Create SMS Message – Help Center

The Create SMS Message command allows you to define message content to send via SMS. The command requires the following arguments: Command, Realm, Password, Message Name, and Message Text.

api_web?r=myrealm&p=mypass&c=createsmsmessage&message_name=My+SMS+Message&message_text=SMS+message+text

The command is ‘createsmsmessage', the realm is ‘myrealm’ and the password is ‘mypass’. The message named ‘My SMS Message’ contains the message ‘SMS Message Text’ .

Example

Using createsmsmessage with all commands and arguments (please note the command is wrapped for display purposes only):

api_web?r=myrealm&p=mypass&c=createsmsmessage&message_name=Welcome+Back&message_text=Welcome+back+to+our+list!&label=welcome

Successful results return, where ‘6’ is the ID of the new message:

SUCCESS: 6

Results

The Create SMS Message command outputs either a SUCCESS or FAILURE message.

Success

The command success message returns the SUCCESS message followed by the new message ID. The result format is:

SUCCESS: [message_id]

Failure

The command will fail for several reasons, including if a message with the same name already exists, name is missing, label does not exist, message name includes special characters, or the message is too long. The result format is:

FAILURE: [Reason]

Errors include:

FAILURE: Error label name not found (The message will still be created, but with no label)
FAILURE: Message text cannot be more than 160 characters long
FAILURE: Message text cannot be empty.

Arguments

The command supports the following arguments:

Name	Req?	Description	Argument
Command	Yes	Defines the command to use.	cmd=createsmsmessage c=createsmsmessage
Realm	Yes	Name of the realm to run the command. This is required, and the command will fail if the realm and password do not match.	realm=[realm_name] r=[realm_name]
Password	Yes	Authentication code for API access. This is required, and the command will fail if the realm and password do not match.	pwd=[password] p=[password]
Message Name	Yes	Name of the SMS message to create. To include spaces, use + or %20 to avoid possible issues with spaces in a URL.	message_name=[msg_name]
Message Text	Yes	The message to send, limited to 160 characters. To include spaces, use + or %20 to avoid possible issues with spaces in a URL.	message_text=[text]
Labels		Comma separated list of up to 10 labels, identifiers of custom keywords to group and report items that have a similar use or purpose. The label(s) must be defined for the Realm in order to save.	label=[label_name(s)]