SMS API
SimpleSMSsend
This method sends an SMS message to one recipient. This method is deprecated: use SendMessage
instead.
Endpoint
GET:https://messaging.esendex.us/Messaging.svc/SimpleSMSsend?PhoneNumber={PHONENUMBER}&Message={MESSAGE}&LicenseKey={LICENSEKEY}
Syntax
SimpleSMSsend(PhoneNumber, Message, LicenseKey)
Request Parameters
Parameter Name | Description | Data Type | Required | Sample Value |
---|---|---|---|---|
PhoneNumber | Recipient number. | String | True | 7575550000 |
LicenseKey | Your license key. | GUID | True | 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 |
Message | Text content for the message. | String | True | This is a sample message. |
Response
Returns: SMSResponse
object
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.
C#
// 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 message = "Hello, this is a test.";
var response = await client.SimpleSMSsendAsync(YOUR_TO_NUMBER, message, YOUR_LICENSE_KEY);
Console.WriteLine(
"Message ID: " + response.MessageID + Environment.NewLine +
"Error: " + response.SMSError + Environment.NewLine);
Java
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.Properties;
import javax.xml.transform.OutputKeys;
import javax.xml.transform.Source;
import javax.xml.transform.Transformer;
import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory;
import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult;
import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamSource;
public final class SimpleSMSSend{
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
URL url = new URL("https://messaging.esendex.us/Messaging.svc/SimpleSMSsend?"
+ "PhoneNumber=17575559999"
+ "&Message=JAVA+Test"
+ "&LicenseKey=YOUR LICENSE KEY");
try {
InputStream in = url.openStream();
StreamSource source = new StreamSource(in);
printResult(source);
} catch (java.io.IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
private static void printResult(Source source) {
try {
ByteArrayOutputStream bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
StreamResult sr = new StreamResult(bos);
Transformer trans = TransformerFactory.newInstance().newTransformer();
Properties oprops = new Properties();
oprops.put(OutputKeys.OMIT_XML_DECLARATION, "yes");
trans.setOutputProperties(oprops);
trans.transform(source, sr);
System.out.println("**** Response ******");
System.out.println(bos.toString());
bos.close();
System.out.println();
} catch (Exception e) {
}
}
}
JSON Response
{
"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)\/"
}
PHP with cURL
<?php
// The following example was built using PHP 5.3.2 using cURL
$url = 'https://messaging.esendex.us/Messaging.svc/SimpleSMSsend?PhoneNumber=(To Phone Number)&Message=(Message)&LicenseKey=(Your License Key)';
$cURL = curl_init();
curl_setopt($cURL, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($cURL, CURLOPT_HTTPGET, true);
curl_setopt($cURL, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('Content-Type: application/json', 'Accept: application/json'));
$result = curl_exec($cURL);
curl_close($cURL);
print_r($result);
?>
XML Response
<SMSResponse xmlns="http://sms2.cdyne.com">
<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>
Let’s start sending, together.