AdvancedSMSsend

This method sends one or more SMS messages to any number of recipients. This method is deprecated: use SendMessage instead.

Endpoint

POST:
https://messaging.esendex.us/Messaging.svc/AdvancedSMSsend

Syntax

AdvancedSMSsend(Request)

Request Parameters

Parameter Name	Description	Data Type	Required	Sample Value
Concatenate	Whether concatenation headers should be added to messages that were broken into fragments. (This is not supported by all devices.)	`Boolean`	False	True
IsUnicode	Whether the message should be sent using Unicode encoding (UCS-2). If true, the max message character count is 70.	`Boolean`	False	True
LicenseKey	Your license key.	`String`	True	00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
SMSRequests	One or more SMS requests.	Array of `SMSRequest` objects	True

Response

Returns: Array of SMSResponse objects

Code Samples

You can use any programming language you want with our API, as long as it can make a REST or SOAP call. Here are examples for some of the most common platforms.

// https://messaging.esendex.us/Messaging.svc?wsdl was added as a Service Reference and given the name WSDL

using WSDL;

var client = new MessagingClient(MessagingClient.EndpointConfiguration.mms2wsHttpBindingSecure);

var request = new SMSAdvancedRequest
{
    LicenseKey = YOUR_LICENSE_KEY,
    SMSRequests = new SMSRequest[] {
        new SMSRequest {
            AssignedDID = YOUR_FROM_NUMBER,
            Message = "This is a test message.",
            PhoneNumbers = new string[] { YOUR_TO_NUMBER }
        }
    }
};

var responses = await client.AdvancedSMSsendAsync(request);

foreach (var response in responses)
{
    Console.WriteLine(
        "Message ID: " + response.MessageID + Environment.NewLine +
        "Error: " + response.SMSError + Environment.NewLine);
}

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;

public final class SMSNotifyAdvanced {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception
    {
        String responseContent="";
        String response="";

        URL url = new URL("https://messaging.esendex.us/Messaging.svc/AdvancedSMSsend");
        HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();

        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder("<SMSAdvancedRequest xmlns=\"http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/SmsWS\">");
        sb.append("<Concatenate>true</Concatenate>");  // Optional.
        sb.append("<IsUnicode>true</IsUnicode>");  // Optional. If sb.append("<IsUnicode>true</IsUnicode>") max message character limit is 70.
        sb.append("<LicenseKey>YOUR LICENSE KEY</LicenseKey>");
        sb.append("<SMSRequests>");
        sb.append("<SMSRequest xmlns=\"https://messaging.esendex.us\">");
        sb.append("<AssignedDID>YOUR DID</AssignedDID>"); // Optional.
        sb.append("<Message>Test Message</Message>");
        sb.append("<PhoneNumbers>");
        sb.append("<string xmlns=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays\">17575559998</string>");
        sb.append("<string xmlns=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays\">17575559999</string>");
        sb.append("</PhoneNumbers>");
        sb.append("<ReferenceID>1234</ReferenceID>");
        sb.append("<ScheduledDateTime>2013-01-15T20:53:00Z</ScheduledDateTime>");
        sb.append("<StatusPostBackURL>http://www.postbackurl.com</StatusPostBackURL>"); // Optional.
        sb.append("</SMSRequest>");
        sb.append("</SMSRequests>");
        sb.append("</SMSAdvancedRequest>");

        connection.setRequestProperty("Content-Length", String.valueOf(sb.toString().length()));
        connection.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "text/xml");
        connection.setRequestProperty("Connection", "Close");
        connection.setRequestProperty("SoapAction", "");
        connection.setDoOutput(true);

        PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(connection.getOutputStream());
        pw.write(sb.toString());
        pw.flush();

        connection.connect();

        BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(connection.getInputStream()));

        while ((responseContent = in.readLine()) != null)
        {
            response += responseContent;
        }

        System.out.println(response);
    }
}

<?php

// Send SMS messages using SOAP client
// Send different messages to different numbers with one method.


$client = new SoapClient('https://messaging.esendex.us/Messaging.svc?wsdl');

$licenseKey = '(your license key here)';
$unicode = true;
$concat = true;

$PhoneNumbersArray1 = array('0123456789', '4567891230');
$PhoneNumbersArray2 = array('1234567890', '7652212120');

$Message1 = 'Hello World';
$Message2 = 'Goodbye World';

$RequestArray = array(
  array(
    'AssignedDID' => '',  // If you have a Dedicated Line, you would assign it here.
    'Message'=>$Message1,
    'PhoneNumbers'=>$PhoneNumbersArray1,
    'ReferenceID' => '',  // User defined reference, set a reference and use it with other SMS functions.
    // 'ScheduledDateTime' => '2010-05-06T16:06:00Z',  // This must be a UTC time. Only Necessary if you want the message to send at a later time.
    'StatusPostBackURL' => ''  // Your postback URL for responses.
  )
  , array(
    'AssignedDID' => '',
    'Message'=>$Message2,
    'PhoneNumbers'=>$PhoneNumbersArray2,
    'ReferenceID' => '',
    'ScheduledDateTime' => '2010-05-06T16:06:00Z',
    'StatusPostBackURL' => ''
  )
);

$request = new AdvancedCallRequestData($licenseKey, $RequestArray, $unicode, $concat);
// print_r($request);

$result = $client->AdvancedSMSsend($request);
print_r($result);

class AdvancedCallRequestData {
  public $AdvancedRequest;

  function AdvancedCallRequestData($licenseKey, $requests, $unicode, $concat) {
    $this->AdvancedRequest = array();
    $this->AdvancedRequest['Concatenate'] = $concat;
    $this->AdvancedRequest['IsUnicode'] = $unicode;
    $this->AdvancedRequest['LicenseKey'] = $licenseKey;
    $this->AdvancedRequest['SMSRequests'] = $requests;
  }
}

?>

<?php

// Request parameters in JSON format
$json = '{
  "Concatenate":"true", // Optional.
  "IsUnicode":"true", // Optional. If "IsUnicode":"true" max message character limit is 70.
  "LicenseKey":"LicenseKey",
  "SMSRequests":[{
  "AssignedDID":"",
  "Message":"Hello there",
  "PhoneNumbers":["PhoneNumber"],
  "ReferenceID":"",
  "ScheduledDateTime":"\/Date(1239018869048)\/",
  "StatusPostBackURL":""
}]
}';

// Method
$url = 'https://messaging.esendex.us/Messaging.svc/AdvancedSMSsend';

$cURL = curl_init();

curl_setopt($cURL, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($cURL, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($cURL, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $json);
curl_setopt($cURL, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);

curl_setopt($cURL, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('Content-Type: application/json', 'Accept: application/json'));
// If you desire your results in XML format, use the following line for your HTTP headers and comment out the HTTP headers code line above.
// curl_setopt($cURL, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('Content-Type: application/json'));

$result = curl_exec($cURL);
curl_close($cURL);

print_r($result)

?>

{
	"Concatenate": true,
	"IsUnicode": true,
	"LicenseKey": "1627aea5-8e0a-4371-9022-9b504344e724",
	"SMSRequests": [
		{
			"AssignedDID": "String content",
			"Message": "String content",
			"PhoneNumbers": [
				"String content"
			],
			"ReferenceID": "String content",
			"ScheduledDateTime": "\/Date(928164000000-0400)\/",
			"StatusPostBackURL": "String content"
		}
	]
}

[
	{
		"Cancelled": true,
		"MessageID": "1627aea5-8e0a-4371-9022-9b504344e724",
		"Queued": true,
		"ReferenceID": "String content",
		"SMSError": 0,
		"SMSIncomingMessages": [
			{
				"FromPhoneNumber": "String content",
				"IncomingMessageID": "1627aea5-8e0a-4371-9022-9b504344e724",
				"MatchedMessageID": "1627aea5-8e0a-4371-9022-9b504344e724",
				"Message": "String content",
				"ResponseReceiveDate": "\/Date(928164000000-0400)\/",
				"ToPhoneNumber": "String content"
			}
		],
		"Sent": true,
		"SentDateTime": "\/Date(928164000000-0400)\/"
	}
]

<SMSAdvancedRequest xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/SmsWS">
  <Concatenate>true</Concatenate>
  <IsUnicode>true</IsUnicode>
  <LicenseKey>1627aea5-8e0a-4371-9022-9b504344e724</LicenseKey>
  <SMSRequests>
    <SMSRequest xmlns="http://sms2.cdyne.com">
      <AssignedDID>String content</AssignedDID>
      <Message>String content</Message>
      <PhoneNumbers>
        <string xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">String content</string>
        <string xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">String content</string>
      </PhoneNumbers>
      <ReferenceID>String content</ReferenceID>
      <ScheduledDateTime>1999-05-31T11:20:00</ScheduledDateTime>
      <StatusPostBackURL>String content</StatusPostBackURL>
    </SMSRequest>
    <SMSRequest xmlns="http://sms2.cdyne.com">
      <AssignedDID>String content</AssignedDID>
      <Message>String content</Message>
      <PhoneNumbers>
        <string xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">String content</string>
        <string xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">String content</string>
      </PhoneNumbers>
      <ReferenceID>String content</ReferenceID>
      <ScheduledDateTime>1999-05-31T11:20:00</ScheduledDateTime>
      <StatusPostBackURL>String content</StatusPostBackURL>
    </SMSRequest>
  </SMSRequests>
</SMSAdvancedRequest>

<ArrayOfSMSResponse xmlns="http://sms2.cdyne.com">
  <SMSResponse>
    <Cancelled>true</Cancelled>
    <MessageID>1627aea5-8e0a-4371-9022-9b504344e724</MessageID>
    <Queued>true</Queued>
    <ReferenceID>String content</ReferenceID>
    <SMSError>NoError</SMSError>
    <SMSIncomingMessages>
      <SMSIncomingMessage>
        <FromPhoneNumber>String content</FromPhoneNumber>
        <IncomingMessageID>1627aea5-8e0a-4371-9022-9b504344e724</IncomingMessageID>
        <MatchedMessageID>1627aea5-8e0a-4371-9022-9b504344e724</MatchedMessageID>
        <Message>String content</Message>
        <ResponseReceiveDate>1999-05-31T11:20:00</ResponseReceiveDate>
        <ToPhoneNumber>String content</ToPhoneNumber>
      </SMSIncomingMessage>
      <SMSIncomingMessage>
        <FromPhoneNumber>String content</FromPhoneNumber>
        <IncomingMessageID>1627aea5-8e0a-4371-9022-9b504344e724</IncomingMessageID>
        <MatchedMessageID>1627aea5-8e0a-4371-9022-9b504344e724</MatchedMessageID>
        <Message>String content</Message>
        <ResponseReceiveDate>1999-05-31T11:20:00</ResponseReceiveDate>
        <ToPhoneNumber>String content</ToPhoneNumber>
      </SMSIncomingMessage>
    </SMSIncomingMessages>
    <Sent>true</Sent>
    <SentDateTime>1999-05-31T11:20:00</SentDateTime>
  </SMSResponse>
  <SMSResponse>
    <Cancelled>true</Cancelled>
    <MessageID>1627aea5-8e0a-4371-9022-9b504344e724</MessageID>
    <Queued>true</Queued>
    <ReferenceID>String content</ReferenceID>
    <SMSError>NoError</SMSError>
    <SMSIncomingMessages>
      <SMSIncomingMessage>
        <FromPhoneNumber>String content</FromPhoneNumber>
        <IncomingMessageID>1627aea5-8e0a-4371-9022-9b504344e724</IncomingMessageID>
        <MatchedMessageID>1627aea5-8e0a-4371-9022-9b504344e724</MatchedMessageID>
        <Message>String content</Message>
        <ResponseReceiveDate>1999-05-31T11:20:00</ResponseReceiveDate>
        <ToPhoneNumber>String content</ToPhoneNumber>
      </SMSIncomingMessage>
      <SMSIncomingMessage>
        <FromPhoneNumber>String content</FromPhoneNumber>
        <IncomingMessageID>1627aea5-8e0a-4371-9022-9b504344e724</IncomingMessageID>
        <MatchedMessageID>1627aea5-8e0a-4371-9022-9b504344e724</MatchedMessageID>
        <Message>String content</Message>
        <ResponseReceiveDate>1999-05-31T11:20:00</ResponseReceiveDate>
        <ToPhoneNumber>String content</ToPhoneNumber>
      </SMSIncomingMessage>
    </SMSIncomingMessages>
    <Sent>true</Sent>
    <SentDateTime>1999-05-31T11:20:00</SentDateTime>
  </SMSResponse>
</ArrayOfSMSResponse>