Build a turn-based game with Amazon DynamoDB and Amazon SNS - UK telephone number problem.

Question

Hi all

I started doing the above lab and have came across an issue and I'm not sure if its me or this is a problem. Of this lab I'm on module 3 which is set up notifications, you need to copy a line of code, edit it to have your own country code and your own telephone number. This is the code -

echo "export PHONE_NUMBER=+15555555555" >> env.sh && source env.sh

I won't include my telephone number but being based in the UK mine looks something like this -

echo "export PHONE_NUMBER=+4407983655512" >> env.sh && source env.sh

I have also tried -

echo "export PHONE_NUMBER=+447983655512" >> env.sh && source env.sh

None of the above worked when you add the next line of code which is to send a message, the interface tells me "sent message successfully" but I haven't received anything. I'm thinking I may need to go back a few steps and change the region to one in the UK but I think that would be a stretch  otherwise it wouldn't be asking for the international code.

Hope someone can help

Thanks

Answer

It might be that your account is in the SMS sandbox for the region you're using, which means that you can only send messages to verified phone numbers.

When I tried the code from the lab, I also got "Sent message successfully" and no SMS message when using a region where my account is in the SMS sandbox. Once I either used a region where the account has production access or verified my phone number in the region, I received the message successfully.

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sns/latest/dg/sns-sms-sandbox.html

Build a turn-based game with Amazon DynamoDB and Amazon SNS - UK telephone number problem.

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