SendService


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SendMessageFull

Sends an SMS message to the specified recipient

Parameters
originator The alias the message should appear to come from. Can be another phone number or up to 11 alpha numeric characters
recipientThe mobile number to send the message to
body The content of the message. 160 max characters per part for Text, 140 octets max for Binary and SmartMessaging, 70 octet pairs for Unicode messages. Longer message bodies will be sent as multiple message parts.
typeThe type of message (Text, Binary, SmartMessage, Unicode)
validityperiodThe validity period of the message in hours.

Returns
The identifier assigned to the message by Esendex. You can use this value to query the message status.

Test

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SOAP 1.1

The following is a sample SOAP 1.1 request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

POST /secure/messenger/soap/SendService.asmx HTTP/1.1
Host: www.esendex.com
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length
SOAPAction: "com.esendex.ems.soapinterface/SendMessageFull"

<?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:Header>
    <MessengerHeader xmlns="com.esendex.ems.soapinterface">
      <Username>string</Username>
      <Password>string</Password>
      <Account>string</Account>
    </MessengerHeader>
  </soap:Header>
  <soap:Body>
    <SendMessageFull xmlns="com.esendex.ems.soapinterface">
      <originator>string</originator>
      <recipient>string</recipient>
      <body>string</body>
      <type>Text or Binary or SmartMessage or Unicode</type>
      <validityperiod>int</validityperiod>
    </SendMessageFull>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
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>
    <SendMessageFullResponse xmlns="com.esendex.ems.soapinterface">
      <SendMessageFullResult>string</SendMessageFullResult>
    </SendMessageFullResponse>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>