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How do I send an SMS using Apifonica?

Briefly, you make an HTTP request and specify several parameters in this request.

At least one of the sender’s and recipient’s numbers should be rented at Apifonica.

For more detailed information, please refer to Messaging API Reference.

What is the character limit for SMS text messages?

Max 160 Latin characters or 70 Unicode characters.

If you include any non GSM-7 characters in your message body, we will automatically fall back to UCS-2 encoding (which will limit message bodies to 70 characters each). Additionally, Apifonica prepends a User Data Header of 6 Bytes (this instructs the receiving device on how to assemble messages), leaving 153 GSM-7 characters or 67 UCS-2 characters for your message.

Does Apifonica support Unicode SMS messages?

Yes, Apifonica supports Unicode text messages.

Does Apifonica support long SMS concatenation?

Yes, long SMS are concatenated into one message.

How can I handle delivery reports for SMS messages?

You can check statuses of the sent messages by means of Apifonica API.

For more detailed information on messaging, please refer to Messaging Quickstart guide.

What happens to an SMS message when I send it?

Read out possible SMS statuses.

How and when do I get charged for the text messages I send?

You get charged for the sent message when it gets the sent status.

The possible messages statuses are described here.

What countries does Apifonica support for SMS?

You can always find if the country is supported in your personal account when you Download the price list with our routes.

If you have not found the mobile number for the country you need, please leave your request. We will certainly consider adding mobile numbers for the requested country and offer you the option that best suits your needs.

How is an incoming message delivered to my application?

Please read here how to receive incoming SMS messages.

Does Apifonica support alphanumeric SenderID?

Yes, you can request it in your personal account or write support@apifonica.com.

How can I check if all my messages are delivered ?

You can check statuses of the sent messages by means of Apifonica API.

To get the message history, just make a single HTTP request . To check the status of the specific message, get the details via this request .

Does Apifonica support MMS ?

At the moment, Apifonica supports only text(SMS) messages.

What do the message statuses mean?

The following are the possible statuses of a message (the first four status values are consecutive):
  • Queued—Message is going to be sent.
  • Sent—Message was sent.
  • Received—Message was received by your Apifonica number.Works only for inbound messages.
  • Delivered—Message was delivered to therecipient.
  • Failed—Message was not delivered to the & nbsp recipient.If this happens, an error message is included in Apifonica request.

Can I receive SMS with my Apifonica number ?

Yes.

International support for alphanumeric sender id

COUNTRYALPHA SUPPORTPRE-REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT
Afghanistan No 
AlbaniaYesNo
AlgeriaNo 
AndorraYes No
AngolaYesNo
AnguillaYesNo
Antigua & Barbuda YesNo
ArgentinaNo 
ArmeniaYesNo
ArubaYes No
AustraliaYesNo
AustriaYesNo
AzerbaijanNo  
BahamasYesNo
BahrainYesNo
BangladeshNo  
BarbadosYesNo
BelarusYesRequired
BelgiumNo  
BelizeYesNo
BeninYesNo
BermudaYes No
BhutanYesNo
BoliviaYesNo
Bosnia & Herzegovina YesNo
BotswanaYesNo
BrazilNo 
Brunei Darussalam YesNo
BulgariaYesNo
Burkina FasoYesNo
Burundi YesNo
CambodiaYesNo
CameroonYesNo
CanadaNo  
Cape VerdeYesNo
Cayman IslandsNo 
Central African RepublicYesNo
ChadYesNo
ChileNo 
China* No 
ColombiaNo 
ComorosYesNo
CongoNo  
Congo D.R.No 
Cook IslandsYesNo
Costa Rica No 
CroatiaNo 
CubaYesRequired
Cyprus YesNo
Czech RepublicYesRequired*
DenmarkYesNo
Diego Garcia No 
DjiboutiYesNo
DominicaYesNo
Dominican Republic No 
EcuadorNo 
EgyptYes 
El Salvador No 
Equatorial GuineaYes No
EstoniaYesNo
Falkland IslandsYesNo
Faroe Islands YesNo
FijiYesNo
FinlandYesNo
FranceYesNo
French GuianaNo 
French PolynesiaYesNo
GabonYes No
GambiaYesNo
Georgia YesNo
GermanyYesNo
GhanaNo 
Gibraltar YesNo
GreeceYesNo
GreenlandYesNo
GrenadaYes No
GuadeloupeYesNo
GuamNo 
GuatemalaNo  
GuernseyYesNo
GuineaYesNo
Guinea-BissauYes No
GuyanaYesNo
Haiti YesNo
HondurasNo 
Hong KongYesNo
Hungary No 
IcelandYesNo
IndiaYesRequired
Indonesia YesRequired
IranNo 
IraqNo 
Ireland YesNo
Isle of ManYesNo
IsraelYesNo
ItalyYes No
Cote dIvoireYesNo
JamaicaYesNo
JapanYes (except for KDDI) 
JerseyYesNo
JordanYesRequired
Kazakhstan No 
KenyaNo 
KuwaitNo 
Kyrgyzstan No 
Laos PDRNo 
LatviaYesNo
LebanonYes No
LesothoYesNo
LiberiaYesNo
LibyaYesNo
LiechtensteinYesNo
LithuaniaYesNo
LuxembourgYes No
MacauYesNo
MacedoniaYesNo
MadagascarYes No
MalawiYesNo
MalaysiaNo 
MaldivesYes No
MaliNo 
Malta YesNo
MartiniqueYesNo
MauritaniaYesNo
Mauritius YesNo
MayotteYesNo
MexicoNo 
Moldova YesNo
MonacoNo 
MongoliaYesNo
MontenegroYes No
MontserratYesNo
MoroccoNo 
MozambiqueNo  
MyanmarNo 
NamibiaNo 
NauruNo  
NepalNo 
NetherlandsYesNo
Netherlands Antilles YesNo
New CaledoniaYesNo
New ZealandNo 
Nicaragua No 
NigerYesNo
NigeriaYesRequired
Norfolk IslandYesNo
NorwayYesNo
OmanYesRequired
Pakistan No 
Palestinian TerritoryYes only for Jawwal PalestineRequired  
Panama No 
Papua New GuineaYes No
ParaguayYesNo
Peru NoNo
PhilippinesYesRequired
PolandYesNo
Portugal YesNo
Puerto RicoNo 
QatarNo 
Reunion YesNo
RomaniaNo 
RussiaYesRequired
RwandaYes No
SamoaYesNo
San MarinoYesNo
Sao Tome & Principe YesNo
Saudi ArabiaYes Required 
SenegalYesNo
SerbiaYesNo
SeychellesYes No
Sierra LeoneYesNo
SingaporeYesNo
Slovakia YesNo
SloveniaYesNo
Solomon IslandsYesNo
Somalia YesNo
South AfricaNo 
South KoreaNo 
South Sudan YesNo
SpainYesNo
Sri LankaNo 
St Kitts & NevisYesNo
St LuciaYesNo
St Vincent & the GrenadinesYesNo
SudanYesNo
Suriname YesNo
SwazilandYesNo
SwedenYesNo
Switzerland YesNo
SyriaNo 
TaiwanNo 
Tajikistan YesNo
TanzaniaYesNo
ThailandYesYes
Timor-Leste YesNo
TogoYesNo
TongaYesNo
Trinidad & Tobago YesNo
TunisiaYesNo
TurkeyYesRequired
Turkmenistan YesNo
Turks & Caicos IslandsYes No
UgandaYesNo
UkraineYesNo
United Arab Emirates YesRequired
United KingdomYesNo
United StatesNo 
Uruguay No 
UzbekistanYesNo
VanuatuYesNo
Venezuela No 
VietnamNo 
Virgin Islands BritishYesNo
YemenYesNo
ZambiaYes No
ZimbabweYesNo