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Copy Paste HTML Code Phone Verification by OnVerify.com

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Dear Friends,

We listen to our customers, last month we got a special request from our customers. The request was a copy paste html code to be inserted to an html page to work together with a phone verification. The HTML code required to do phone verification without any code on the server side.

At first this looked not a normal request; till now, what we learnt in the Phone Verification market is that, you need to integrate with custom coding over HTTP or SOAP APIs, this is totally an upside down feature.

Later, during our meetings with sales and tech team, we figured out that it’s possible and very good feature indeed for several Internet users who only know of some html knowledge, but they are developing content and fetching information from their customers/users.

So, we have a solid solution with HTML and Javascript technologies. There is no single code needed to integrate or there is no single change need in your standard form processing. This solution stops the current form from submission, and starts a phone verification according to your set up.

Let me explain the steps required to use Copy Paste HTML Code Phone Verification:

  1. You need to open a free account at OnVerify.com
  2. You will have a default Phone Verification template. You can edit it from Templates menu item.
  3. Go to Developers, than Copy Paste HTML Code menu item
  4. Add your site to the list. This is an important step as we must know where you put html code
  5. Then customize your form according to your needs. We need to know form name and phone number field name in the form.
  6. Then get the generated code and paste it to your html page, just before </body> tag.

Viola! You have a phone verification feature, which is powerful solution to captcha, and a real captcha alternative.

Drop me your comments, ideas to here or [email protected]. I’ll be happy to see them, and answer them. If you have a new feature idea, please do share; we are here to provide you the best solution in Phone Verification market.

How to Send SMS from your website using OnVerify.com

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SMS, which is abbreviation of Short Message service, is the most commonly used feature of a mobile phone after the phone call. Although it’s limited to 160 characters, sending an sms text is very popular in several cases like;

  • A phone call is not possible
  • A phone call will cost more than sending an sms message
  • It’s more fun to send sms text rather than talking at that time.

There are just a few samples for individuals use sms text to communicate.

But if you own a web site, adding an sms service to your site, can be cool, and cutting edge. Also adds another form of communication with your customers, and your web site.

Some of the examples of sms service at your web site can be listed, but not limited to:

  • Customer Verification with SMS message
  • Notification of special events/products/discounts via SMS text
  • Notification to your self about some cases at your web site
  • SMS Text Marketing of your opt-in lists (You cannot just send sms to any number without a prior approval)

Samples continue.

There are several sms service providers in Internet world. But at OnVerify.com, we provide the easiest solution with standard features, at a competitive price. You don’t need to write long sms software to send sms text from your web site.

Firstly you need to open a free account at OnVerify.com. It’s free, gives you $0.25 credit when you complete Phone Verification process automatically. Then get your userid and apipass from documentation or profile page, and paste the code below in your favorite php editor:

$f = file(“http://www.onverify.com/sms.php?userid=youruserid&apipass=apipass&msg=test&number=number”);

That single line of code will initiate a sms text sending from your web site easily. Let me explain the parameters:

userid=youruserid, this is the userid you get from onverify.com,  we need to recognize you

apipass=yourapipass, this is the api password you get from onverify.com to authenticate you

msg=test, this is the text message we will send to the mobile number. remember to urlencode your message before feeding it to here.

number=number, this is the number we will send sms text message to. It must be in international numbering format; country code + area code + number (like 18581234567)

On return, you’ll have a single line. Which is a numeric code, that you may want to check.

switch($f[0]) {
case “2”:
echo “username or password is wrong”;
break;
case “3”:
echo “balance is not enough”;
break;
case “4”:
echo “number wrong”;
break;
case “6”:
echo “ip restriction”;
break;
case “7”:
echo “dublicate vid”;
break;
default:
if ($f[0]>100) echo “sms is queued”;
}

Let me explain. At first step we send to request to OnVerify.com’s sms service. We get a numeric code from that page, which can be 2,3,4,6,7 or >100.  each meaning something.

2: username or apipass is wrong. please re check and compare them with OnVerify.com

3: balance is not enough. OnVerify.com works from positive balance. But don’t worry during the tests and integrations. Just drop us an e-mail to [email protected]. Ask for more credits, and explain your project. We are more than happy to help

4. number wrong. Yes it must be in international format. Which is country code + area code + number

6. restricted ip. You can limit the server’s ip that the calls with be initiated from

7. dublicate vid. This is used for callback firing. At the end of sms sending we fire a callback to your system explaning the status of the sms. (sent, unsent, cost, etc)

Sending a SMS text is asynchronous at onverify.com. Which means, when you initiate a sms sending, OnVerify.com will return you immediately if this call is accepted or not. Later, it will notify you with sending a request to the callback url that you set at sms text message initiation step.

In this article, I tried to show how easy it’s to send sms text message to any phone using OnVerify.com’s services.  In order to send sms text, you dont need to setup/develop big sms software, just use the sms service feature of OnVerify.com

How to add Phone Verification to your website with OnVerify.com’s Services

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Adding a phone verification to your web site consists of following steps:

  1. Display form to get number
  2. Get number, generate pin code
  3. Initiate verification call over OnVerify.com
  4. Display Form to validate announced pin
  5. If entered pin is right, mark verification completed
  6. If entered pin is wrong, ask pin again

Display Form to Get Number

Here is a simple form to get number:

<form method=”post”>
<input type=”hidden” name=”a” value=”call”>
<input type=”text” name=”number”> (must be in international format ie 18581234567 (country code+areacode+number)
<input type=”submit” name=”verify” value=”verify”>
</form>
Get Number, Generate Pin (PHP)
$number = $_POST[number];
if ($number) {
$pin = sprintf(“%s%s%s%s”, rand(1,9), rand(1,9), rand(1,9),rand(1,9));
$_SESSION[pincheck] = $pin;
}
Initiate Verification
youruserid and apipass is provided in your account when you logged in to OnVerify.com. yourtemplateid is listed under Templates tab. You can change the flow of the call from OnVerify.com
$f = file(“http://www.onverify.com/call.php?userid=youruserid&apipass=yourapipass&pin={$pin}&template_id=yourtemplateid&number={$number}”);

Display Form to Get Announced Pin

a verification call is on the way, please enter the pin announced on the phone here to complete

<form method=post>

<input type=hidden name=a value=getpin>

<input type=hidden name=a value=getpin>

<input type=text name=pin>

<input type=submit name=verify>

</form>

Check Entered Pin

if ($_POST[pin]==$_SESSION[pincheck])  {

echo “all ok. continue with other processing<br>”;

}

else echo “wrong pin<br>”; // redisplay pin entrance form

Integration of OnVerify.com’s Phone Verification is simple and straightforward. You can open a free account at OnVerify.com to see it in action and to test. A real-time automated demo is located here.

Download complete sample phone verification code

One Time Password with Phone Verification by OnVerify.com

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Today, I want to discuss One Time Password solution with Phone Verification, definition, benefits and how to implement it with OnVerify.com.

One Time Password is a password that’s valid only for the current session or transaction, by it’s definition. So, rather than asking the same password, your customer needs to enter a password that can be used only once and specific to the transaction he wants to conduct. It helps to solve a couple of problems like

  1. Stolen Password
  2. Forgetten Password
  3. Brute Force Attacks

One Time Password adds another security level to the transaction.

On the implementation side, you need to provide One Time Passwords to your customers before they want to do a transaction. One of the solutions is to sending a token generating small device to your customer. But this brings delivery issues with itself, and it’s not immediate.

Another solution is sending the One Time Password via SMS (short text message) to the mobile number on file. OnVerify.com provides worldwide delivery of SMS. It’s suitable if you have the mobile number of the customer. This method has got a high security property. You don’t need to send a device to your customer. It’s immediate. But this method won’t work if you do not have the mobile phone number of the customer.

A %100 working solution would be sending the One Time Password via an automated Phone Verification call. The password is generated on the fly, that’s bound to specific transaction. When your customer wants to login your services, an Automated Phone Verification will be initiated to the phone number on file. When customer picks up the phone, he will hear the password as voice. He needs to enter the password on your system to access and complete a transaction.

For more information how to setup One Time Password with Phone Verification please contact us or send us an email to [email protected]

Eliminate Fraud with Phone Verification

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Let’s face it: If you re doing business online, your business is open 24 hours a day.  It’s still reachable at 3am when you are not watching it.

Another fact is that there are several fraudsters out there trying to order with stolen card, trying to access unauthorized accounts. And they do that this way or that way.

One another thing is that, while you try to reach real customers, you may find out that a fraudster filled several records in your database.

I can extend the samples a lot, but the main point is, you need to identify “good” and “bad”. Yes, by your business experience you can do till a certain point. But there are so many user profiles out there that you cannot identify only by your experience.

OnVerify.com here helps you and provides an automated way to distinguish “good” and “bad” with automated phone verifications.

For example, you are accepting free sign-ups for lead generation, a classical flow is:

  1. Display the offer
  2. Ask the customer’s details
  3. Record Details
  4. Send a welcome e-mail

OnVerify.com’s phone verification system can be placed in between 2 and 3; ask the customer to verify himself, easily, with an automated phone call.(It’s easier than sending an e-mail). So your new flow will be

  1. Display offer
  2. Ask the customer’s details
  3. Initiate a verification via OnVerify.com
  4. Ask announced pin
  5. RecordDetails
  6. Send a welcome e-mail

Adding an automated phone verification usually takes 2 hours to 2 days. There will be no setup or monthly fee, you will be charged only for the answered calls. See a live demo at http://www.onverify.com/a/demo