dlynam/efax

Ruby library for accessing the eFax Developer service

efax

Ruby library for accessing eFax Developer service.

You can find eFax Developer API guides at efaxdeveloper.com or on Scribd.

Usage

Outbound Faxes

First you need to provide your account id and credentials:

EFax::Request.account_id = <your account id>
EFax::Request.user       = <your login>
EFax::Request.password   = <your password>

Sending an HTML page using eFax service is pretty simple:

response = EFax::OutboundRequest.post(recipient_name, company_name, fax_number, subject, content, options)

Options is a hash and can contain content_type and another hash for disposition info. If no options are given, the content_type is set to html by default. An example options hash:

  options = {
    :content_type => "html",
    :disposition => {
      :method => "POST",
      :level => "BOTH",
      :url => "http://notifications.com"
    }
  }

See EFax::RequestStatus class for details on status codes.

Having ID of your request, you can get its current status:

response = OutboundRequestStatus.post(doc_id)

The status response has the following attributes:

response.status_code
response.message          # "user friendly" status message

See EFax::QueryStatus class for details on status codes.

Inbound Faxes

Inbound faxes work by exposing a URL that EFax can post to when it receives a fax on your account. An example end-point in rails might look like this:

class InboundFaxesController < AdminController
  def create
    efax = EFax::InboundPostRequest.receive_by_params(params)
    Fax.create(:file => efax.file, :name => efax.name) # etc
    render :text => efax.post_successful_message # This is important to let EFax know you successfully processed the incoming request.
  end
end

Test helpers

You can generate a EFax::InboundPostRequest based on optional explicit fields by using a helper method efax_inbound_post:

In your tests:

require "efax/helpers/inbound_helpers"

describe InboundFax do
  include EFax::Helpers::InboundHelpers

  it "should create a fax from efax data" do
    person = Person.make
    person.save
    efax = efax_inbound_post(:barcode => person.barcode_number)
    fax = InboundFax.create_from_efax!(efax)
    fax.person.should == person
  end
end