part of the Vonage Server SDK, you can access it as the messages property off of the client that you instantiate.

const {Vonage} = require('@vonage/server-sdk');
const { Auth, AlgorithmTypes } = require('@vonage/auth');
const { SMS } = require('@vonage/messages');

const vonage = new Vonage(new Auth({
  apiKey: API_KEY,
  apiSecret: API_SECRET,
  applicationId: APP_ID,
  privateKey: PRIVATE_KEY_PATH,
  signature: {
    secret: 'ABCDE',
    algorithm: AlgorithmTypes.md5hash,
  },
}), options);

vonage.messages.send(new SMS({
  to: TO_NUMBER,
  from: FROM_NUMBER,
  text: MESSAGE
}));

Standalone

The SDK can be used standalone from the main Vonage Server SDK for Node.js if you only need to use the Messages API. All you need to do is require('@vonage/messages'), and use the returned object to create your own client.

const {Auth} = require('@vonage/auth');
const {Messages} = require('@vonage/messages');

const messagesClient = new Messages(new Auth({
  apiKey: API_KEY,
  apiSecret: API_SECRET,
  applicationId: APP_ID,
  privateKey: PRIVATE_KEY_PATH,
}), options);

Promises

Most methods that interact with the Vonage API uses Promises. You can either resolve these yourself, or use await to wait for a response.

const resp = await messagesClient.send(new SMS({
  to: TO_NUMBER,
  from: FROM_NUMBER,
  text: MESSAGE
}));

messagesClient.send(new SMS({
  to: TO_NUMBER,
  from: FROM_NUMBER,
  text: MESSAGE,
}))
  .then(resp => console.log(resp))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

Testing

Run:

npm run test

Channels

The Vonage Messages API supports several different communication channels, and from time to time will add new channels. Each channel follows our normal product development cycle and therefore different channels within the overall API may have different release statuses at a certain point in time. Channels available for general use will be listed as having 'General Availability'. Channels which are currently part of a Beta program will be listed as 'Beta'. This table details the current release status of each channel implemented in this SDK:

Channel	API Release Status
SMS	General Availability
MMS	General Availability
RCS	Beta
Facebook Messenger	General Availability
WhatsApp	General Availability
WhatsApp (reaction)	Beta
Viber	General Availability