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SMS API

Vonage's SMS API enables you to send and receive text messages to and from users worldwide, using our REST APIs.

  • Programmatically send and receive high volumes of SMS globally.
  • Send SMS with low latency and high delivery rates.
  • Receive SMS using local numbers.
  • Scale your applications with familiar web technologies.
  • Pay only for what you use, nothing more.
  • Auto-redact feature to protect privacy.

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Getting Started

Send an SMS

This example shows you how to send an SMS to your chosen number.

First, sign up for a Vonage account if you don't already have one, and make a note of your API key and secret on the dashboard getting started page.

Replace the following placeholder values in the sample code:

Key Description
VONAGE_API_KEY Your Vonage API key.
VONAGE_API_SECRET Your Vonage API secret.
  • cURL
  • Node.js
  • Java
  • .NET
  • PHP
  • Python
  • Ruby

    • Write the code

    Add the following to send-sms.sh:

    curl -X "POST" "https://rest.nexmo.com/sms/json" \
  -d "from=$VONAGE_BRAND_NAME" \
  -d "text=A text message sent using the Vonage SMS API" \
  -d "to=$TO_NUMBER" \
  -d "api_key=$VONAGE_API_KEY" \
  -d "api_secret=$VONAGE_API_SECRET"

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    Run your code

    Save this file to your machine and run it: 

    sh send-sms.sh

    Prerequisites

    npm install @vonage/server-sdk

    Create a file named send.js and add the following code:

    const Vonage = require('@vonage/server-sdk')

const vonage = new Vonage({
  apiKey: VONAGE_API_KEY,
  apiSecret: VONAGE_API_SECRET
})

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    Write the code

    Add the following to send.js:

    const from = VONAGE_BRAND_NAME
const to = TO_NUMBER
const text = 'A text message sent using the Vonage SMS API'

vonage.message.sendSms(from, to, text, (err, responseData) => {
    if (err) {
        console.log(err);
    } else {
        if(responseData.messages[0]['status'] === "0") {
            console.log("Message sent successfully.");
        } else {
            console.log(`Message failed with error: ${responseData.messages[0]['error-text']}`);
        }
    }
})

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    Run your code

    Save this file to your machine and run it: 

    node send.js

    Prerequisites

    Add the following to `build.gradle`:

    compile 'com.vonage:client:5.5.0'

    Create a class named SendMessage and add the following code to the main method:

    VonageClient client = VonageClient.builder().apiKey(VONAGE_API_KEY).apiSecret(VONAGE_API_SECRET).build();

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    Write the code

    Add the following to the main method of the SendMessage class:

    TextMessage message = new TextMessage(VONAGE_BRAND_NAME,
        TO_NUMBER,
        "A text message sent using the Vonage SMS API"
);

SmsSubmissionResponse response = client.getSmsClient().submitMessage(message);

if (response.getMessages().get(0).getStatus() == MessageStatus.OK) {
    System.out.println("Message sent successfully.");
} else {
    System.out.println("Message failed with error: " + response.getMessages().get(0).getErrorText());
}

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    Run your code

    We can use the application plugin for Gradle to simplify the running of our application. Update your build.gradle with the following:

      apply plugin: 'application'
  mainClassName = project.hasProperty('main') ? project.getProperty('main') : ''

    Run the following gradle command to execute your application, replacing com.vonage.quickstart.sms with the package containing SendMessage:

    gradle run -Pmain=com.vonage.quickstart.sms.SendMessage

    Prerequisites

    Install-Package Vonage

    Create a file named SendSms.cs and add the following code:

    using Vonage;
using Vonage.Request;

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    Add the following to SendSms.cs:

    var credentials = Credentials.FromApiKeyAndSecret(
    VONAGE_API_KEY,
    VONAGE_API_SECRET
    );

var VonageClient = new VonageClient(credentials);

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    Write the code

    Add the following to SendSms.cs:

    var response = VonageClient.SmsClient.SendAnSms(new Vonage.Messaging.SendSmsRequest()
{
    To = TO_NUMBER,
    From = VONAGE_BRAND_NAME,
    Text = "A text message sent using the Vonage SMS API"
});

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    Prerequisites

    composer require vonage/client

    Create a file named send-sms.php and add the following code:

    $basic  = new \Vonage\Client\Credentials\Basic(VONAGE_API_KEY, VONAGE_API_SECRET);
$client = new \Vonage\Client($basic);

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    Write the code

    Add the following to send-sms.php:

    $response = $client->sms()->send(
    new \Vonage\SMS\Message\SMS(TO_NUMBER, BRAND_NAME, 'A text message sent using the Nexmo SMS API')
);

$message = $response->current();

if ($message->getStatus() == 0) {
    echo "The message was sent successfully\n";
} else {
    echo "The message failed with status: " . $message->getStatus() . "\n";
}

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    Run your code

    Save this file to your machine and run it: 

    php send-sms.php

    Prerequisites

    pip install vonage

    Create a file named send-an-sms.py and add the following code:

    client = vonage.Client(key=VONAGE_API_KEY, secret=VONAGE_API_SECRET)
sms = vonage.Sms(client)

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    Write the code

    Add the following to send-an-sms.py:

    responseData = sms.send_message(
    {
        "from": VONAGE_BRAND_NAME,
        "to": TO_NUMBER,
        "text": "A text message sent using the Nexmo SMS API",
    }
)

if responseData["messages"][0]["status"] == "0":
    print("Message sent successfully.")
else:
    print(f"Message failed with error: {responseData['messages'][0]['error-text']}")

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    Run your code

    Save this file to your machine and run it: 

    python send-an-sms.py

    Prerequisites

    gem install vonage

    Create a file named send.rb and add the following code:

    client = Vonage::Client.new(
  api_key: VONAGE_API_KEY,
  api_secret: VONAGE_API_SECRET
)

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    Write the code

    Add the following to send.rb:

    client.sms.send(
  from: VONAGE_BRAND_NAME,
  to: TO_NUMBER,
  text: 'A text message sent using the Vonage SMS API'
)

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    Run your code

    Save this file to your machine and run it: 

    ruby send.rb

    Troubleshooting

    If you have problems when making API calls be sure to check the returned status field for specific error codes.

    Concepts

    Before using the Vonage SMS API, familiarize yourself with the following:

    • Number format - The SMS API requires phone numbers in E.164 format.

    • Authentication - The SMS API authenticates using your account API key and secret.

    • Webhooks - The SMS API makes HTTP requests to your application web server so that you can act upon them. For example: inbound SMS and delivery receipts.

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