The SMS Center is the central parsing control board for manual gateway automation. When a companion device forwards an SMS transaction notification, the server maps the message to the corresponding gateway by matching the Sender Pattern and extracting key fields using regular expressions.
Getting here
- Log in to the OwnPay admin dashboard
- Under the MOBILE & SMS section in the left sidebar, click SMS Center
Page sections
1. Parsing templates list
- GATEWAY: The targeted gateway slug (e.g.,
nagad-personal)
- SENDER PATTERN: The regex matching the sender’s identifier
- AMOUNT REGEX: Capture pattern for the transfer amount
- TRXID REGEX: Capture pattern for the unique Transaction ID
- PRIORITY: Execution priority order (1-999)
- STATUS: Active or Inactive
- ACTIONS: Edit or Delete templates
2. Create parsing template
- Gateway Dropdown: Link to one of your active manual gateways
- Sender Pattern: The sender’s ID
- Amount / Transaction ID / Sender Account Regex: Capture groups where group
(1) is extracted
3. Smart SMS Parser
A visual helper that allows you to paste a sample SMS and let the system suggest a regex template based on automated structural analysis.
4. AI Prompt Generator
Generates a structured prompt to copy-paste into an AI chat assistant (Gemini, ChatGPT, or Claude). The AI translates the message structure into a JSON parsing block.
5. Live Regex Tester
A testing sandbox where you can paste a sample SMS, enter a regex string, select the target field, and click Test Regex to check extraction matches in real time.
Fields and options reference
Step-by-step: creating a regex template manually
- Navigate to the SMS Center and click + New Template
- Select your manual Gateway (e.g.,
Nagad Personal)
- Set the Sender Pattern to match the sender ID
- Type the Amount Regex to capture the cash value
- Type the Transaction ID Regex to isolate the TrxID
- Click Create Template to save
Best practices
- Test all regex patterns in the Live Regex Tester before saving templates
- Set strict sender patterns to avoid cross-matching SMS alerts from general notification sources
- Do not forget that sender patterns are case-sensitive
- Do not include global flags (like
/g) inside the regex text boxes
When writing regex, ensure the expression is safe from ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service). Avoid nested quantifiers (e.g., (a+)+).
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