diff --git a/cmd/sendsms/go.mod b/cmd/sendsms/go.mod
index f81d747..3a5a029 100644
--- a/cmd/sendsms/go.mod
+++ b/cmd/sendsms/go.mod
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 module example.com/sendsms
 
-go 1.24.4
+go 1.24.6
 
-require github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1
+require (
+	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1
+	github.com/therootcompany/golib/http/androidsmsgateway v0.0.0-20260223054429-c8f26aca7c6d
+)
diff --git a/cmd/sendsms/go.sum b/cmd/sendsms/go.sum
index d61b19e..5263b69 100644
--- a/cmd/sendsms/go.sum
+++ b/cmd/sendsms/go.sum
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1 h1:7eLL/+HRGLY0ldzfGMeQkb7vMd0as4CfYvUVzLqw0N0=
 github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1/go.mod h1:f4LDr5Voq0i2e/R5DDNOoa2zzDfwtkZa6DnEwAbqwq4=
+github.com/therootcompany/golib/http/androidsmsgateway v0.0.0-20260223054429-c8f26aca7c6d h1:jKf9QQUiGAHsrjkfpoo4FTQnFJu4UkDkPreZLll7tdE=
+github.com/therootcompany/golib/http/androidsmsgateway v0.0.0-20260223054429-c8f26aca7c6d/go.mod h1:2O9+uXPc1VAJvveK9eqm9X4e4pTJmFWV6vtJa3sI/CA=
diff --git a/cmd/sendsms/sendsms.go b/cmd/sendsms/main.go
similarity index 97%
rename from cmd/sendsms/sendsms.go
rename to cmd/sendsms/main.go
index eee91cc..682a8f9 100644
--- a/cmd/sendsms/sendsms.go
+++ b/cmd/sendsms/main.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/joho/godotenv"
+	"github.com/therootcompany/golib/http/androidsmsgateway"
 )
 
 type SMSSender interface {
@@ -31,16 +32,6 @@ type SMSMessage struct {
 	Text     string
 }
 
-type TextMessage struct {
-	Text string `json:"text"`
-}
-
-type Payload struct {
-	TextMessage  TextMessage `json:"textMessage"`
-	PhoneNumbers []string    `json:"phoneNumbers"`
-	Priority     int         `json:"priority,omitempty"`
-}
-
 var ErrInvalidClockFormat = fmt.Errorf("invalid clock time, ex: '06:00 PM', '6pm', or '18:00' (space and case insensitive)")
 var ErrInvalidClockTime = fmt.Errorf("invalid hour or minute, for example '27:63 p' would not be valid")
 var ErrPhoneEmpty = fmt.Errorf("no phone number")
@@ -90,11 +81,11 @@ func main() {
 	_ = godotenv.Load("./.env")
 
 	// note: we could also use twilio, or whatever
-	var sender SMSSender = &SMSGatewayForAndroid{
-		baseURL:  os.Getenv("SMSGW_BASEURL"),
-		username: os.Getenv("SMSGW_USERNAME"),
-		password: os.Getenv("SMSGW_PASSWORD"),
-	}
+	var sender SMSSender = androidsmsgateway.New(
+		os.Getenv("SMSGW_BASEURL"),
+		os.Getenv("SMSGW_USERNAME"),
+		os.Getenv("SMSGW_PASSWORD"),
+	)
 	if os.Getenv("SMSGW_BASEURL") == "" {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "\n%sError%s: SMSGW_BASEURL is not set\n", textErr, textReset)
 		os.Exit(1)
diff --git a/cmd/sendsms/smsgatewayforandroid.go b/http/androidsmsgateway/androidsmsgateway.go
similarity index 57%
rename from cmd/sendsms/smsgatewayforandroid.go
rename to http/androidsmsgateway/androidsmsgateway.go
index 046f8bf..87f2979 100644
--- a/cmd/sendsms/smsgatewayforandroid.go
+++ b/http/androidsmsgateway/androidsmsgateway.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package main
+package androidsmsgateway
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
@@ -9,24 +9,36 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
-type SMSGatewayForAndroid struct {
+type AndroidSMSGateway struct {
 	baseURL  string
 	username string
 	password string
 }
 
-func New(baseURL, username, password string) *SMSGatewayForAndroid {
-	return &SMSGatewayForAndroid{
+func New(baseURL, username, password string) *AndroidSMSGateway {
+	return &AndroidSMSGateway{
 		baseURL:  baseURL,
 		username: username,
 		password: password,
 	}
 }
 
-func (s *SMSGatewayForAndroid) CurlString(number, message string) string {
+type MessagePayload struct {
+	TextMessage struct {
+		Text string `json:"text"`
+	} `json:"textMessage"`
+	PhoneNumbers []string `json:"phoneNumbers"`
+	Priority     int      `json:"priority,omitempty"`
+}
+
+func (s *AndroidSMSGateway) CurlString(number, message string) string {
 	url := s.baseURL + "/messages"
-	payload := Payload{
-		TextMessage:  TextMessage{Text: message},
+	payload := MessagePayload{
+		TextMessage: struct {
+			Text string `json:"text"`
+		}{
+			Text: message,
+		},
 		PhoneNumbers: []string{number},
 		Priority:     65,
 	}
@@ -42,15 +54,19 @@ func (s *SMSGatewayForAndroid) CurlString(number, message string) string {
 		"   --data-binary '" + escapedBody + "'"
 }
 
-func (s *SMSGatewayForAndroid) Send(number, message string) error {
+func (s *AndroidSMSGateway) Send(number, message string) error {
 	number = cleanPhoneNumber(number)
 	if len(number) == 0 {
 		panic(fmt.Errorf("non-sanitized number '%s'", number))
 	}
 
 	url := s.baseURL + "/messages"
-	payload := Payload{
-		TextMessage:  TextMessage{Text: message},
+	payload := MessagePayload{
+		TextMessage: struct {
+			Text string `json:"text"`
+		}{
+			Text: message,
+		},
 		PhoneNumbers: []string{number},
 		Priority:     65,
 	}
@@ -75,10 +91,22 @@ func (s *SMSGatewayForAndroid) Send(number, message string) error {
 
 	if resp.StatusCode < 200 || resp.StatusCode >= 300 {
 		body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed sending message to '%s': %d %s\n",
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed sending message to '%s': %d %s",
 			number, resp.StatusCode, string(body),
 		)
 	}
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+// we're not just skipping symbols,
+// we're also eliminating non-printing characters copied from HTML and such
+func cleanPhoneNumber(raw string) string {
+	var cleaned strings.Builder
+	for i, char := range raw {
+		if (i == 0 && char == '+') || (char >= '0' && char <= '9') {
+			cleaned.WriteRune(char)
+		}
+	}
+	return cleaned.String()
+}
diff --git a/http/androidsmsgateway/go.mod b/http/androidsmsgateway/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7bd44b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/http/androidsmsgateway/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module github.com/therootcompany/golib/http/androidsmsgateway
+
+go 1.24.6