Messaging

The SMS API supports the following:

Note:

As new DLT restrictions effective from Jan 31, we are suggesting to use the Template API for avoiding delivery issues related to DLT, Goto Template API

HTTP Methods

POST - When you send a POST request with the end user’s phone number to the messaging subresource, We sends the SMS message you specify.

GET - You can retrieve the results of the message you sent using the GET method. You do this by sending a GET request containing the reference id for the message you sent. We return a response message in the form of a JSON object in the entity body.

Services

Types of services and their values are listed below:

• T - Transactional Messaging.
• P - Promotional Messaging.
• S - Transcrub Messaging.
• G - Global Messaging

Country code is mandatory to be included in the to paramenter for global messaging and optional for indian numbers. If country code not found, default 91 will get appended to mobile number.

Before you start sending transactional SMS through this API, please test whether your content is matching a template which has been pre approved. Otherwise, the SMS will end up being rejected.

Send SMS

API Endpoint

https://portal.mobtexting.com/api/v2/

POST

{endpoint}sms/send

MANDATORY PARAMETERS

Name	Descriptions
to	Phone number to send with country prefix. (multiple numbers can be separated by comma.)
message	The content of the SMS
sender	The registered and approved Sender-id
service	Determines whether the SMS to be sent is Transactional, Promotional or other.

OPTIONAL PARAMETERS

Name	Descriptions
entity_id	Principal Entityid registered in DLT portal (applicable for indian routes only)
template_id	TemplateId registered in DLT portal (applicable for indian routes only)
webhook_id	The id of the webhook created in Webhook Section for which the SMS response to be sent after delivery report from operator. read more
time	Schedule time (in format i.e,yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss) at which the SMS has to be sent.
type	The SMS to be sent is Unicode, Normal or Auto detect. (value “U”, “N” or “A”)
flash	This parameter can be used to send flash sms via API ( Values 1 or 0.)
custom	Your own unique_id parameters
custom1	Any customised parameter
port	Port number to which SMS has to be delivered

Example Request

curl -X POST '{endpoint}sms/send' \
    -H 'Accept: application/json' \
    -H 'Authorization: Bearer 38e896f55670311982434e929559bxxxx' \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
    -d 'sender=TXTSMS' \
    -d 'to=917026267xxx' \
    -d 'service=T' \
    -d 'message=Your OTP is 123456'

Example Response

{
  "status": 200,
  "message": "1 numbers accepted for delivery.",
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "b34e35ad-fe34-4a8b-977c-b21cd76cd7d6:1",
      "mobile": "918921269xxx",
      "status": "AWAITING-DLR",
      "units": 1,
      "length": 7,
      "charges": 1,
      "customid": "",
      "customid1": "",
      "iso_code": null,
      "submitted_at": "2018-07-09 16:27:35"
    }
  ]
}