GetAvailableAreaCodes

This method retrieves all the area codes that are available for incoming numbers. You can search for area codes when using the GetAvailableIncomingNumbers method.

Syntax

GetAvailableAreaCodes()

Request Parameters

This method has no request parameters.

Response

Returns: Array of AreaCode objects

Description: A list of available area codes.

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#
• Java
• Python
• GET Request
• POST Request
• SOAP 1.1 Request
• SOAP 1.1 Response
• SOAP 1.2 Request
• SOAP 1.2 Response
• XML Response

C#

/* https://ws.esendex.us/notifyws/phonenotify.asmx?wsdl was added as a Service Reference and given the name WSDL */

using WSDL;

var client = new PhoneNotifySoapClient(PhoneNotifySoapClient.EndpointConfiguration.PhoneNotifySoap);
var areaCodes = await client.GetAvailableAreaCodesAsync();

Console.WriteLine(areaCodes.Length + " area codes are available.");

foreach (var areaCode in areaCodes)
{
    Console.WriteLine(areaCode.AreaCodeNumber + " " + areaCode.Location);
}

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 GetAvailableAreaCodes {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            URL url = new URL("https://ws.esendex.us/NotifyWS/PhoneNotify.asmx/GetAvailableAreaCodes");
            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) {
        }
    }
}

Python

import zeep

client = zeep.Client(wsdl="https://ws.esendex.us/notifyws/phonenotify.asmx?wsdl")

result = client.service.GetAvailableAreaCodes()

print(result)

GET Request

GET /NotifyWS/PhoneNotify.asmx/GetAvailableAreaCodes? HTTP/1.1
Host: ws.esendex.us

POST Request

POST /NotifyWS/PhoneNotify.asmx/GetAvailableAreaCodes HTTP/1.1
Host: ws.esendex.us
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: length

SOAP 1.1 Request

POST /NotifyWS/PhoneNotify.asmx HTTP/1.1
Host: ws.esendex.us
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length
SOAPAction: "https://ws.esendex.us/NotifyWS/GetAvailableAreaCodes"

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body>
    <GetAvailableAreaCodes xmlns="https://ws.esendex.us/NotifyWS/" />
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

SOAP 1.1 Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body>
    <GetAvailableAreaCodesResponse xmlns="https://ws.esendex.us/NotifyWS/">
      <GetAvailableAreaCodesResult>
        <AreaCode>
          <AreaCodeNumber>string</AreaCodeNumber>
          <Location>string</Location>
        </AreaCode>
        <AreaCode>
          <AreaCodeNumber>string</AreaCodeNumber>
          <Location>string</Location>
        </AreaCode>
      </GetAvailableAreaCodesResult>
    </GetAvailableAreaCodesResponse>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

SOAP 1.2 Request

POST /NotifyWS/PhoneNotify.asmx HTTP/1.1
Host: ws.esendex.us
Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap12="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
  <soap12:Body>
    <GetAvailableAreaCodes xmlns="https://ws.esendex.us/NotifyWS/" />
  </soap12:Body>
</soap12:Envelope>

SOAP 1.2 Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap12="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
  <soap12:Body>
    <GetAvailableAreaCodesResponse xmlns="https://ws.esendex.us/NotifyWS/">
      <GetAvailableAreaCodesResult>
        <AreaCode>
          <AreaCodeNumber>string</AreaCodeNumber>
          <Location>string</Location>
        </AreaCode>
        <AreaCode>
          <AreaCodeNumber>string</AreaCodeNumber>
          <Location>string</Location>
        </AreaCode>
      </GetAvailableAreaCodesResult>
    </GetAvailableAreaCodesResponse>
  </soap12:Body>
</soap12:Envelope>

XML Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ArrayOfAreaCode xmlns="https://ws.esendex.us/NotifyWS/">
  <AreaCode>
    <AreaCodeNumber>string</AreaCodeNumber>
    <Location>string</Location>
  </AreaCode>
  <AreaCode>
    <AreaCodeNumber>string</AreaCodeNumber>
    <Location>string</Location>
  </AreaCode>
</ArrayOfAreaCode>