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Send OTP SMS On User Mobile Using ASP.NET C#

Introduction

In this blog, you will learn how to send OTP SMS on user mobile number using ASP.NET C# through SMS API  in 5 simple steps.

Below is the step to send an OTP SMS on user Mobile using ASP.NET C#.

Step 1

Create a new website.

Step 2

Create a webform aspx page.

Step 3

Design the webpage like below,

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="_Default" %>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
    <title></title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
        <table style="border:solid;border-width:thin">
        <tr>
            <td><asp:Label ID="lblmobele" runat="server" Text="Enter Mobile Number"></asp:Label></td>
            <td><asp:TextBox ID="txtmobileno" runat="server"></asp:TextBox></td>
        </tr>
            <tr>
                <td></td>
                <td><asp:Button ID="btnSendOTP" runat="server" Text="Send OTP" OnClick="btnSendOTP_Click"></asp:Button></td>

            </tr>            
     </table>
      <asp:Label ID="lblMsg" runat="server" Text=""></asp:Label>
    </div>       
    </form>
</body>
</html>

Step 4

Added below namespace in .aspx.cs page,

using System.Drawing;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Data;
using System.Web;
using System.Net;
using System.IO;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;

Step 5

Add the below source code in .aspx.cs page.

// Start OTP Generation function
protected string Generate_otp() {
    char[] charArr = "0123456789".ToCharArray();
    string strrandom = string.Empty;
    Random objran = new Random();
    for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
        //It will not allow Repetation of Characters
        int pos = objran.Next(1, charArr.Length);
        if (!strrandom.Contains(charArr.GetValue(pos).ToString())) strrandom += charArr.GetValue(pos);
        else i--;
    }
    return strrandom;
}
// End OTP Generation function
// Start Send OTP code on button click
protected void btnSendOTP_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {
    string otp = Generate_otp();
    string mobileNo = txtmobileno.Text.Trim();
    string SMSContents = "", smsResult = "";
    SMSContents = otp + " is your One-Time Password, valid for 10 minutes only, Please do not share your OTP with anyone.";
    smsResult = SendSMS(mobileNo, SMSContents);
    txtmobileno.Focus();
    lblMsg.Text = " OTP is sent to your registered mobile no.";
    lblMsg.CssClass = "green";
    mobileNo = string.Empty;
    txtmobileno.Focus();
    Page.ClientScript.RegisterStartupScript(this.GetType(), "CallMyFunction", "countdown()", true);
}
// End Send OTP code on button click
// SMS Sending function
public static string SendSMS(string MblNo, string Msg) {
    string MainUrl = "SMSAPIURL"; //Here need to give SMS API URL
    string UserName = "username"; //Here need to give username
    string Password = "Password"; //Here need to give Password
    string SenderId = "SenderId";
    string strMobileno = MblNo;
    string URL = "";
    URL = MainUrl + "username=" + UserName + "&msg_token=" + Password + "&sender_id=" + SenderId + "&message=" + HttpUtility.UrlEncode(Msg).Trim() + "&mobile=" + strMobileno.Trim() + "";
    string strResponce = GetResponse(URL);
    string msg = "";
    if (strResponce.Equals("Fail")) {
        msg = "Fail";
    } else {
        msg = strResponce;
    }
    return msg;
}
// End SMS Sending function
// Get Response function
public static string GetResponse(string smsURL) {
    try {
        WebClient objWebClient = new WebClient();
        System.IO.StreamReader reader = new System.IO.StreamReader(objWebClient.OpenRead(smsURL));
        string ResultHTML = reader.ReadToEnd();
        return ResultHTML;
    } catch (Exception) {
        return "Fail";
    }
}
// End Get Response function

Summary

In this blog, we learned how to send OTP SMS on user mobile number using ASP.NET C# through the SMS API. I hope this article is useful for those who want to send OTP SMS using ASP.NET C#.