API documentation

Seamlessly integrate with our comprehensive but simple SMS API code.

Once you’ve registered for an account, and we have provided your username and password, check out our example code below to quickly and efficiently integrate our SMS API within your software or application.

Easily integrate with our API.

To quickly test single or basic multiple messages via our API when using a user name and password, choose to generate either a GET or POST request, then simply change the fields below highlighted in red to your relevant information.

Or, for those that wish to integrate or test using an API-key, please click the button below to view the example code when programming for our API-key.

api-key docs

https://faretext-api.co.uk:9443/api?action=sendmessage&username=USERNAME&password=PASSWORD&recipient=447xxxxxxxxx&originator=SENDERID
&messagedata=MESSAGE
https://faretext-api.co.uk:9443/api?action=sendmessage&username=USERNAME&password=PASSWORD&originator=SENDERID&recipient=447xxxxxxxxx;
447xxxxxxxxx&messagedata=MESSAGE
<form action=https://faretext-api.co.uk:9443/api method=post><br>
action: <input type=text name=action value=sendmessage><br>
username: <input type=text name=username value=USERNAME><br>
password: <input type=text name=password value=PASSWORD><br>
originator: <input type=text name=originator value=SENDERID><br>
recipient: <input type=text name=recipient value=447xxxxxxxxx><br>
messagedata: <input type=text name=messagedata value=’MESSAGE‘><br>
<input type=submit value=OK>
</form>
<form action=https://faretext-api.co.uk:9443/api method=post><br>
action: <input type=text name=action value=sendmessage><br>
username: <input type=text name=username value=USERNAME><br>
password: <input type=text name=password value=PASSWORD><br>
originator: <input type=text name=originator value=SENDERID><br>
recipient: <input type=text name=recipient value=447xxxxxxxxx;447xxxxxxxxx><br>
messagedata: <input type=text name=messagedata value=’MESSAGE’><br>
<input type=submit value=OK>
</form>

Our SMS API is multilingual.

For simple but effective integration, identify your preferred programming language in the list below and expand. Choose between a GET or POST request. Copy the example code, replacing the required fields with your account credentials and personalised message details, then paste directly into your software, application or website to test.

Mandatory and optional parameters can be viewed by clicking the ‘show parameters’ button.

ASP

GET
POST

<%
      address = "https://faretext-api.co.uk:9443/api?action=sendmessage"
      username = "your_username"
      password = "your_password"
      originator = "your_originator/senderid"
      messagedata = "Hello this is a test from Faretext"
      messagedata = Server.urlencode(messagedata)
      recipient = "telephone_number"
      url = address & "&username=" & username & "&password=" & password & "&originator=" & originator & "&messagedata=" & messagedata & "&recipient=" & recipient
      set xmlhttp = CreateObject("MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP")
      xmlhttp.open "GET", url, false
      xmlhttp.send ""
      msg = xmlhttp.responseText
      response.write(msg)
      set xmlhttp = nothing
%>

<%
      address = "https://faretext-api.co.uk:9443/api?action=sendmessage"
      username = "your_username"
      password = "your_password"
      originator = "your_originator/senderid"
      messagedata = "Hello this is a test from Faretext"
      messagedata = Server.urlencode(messagedata)
      recipient = "telephone_number"
      url = address & "&username=" & username & "&password=" & password & "&originator=" & originator & "&messagedata=" & messagedata & "&recipient=" & recipient
      set xmlhttp = CreateObject("MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP")
      xmlhttp.open "POST", url, false
      xmlhttp.send ""
      msg = xmlhttp.responseText
      response.write(msg)
      set xmlhttp = nothing
%>

ASP.NET

GET
POST

<%@ Import Namespace="System.Net" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.IO" %>

<script runat="server" language="VB">

    Sub Page_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
        Dim Username As String = "your_username"
        Dim Password As String = "your_password"
        Dim Originator As String = "your_originator/senderid"
        Dim Recipient As String = "telephone_number"
        Dim MessageData As String = "Hello this is a test from Faretext"

        Dim URL As String = "https://faretext-api.co.uk:9443/api?action=sendmessage&Username=" & Username & "&Password=" & Password & "&Originator=" & Originator & "&Recipient =" &Recipient & "&MessageData=" & MessageData

Dim req As HttpWebRequest = WebRequest.Create(URL)

        Try
            Dim resp As HttpWebResponse = req.GetResponse()
            Dim sr As New StreamReader(resp.GetResponseStream())
            Dim results As String = sr.ReadToEnd()
            sr.Close()

            html.Text = results
        Catch wex As WebException
        Response.Write("ERROR!
Status: " & wex.Status & "Message: " & wex.Message & "")
        End Try
    End Sub

</script>

<%@ Import Namespace="System.Net" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.IO" %>

<script runat="server" language="VB">

    Sub Page_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
        Dim Username As String = "your_username"
        Dim Password As String = "your_password"
        Dim Originator As String = "your_originator/senderid"
        Dim Recipient As String = "telephone_number"
        Dim MessageData As String = "Hello this is a test from Faretext"
        Dim URL As String = "https://faretext-api.co.uk:9443/api?action=sendmessage"
        Dim PostData As String = "&Username=" & Username & "&Password=" & Password & "&Originator=" & Originator & "&Recipient=" & Recipient & "&MessageData=" & MessageData

        Dim req As HttpWebRequest = WebRequest.Create(URL)
        req.Method = "POST"
        Dim encoding As New ASCIIEncoding()
        Dim byte1 As Byte() = encoding.GetBytes(PostData)
        req.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
        req.ContentLength = byte1.Length
        Dim newStream As Stream = req.GetRequestStream()
        newStream.Write(byte1, 0, byte1.Length)

        Try

            Dim resp As HttpWebResponse = req.GetResponse()
            Dim sr As New StreamReader(resp.GetResponseStream())
            Dim results As String = sr.ReadToEnd()
            sr.Close()
            html.Text = results
        Catch wex As WebException
        Response.Write("ERROR!
Status: " & wex.Status & "Message: " & wex.Message & "")
        End Try
    End Sub

</script>

GET
POST

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Net;
using System.Collections.Specialized;

namespace send
{
    class send
    {
        public string send()
        {
            String MessageData = HttpUtility.UrlEncode("Hello this is a test from Faretext");
            using (var wb = new WebClient())
            {
                byte[] response = wb.UploadValues("https://faretext-api.co.uk:9443/api?action=sendmessage", new NameValueCollection()
                {
                {"Username" , "your_username"},
                {"Password" , "your_password"},
                {"Originator" , "your_originator/senderid"}
                {"Recipient" , "telephone_number"},
                {"MessageData" , MessageData},
                });
                string result = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(response);
                return result;
            }
        }
    }
}

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Net;
using System.Collections.Specialized;
using System.IO;

namespace send
{
class send
{
public string send()
{
String result;
string Username = "your_username";
string Password = "your_password";
string Originator = "your_originator/senderid";
string Recipient = "telephone_number";
string MessageData = "Hello this is a test from Faretext";

String url = “https://faretext-api.co.uk:9443/api?action=sendmessage&Username” + Username + "&Password=" + Password + "&Originator=" + Originator + "&Recipient=" + Recipient + "&MessageData=" + MessageData;

StreamWriter myWriter = null;
		HttpWebRequest objRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);

objRequest.Method = "POST";
		objRequest.ContentLength = Encoding.UTF8.GetByteCount(url);
		objRequest.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
		try
		{
			myWriter = new StreamWriter(objRequest.GetRequestStream());
			myWriter.Write(url);
		}
		catch (Exception e)
		{
			return e.Message;
		}
finally
		{
			myWriter.Close();
		}

HttpWebResponse objResponse = (HttpWebResponse)objRequest.GetResponse();
		using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(objResponse.GetResponseStream()))
		{
			result = sr.ReadToEnd();
			sr.Close();
		}
		return result;
		}
	}
}

Delphi

GET
POST

function Send(Username, Password , Originator, Recipient,
      MessageData: String):string;
    const
      URL = 'https://faretext-api.co.uk:9443/api?action=sendmessage&Username=%s&Password=%s&Originator=%s&Recipient=%s&MessageData=%s';
      ResponseSize = 1024;
    var
      hSession, hURL: HInternet;
      Request: String;

      ResponseLength: Cardinal;
    begin
      hSession := InternetOpen('DrBob42', INTERNET_OPEN_TYPE_PRECONFIG, nil, nil, 0);
      try
        Request := Format(URL,[Username,Password,Originator,Recipient,HttpEncode(MessageData)]);
        hURL := InternetOpenURL(hSession, PChar(Request), nil, 0,0,0);
        try
          SetLength(Result, ResponseSize);
          InternetReadFile(hURL, PChar(Result), ResponseSize,
            ResponseLength);
          SetLength(Result, ResponseLength)
        finally
          InternetCloseHandle(hURL)
        end
      finally
        InternetCloseHandle(hSession)
      end
    end;

function send(const Url: string): string;
var
  NetHandle: HINTERNET;
  UrlHandle: HINTERNET;
  Buffer: array[0..1024] of Char;
  BytesRead: dWord;
begin
  Result := '';
  NetHandle := InternetOpen('Delphi 5.x', INTERNET_OPEN_TYPE_PRECONFIG, nil, nil, 0);

  if Assigned(NetHandle) then
  begin
    UrlHandle := InternetOpenUrl(NetHandle, PChar(Url), nil, 0, INTERNET_FLAG_RELOAD, 0);

    if Assigned(UrlHandle) then
      { UrlHandle valid? Proceed with download }
    begin
      FillChar(Buffer, SizeOf(Buffer), 0);
      repeat
        Result := Result + Buffer;
        FillChar(Buffer, SizeOf(Buffer), 0);
        InternetReadFile(UrlHandle, @Buffer, SizeOf(Buffer), BytesRead);
      until BytesRead = 0;
      InternetCloseHandle(UrlHandle);
    end
    else
      { UrlHandle is not valid. Raise an exception. }
      raise Exception.CreateFmt('Error: Cannot open URL %s', [Url]);

    InternetCloseHandle(NetHandle);
  end
  else
    { NetHandle is not valid. Raise an exception }
    raise Exception.Create('Error:');
end;

  url := 'https://faretext-api.co.uk:9443/api?action=sendmessage' + '&Username=your_username' +'&Password=your_password' +  '&Originator=your_originator/senderid' + '&Recipient=telephone_number' + '&MessageData=Hello+this+is+a+test+from+Faretext';
  send(url);

Java

GET
POST

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.URLConnection;
import java.net.URLEncoder;

public class send {
	public String send() {
		try {
String Username = "&Username=" + URLEncoder.encode("your_username", "UTF-8");
String Password = "&Password=" + URLEncoder.encode("your_password", "UTF-8");
String Originator = "&Originator=" + URLEncoder.encode("your_originator/senderid", "UTF-8");
String Recipient = "&Recipient=" + URLEncoder.encode("telephone_number", "UTF-8");
String MessageData = "&MessageData=" + URLEncoder.encode("Hello this is a test from Faretext", "UTF-8");

String data = "https://faretext-api.co.uk:9443/api?action=sendmessage " + Username + Password + Originator + Recipient + MessageData;
			URL url = new URL(data);
			URLConnection conn = url.openConnection();
			conn.setDoOutput(true);

			BufferedReader rd = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream()));
			String line;
			String sResult="";
			while ((line = rd.readLine()) != null) {
				sResult=sResult+line+" ";
			}
			rd.close();

			return sResult;
		} catch (Exception e) {
			System.out.println("Error:"+e);
			return "Error:"+e;
		}
	}
}

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.URLConnection;
import java.net.URLEncoder;

public class send {
	public String send() {
		try {
			
			String Username = "&Username=" + "your_username";
			String Password = "&Password=" + "your_password";
			String Originator = "&Originator=" + "your_originator/senderid";
			String Recipient = "&Recipient=" + "telephone_number";
			String MessageData = "&MessageData=" + "Hello this is a test from Faretext";

			
			HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) new URL("https://faretext-api.co.uk:9443/api?action=sendmessage").openConnection();
			String data = Username + Password + Originator + Recipient + MessageData;
			conn.setDoOutput(true);
			conn.setRequestMethod("POST");
			conn.setRequestProperty("Content-Length", Integer.toString(data.length()));
			conn.getOutputStream().write(data.getBytes("UTF-8"));
			final BufferedReader rd = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream()));
			final StringBuffer stringBuffer = new StringBuffer();
			String line;
			while ((line = rd.readLine()) != null) {
				stringBuffer.append(line);
			}
			rd.close();

			return stringBuffer.toString();
		} catch (Exception e) {
			System.out.println("Error"+e);
			return "Error"+e;
		}
	}
}

Perl

GET
POST

use LWP::Simple;

my $Username = "&Username=" . 'your_username';
my $Password = "&Password=" . 'your_password';
my $Originator = "&Orginator=" . "your_originator/senderid";
my $Recipient = "&Recipient=" . "telephone_number";
my $MessageData = "&MessageData=" . " Hello+this+is+a+test+from+Faretext";

my $String = join "", "https://faretext-api.co.uk:9443/api?action=sendmessage", $Username, $Password, $Originator, $Recipient, $MessageData;
my $URL = get($String);
print "$URL";

use strict;
use LWP::UserAgent;
use HTTP::Request::Common;


my $Username = "&Username=" . 'your_username';
my $Password = "&Password=" . 'your_password';
my $Originator = "&Orginator=" . "your_originator/senderid";
my $Recipient = "&Recipient=" . "telephone_number";
my $MessageData = "&MessageData=" . "Hello this is a test from Faretext";
my $send = LWP::UserAgent->new();

my $url = $send->request
(
 POST 'https://faretext-api.co.uk:9443/api?action=sendmessage',
 Content_Type  => 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
 Content       => [
		'Username' => $Username,
		'Password' => $Password,
		'Originator' => $Originator,
		'Recipient' => $Recipient,
		'MessageData' => $MessageData
		]
);


if ($url->is_error) { die "HTTP: Error"; }
print "Response:nn" . $url->content . "nn";

PHP

GET
POST

<?php
	$Username = urlencode('your_username');
	$Password = urlencode('your_password');
	$Originator = urlencode('your_originator/senderid');
	$Recipient = urlencode('telephone_number');
	$MessageData = rawurlencode('Hello this is a test from Faretext');

	$smsdata = '&Username=' . $Username. '&Password=' . $Password. '&Originator=' . $Originator. "&Recipient=" . $Recipient. "&MessageData=" . $MessageData;

	$ch = curl_init('https://faretext-api.co.uk:9443/api?action=sendmessage' . $smsdata);
	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
	$response = curl_exec($ch);
	curl_close($ch);


	echo $response;
?>

<?php
	$Username = urlencode('your_username');
	$Password = urlencode('your_password');
	$Originator = urlencode('your_originator/senderid');
	$Recipient = urlencode('telephone_number');
	$MessageData = rawurlencode('Hello this is a test from Faretext');

	$smsdata = array('&Username=' . $Username. '&Password=' . $Password. '&Originator=' . $Originator. "&Recipient=" . $Recipient. "&MessageData=" . $MessageData);

	$ch = curl_init('https://faretext-api.co.uk:9443/api?action=sendmessage');
	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $smsdata);
	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
	$response = curl_exec($ch);
	curl_close($ch);

	echo $response;
?>

Python

GET
POST

import urllib.request
import urllib.parse

def send(Username, Password, Originator, Recipient, MessageData):
    params = {'Username': your_username, 'Password': your_password,  'Originator': your_originator/senderid, 'Recipient' : telephone_number, 'MessageData': MessageData}
    f = urllib.request.urlopen('https://faretext-api.co.uk:9443/api?action=sendmessage'
        + urllib.parse.urlencode(params))
    return (f.read(), f.code)

resp, code = send('your_username', 'your_password', 'your_originator/senderid', 'telephone_number', 'Hello this is a test from Faretext')
print (resp)

import urllib.request
import urllib.parse

def send(Username, Password, Originator, Recipient, MessageData):
    data =  urllib.parse.urlencode({'Username': your_username, 'Password': your_password,  'Originator': your_originator/senderid, 'Recipient': telephone_number, 'MessageData': MessageData})
    data = data.encode('utf-8')
    request = urllib.request.Request("https://faretext-api.co.uk:9443/api?action=sendmessage")
    f = urllib.request.urlopen(request, data)
    fr = f.read()
    return(fr)

resp =  send('your_username', 'your_password', 'your_originator/senderid', 'telephone_number', 'Hello this is a test from Faretext')
print (resp)

Ruby

GET
POST

require "rubygems"
require "net/https"
require "uri"
require "json"

Username = "your_username"
Password = "your_password"
Originator = "your_originator/senderid"
Recipient = "telephone_number"
MessageData = "Hello this is a test from Faretext"

requested_url = 'https://faretext-api.co.uk:9443/api?action=sendmessage' + "&Username=" + Username + "&Password=" + Password + "&Originator=" + Originator + "&Recipient=" + Recipient "&MessageData=" + URI.escape(MessageData)

uri = URI.parse(requested_url)
http = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port)
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)

res = http.request(request)
response = JSON.parse(res.body)
puts (response)

require "rubygems"
require "net/https"
require "uri"
require "json"

requested_url = 'https://faretext-api.co.uk:9443/api?action=sendmessage'

uri = URI.parse(requested_url)
http = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port)
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)

res = Net::HTTP.post_form(uri, 'Username' => 'your_username', 'Password' => 'your_password', 'Originator' => 'your_originator/senderid', 'Recipient' => 'telephone_number', 'MessageData' => 'Hello this is a test from Faretext')
response = JSON.parse(res.body)
puts (response)

VBA

GET
POST

Public Sub Send()
	Dim Username As String
	Username = "&Username=" + "your_username"
	Dim Password As String
	Password = "&Password=" + "your_password"
	Dim Originator As String
	Originator = "&Originator=" + "your_originator/senderid"
	Dim Recipient As String
	Recipient = "&Recipient=" + "telephone_number"
	MessageData As String
	MessageData = "&MessageData=" + "Hello this is a test from Faretext"

Set MyRequest = CreateObject("WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1")
	MyRequest.Open "GET", "https://faretext-api.co.uk:9443/api?action=sendmessage" + Username + Password + Originator + Recipient + MessageData 
	MyRequest.Send
	MsgBox MyRequest.ResponseText
End Sub

Public Sub Send()
	Dim Username As String
	Dim Password As String
	Dim Originator As String
	Dim Recipient As String
	Dim MessageData As String
	Dim URL As String
	Dim postData As String
	Dim winHttpReq As Object
	Username = "your_username"
	Password = "your_password"
	Originator = "your_originator/senderid"
	Recipient = "telephone_number"
	MessageData = "Hello this is a test from Faretext"
	URL = "https://faretext-api.co.uk:9443/api?action=sendmessage"

Set winHttpReq = CreateObject("WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1")
	postData = "&Username=" + Username + "&Password=" + Password + "&Originator=" + Originator "&Recipient=" + Recipient + "&MessageData=" + MessageData

winHttpReq.Open "POST", myURL, False
	winHttpReq.SetRequestHeader "Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
	winHttpReq.Send (postData)

	SendSMS = winHttpReq.responseText
End Sub

VBA.NET

GET
POST

Imports System.Net
Imports System.Web
Imports System.Collections.Specialized
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Text

Public Class send

    Public Function send()

        Dim Username = "your_username"
        Dim Password = "your_password"
        Dim Originator = "your_originator/senderid"
        Dim Recipient = "telephone_number"
        Dim Messagedata = "Hello this is a test from Faretext"
        Dim strGet As String
        Dim url As String = "https://faretext-api.co.uk:9443/api?action=sendmessage"

 strGet = url + "&Username=" + Username _
        + "&Password=" + Password _
        + "&Originator=" + Originator _
        + "&Recipient=" + Recipient _
        + "&MessageData=" + WebUtility.UrlEncode(MessageData) 

Dim webClient As New System.Net.WebClient
        Dim result As String = webClient.DownloadString(strGet)
        Console.WriteLine(result)
        Return result
    End Function
End Class

Imports System.Web
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Net
Imports System.Text
Imports System.Resources

Public Class send

Public Function send()
        Dim Username = "your_username"
        Dim Password = "your_password"
        Dim Originator = "your_originator/senderid"
        Dim Recipient = "telephone_number"
        Dim Messagedata = "Hello this is a test from Faretext"
        Dim strPost As String
        Dim url As String = "https://faretext-api.co.uk:9443/api?action=sendmessage"

        strPost = url + "&Username=" + Username _
        + "&Password=" + Password _
        + "&Originator=" + Originator _
        + "&Recipient=" + Recipient _
        + "&MessageData=" + WebUtility.UrlEncode(MessageData) 

        Dim request As WebRequest = WebRequest.Create(strPost)
        request.Method = "POST"
        Dim byteArray As Byte() = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(strPost)
        request.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
        request.ContentLength = byteArray.Length
        Dim dataStream As Stream = request.GetRequestStream()
        dataStream.Write(byteArray, 0, byteArray.Length)
        dataStream.Close()
        
       Dim response As WebResponse = request.GetResponse()
        dataStream = response.GetResponseStream()
        Dim reader As New StreamReader(dataStream)
        Dim responseFromServer As String = reader.ReadToEnd()
        Console.WriteLine(responseFromServer)
        Console.ReadLine()
        
        reader.Close()
        dataStream.Close()
        response.Close()
        
       If responseFromServer.Length > 0 Then
            Return responseFromServer
        Else
            Return CType(response, HttpWebResponse).StatusDescription
        End If
    End Function
End Class

VB6

GET
POST

Private Sub send()

    Dim DataToSend As String
    Dim objXML As Object
    Dim Messagedata As String
    Dim Username As String
    Dim Password As String
    Dim Recipient As String
    Dim Originator As String
    Dim URL As String

Username = "your_username";
Password = "your_password";
Originator = "your_originator/senderid"
Recipient = "telephone_number"
URL = "http://faretext-api.co.uk:9501/api?action=sendmessage"

Messagedata = URLEncode("Hello this is a test from Faretext")

Set objXML = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")
objXML.Open "POST", URL , False
objXML.setRequestHeader "Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"

objXML.send "&Username=" + Username + "&Password=" + Password +"&Recipient=" + Recipient + "&Messagedata=" + Messagedata + "&Originator=" + Originator


If Len(objXML.responseText) > 0 Then
        MsgBox objXML.responseText
End If

End Sub

Function URLEncode(ByVal Text As String) As String
    Dim i As Integer
    Dim acode As Integer
    Dim char As String

    URLEncode = Text

    For i = Len(URLEncode) To 1 Step -1
        acode = Asc(Mid$(URLEncode, i, 1))
        Select Case acode
            Case 48 To 57, 65 To 90, 97 To 122
            Case 32
                Mid$(URLEncode, i, 1) = "+"
            Case Else
                URLEncode = Left$(URLEncode, i - 1) & "%" & Hex$(acode) & Mid$ _
                    (URLEncode, i + 1)
        End Select
    Next

End Function

Private Sub send()

    Dim DataToSend As String
    Dim objXML As Object
    Dim Messagedata As String
    Dim Username As String
    Dim Password As String
    Dim Recipient As String
    Dim Originator As String
    Dim URL As String

Username = "your_username";
Password = "your_password";
Originator = "your_originator/senderid"
Recipient = "telephone_number"
URL = "http://faretext-api.co.uk:9501/api?action=sendmessage"

Messagedata = URLEncode("Hello this is a test from Faretext")

Set objXML = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")
objXML.Open "POST", URL , False
objXML.setRequestHeader "Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"

objXML.send "&Username=" + Username + "&Password=" + Password +"&Recipient=" + Recipient + "&Messagedata=" + Messagedata + "&Originator=" + Originator


If Len(objXML.responseText) > 0 Then
        MsgBox objXML.responseText
End If

End Sub

Function URLEncode(ByVal Text As String) As String
    Dim i As Integer
    Dim acode As Integer
    Dim char As String

    URLEncode = Text

    For i = Len(URLEncode) To 1 Step -1
        acode = Asc(Mid$(URLEncode, i, 1))
        Select Case acode
            Case 48 To 57, 65 To 90, 97 To 122
            Case 32
                Mid$(URLEncode, i, 1) = "+"
            Case Else
                URLEncode = Left$(URLEncode, i - 1) & "%" & Hex$(acode) & Mid$ _
                    (URLEncode, i + 1)
        End Select
    Next

End Function

Mandatory Parameters

Parameter

Description

Possible values

Example

action

Specifies the HTTPs API command

sendmessage

action=sendmessage

username

Specifies the username. The username and password parameters are used to authenticate the user. When you send an message it will be sent in the name of the authenticated user. The value must be urlencoded.

string value, maximum length is 16 characters

username=USERNAME

password

Specifies the password. The username and password parameters are used to authenticate the user. When you send a message it will be sent in the name of the authenticated user. The value must be urlencoded.

string value, maximum length is 16 characters

password=PASSWORD

recipient

Specifies the recipient phone number. The message will be sent to this telephone number. The telephone number can be specified in local number format (e.g.077421234567), or in international number format (e.g.+4477421234567). More then one recipient addresses can be separated by a colon (e.g.: +4477421234567,+447422222222) The value must be urlencoded.

string value, maximum length is 16 characters

recipient=447xxxxxxxxx

messagedata

Specifies the text or the data of the SMS message. The value must be encoded in UTF8 and must be urlencoded.

string value, maximum length is 32768 characters

messagedata=MESSAGE

Optional Parameters

Parameter

Description

Possible values

Example

originator

Specifies the sender address. This information will be displayed on the mobile phone, that receives the message. This is the sender address. This can be a telephone number, a short code or an alphanumeric sender address. The telephone number must can be formatted in local number format (e.g.077421234567), or in international number format (e.g.+4477421234567). If you use an alphanumeric sender address (e.g.FareText), the characters must be encoded in UTF8 and the value must be urlencoded.

string value, maximum length is 16 characters. NOTE: UK Network support up to 11 characters.

originator=SENDERID

sendondate

Specifies the date and time, when the message should be sent. The value must use the following date format: YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss. The value must be url encoded.

date value in YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss format

sendondate=2020-12-31%2021:00:00 - Example will send a message on 31st December 2020 at 21:00

responseformat

After the gateway submits the SMS message, the gateway will return a web page indicating that the message was submitted successfully. The content of the webpage is formatted according to the responseformat parameter. You can have html text response to make it easy for humans to read it or you can have xml format to make it easy for software to process the response.

xml (default) html urlencoded

responseformat=xml

reporturl

You can setup a webpage to process information about “delivered to network” and “delivered to handset”events. If you specify an URL in the reporturl parameter, your webpage will be called when these events happen. The value of the URL you specify in the reporturl parameter must be urlencoded. The URL you specify can contain keywords that will be replaced to state information corresponding to the submitted message. More information about possible keywords can be found in the “Submit URL keywords” guide. Please also note, that if you want the reporturl parameter to work, you must create a “HTTPs server user” account and use it’s username and password. The “Standard user” account does not support this option.

string value, maximum length is 1024 characters

reporturl=http://www.Domain. com/SMS.php? reporttype= $reporttype&messageid= $messageid) Note: this is the urlencoded version of the following URL. Before this URL is called by the SMS gateway, the $reporttype and $messageid parameters will be replaced to the appropriate values: reporturl=http%3A%2F%2F www.domain.com %2Fsms.php%3Freporttype %3D%24reporttype %26messageid%3D% 24messageid will be called as: http://www.Domain.com/SMS. php?reporttype=deliveredtohandset &messageid=e99549d4-65f7- 435d-ba19-de6b851801ce

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