Send Message
Base URL:
POST: https://api.smsgatewayapi.com/v1/message/send
| Parameter | Input | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
| client_id | API client ID | Login and go to 'Advanced' - 'API authentication' to find the API keys | Required |
| client_secret | API client secret | Login and go to 'Advanced' - 'API authentication' to find the API keys | Required |
| message | message | the message to be sent | Required |
| to | destination number | the number(s) that will receive the message | Required |
| sender | sender | The number or name of the sender. A number can't be longer than 14 characters.A name can't be longer than 11 characters and can't contain special characters | Required |
| date | Date and time the message will be sent | Format: yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm. If not provided, the message will be sent as soon as possible | Optional |
| reference | custom reference | String of max. 255 characters | Optional |
| test | true/false | The system will check all parameters but will not send an SMS message (no credits/balance used). | Optional |
| subid | id of a subaccount | If specified, the message will be sent from the subaccount. | Optional |
<?php //PHP - cURL $ch = curl_init(); $url = "https://api.smsgatewayapi.com/v1/message/send"; $client_id = "XXX"; // Your API client ID (required) $client_secret = "YYY"; // Your API client secret (required) $data = [ 'message' => "Hello World", //Message (required) 'to' => "11231231234", //Receiver (required) 'sender' => "YourName" //Sender (required)
]; curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "$url"); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, true); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, [ "X-Client-Id: $client_id", "X-Client-Secret: $client_secret", "Content-Type: application/json", ]); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($data)); $response = curl_exec($ch); ?>
Example request single receiver:
{
"message": "Hello World",
"to": "{nr}",
"date":"2024-01-01 15:30",
"sender": "YourName"
}
Example response single receiver:
{
"messageid": "h2md1ewkyzjkuyn9ak7pryw1evtyw3x"
}
Example request multiple receivers:
{
"message": "Hello World",
"to": ["{nr1}", "{nr2}"],
"sender": "YourName"
}
Example response multiple receivers:
{
"messageids": [
"h2md1ewkyzjkuyn9ak7pryw1evtyw3x",
"678rjqhrjwg3r7t78te1yxfda9u3yt6"
]
}
Exceptions:
Our system processes the messages in UTF8 and generates this in GSM unicode.
There are 9 characters that are counted as 2 characters in GSM unicode.
If you use one of these characters in your message, your message will be longer.
Example: If you have a message of 160 characters and you used a €-characters then the message real length is 161 characters long
| Symbol | Name | Symbol | Name | Symbol | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| € | Euro symbol | \ | Backslash | } | Right brace |
| [ | Open bracket | ^ | Caret | ~ | Tilde |
| ] | Close bracket | { | Left brace | | | Vertical bar |
SMS API
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