efax¶ ↑

Ruby library for accessing the eFax Developer service (www.efaxdeveloper.com).

Strange class names and their attribute names come from “eFax Developer Universal User Guide for Outbound Processing” document. You can get it on eFax Developer pages or on Scribd (www.scribd.com/doc/5382394/eFax-Developer-Universal-User-Guide-Outbound).

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)

The response object has the following attributes:

response.status_code
response.doc_id           # unique identifier of your request
response.error_level
response.error_message

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