Ive been digging around 3rd party apis and ran across an api for textnow (free messaging service) originally needed a way to send free sms mms from a web application project i was working on but in the back of my mind i thought this could actually make a fantastic home assistant integration.
Here’s the demo application i made to try out the 3rd party Textnow Api
works like a charm ill convert it sometime in the future to an integration instead of a web application i also discovered some other cool apis for con edison which i plan to touch as well
Regardless feel free to play with the application and use the code if you wanna beat me to the punch and make the integration yourselves im fine with that i have a ton on my plate (and no i havnt abandoned by uber eats integration i just dont wanna fumble it while im so busy lol)
I had the same question and, after a fair bit of searching, found this in their support forum:
TextNow is currently only available to be downloaded and used within the United States and Canada. If you are outside of North America, you will not be able to register for an account through the app or on our website.
Im releasing a mini beta version of this in a few minutes,
i started developing the integration but forgot about this repo i made so im pivoting, the version released today will be watered down to only sending sms with a custom service setup so you can configure it via automation
originally i had went overtime developing this with many custom services to send a text and wait for a response (for true sms based automation but had issues with the gui, so the community can enjoy this mini lite version while i develop the final addon version that runs in a separate container will full features and beautiful ui )
