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Getting Started with sms77

The sms77 modules allow you to send SMS, check messages status, check account balance and pricing, send a voice message, and lookup HLR, MNP, and CNAM information in your sms77 account.

Prerequisites

  • An sms77 account

In order to use sms77 with Make, it is necessary to have an sms77 account. If you do not have one, you can create an sms77 account at sms77/signup.

Note

The module dialog fields that are displayed in bold (in the Make scenario, not in this documentation article) are mandatory!

Connecting sms77 to Make

To connect your sms77 account to Make, you need to obtain your API Key.

1. Login to your sms77 account.

2. From the left menu, click Settings and then click HTTPS API.

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3. Copy the API Key to your clipboard.

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4. Go to Make and open the sms77 module's Create a connection dialog.

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5. In the Connection name field, enter a name for the connection and click Continue.

6. In the API Key field, enter the API key copied in step 3.

7. Click Continue.

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The connection has been established.

Other

Send SMS

Sends one/multiple SMS to one/multiple user(s).

Connection

Establish a connection to your sms77 account.

Message

Enter the message text.

Recipient

Enter the recipient's phone number.

Debug

Select whether you want to send the SMS and charge the account:

  • Yes

  • No

Delay

Enter the date and time when you want to send the message. For example, 2016-03-04 23:25:04 or 1141511104.

Flash

Select whether to send SMS as a flash:

  • True

  • Flash

From

Enter the name or phone number that displays to the recipient.

Label

Enter a label for the message to filter the messages when searching. For example, Marketing1.

No Reload

Select whether to send duplicate SMS within a timeframe of 180 seconds:

  • True

  • False

Performance Tracking

Select whether to active performance tracking for URLs found inside the message.

Time to Live

Enter the time in milliseconds after which you do not want the message to be delivered.

Type

Select the SMS type:

  • Economy

  • Direct

User data Header (UDH)

Select whether to send SMS with custom User Data Header (UDH). If set and parameter text contains hex code, the SMS is sent as 8-bit binary SMS. Only direct SMS support custom UDH:

  • True

  • False

Unicode

Select whether the message contains any encoding characters:

  • True

  • False

UTF8

Select whether you want to disable the automatic message format detection from the server and enforces the message(s) as UTF8:

  • True

  • False

Status

Retrieves the status information for a single message ID.

Connection

Establish a connection to your sms77 account.

Message ID

Enter the Message ID whose status you want to retrieve.

Balance

Returns the account balance for a given API key.

Connection

Establish a connection to your sms77 account.

Pricing

Retrieves the pricing information for a specific country or all.

Connection

Establish a connection to your sms77 account.

ISO Code

Enter the ISO code to retrieve the pricings

SMS Type

Select the SMS type for which you want to view the pricing details:

  • Economy

  • Direct

Voice

Send a text to a speech voice call to any number.

Connection

Establish a connection to your sms77 account.

Recipient

Enter the phone number of the recipient.

Message

Enter the message in the text that needs to be converted to voice.

XML

Select whether the recipient details are in XML format:

  • True

  • False

Sender

Enter the sender number.

Validate for Voice

Validates caller IDs for our voice API. Returns a code on successful validation. Simultaneously the given number receives a call from us where the recipient needs to enter the code via DTMF.

Connection

Establish a connection to your sms77 account.

Phone number

Enter the phone number whose Caller ID you want to validate.

Callback URL

Enter the callback URL to call the phone number to validate the Caller ID.

Lookup

Looks up publicly available information about a phone number.

Connection

Establish a connection to your sms77 account.

Phone Number

Enter the phone number whose details you want to lookup.

Lookup HLR

Performs a Home Location Register (HLR) lookup.

Connection

Establish a connection to your sms77 account.

Phone Number

Enter the phone number whose HLR information you want to lookup.

Lookup MNP

Performs a Mobile Number Portability (MNP) lookup.

Connection

Establish a connection to your sms77 account.

Phone Number

Enter the phone number whose MNP information you want to lookup.

Lookup CNAM

Performs a Calling Name Delivery lookup.

Connection

Establish a connection to your sms77 account.

Phone Number

Enter the phone number whose Caller ID information you want to lookup.

Make an API Call

Performs an arbitrary authorized API call.

Connection

Establish a connection to your sms77 account.

URL

Enter a path relative to https://gateway.sms77.io/api/. For example, balance

Note

For the list of available endpoints, refer to the sms77 API Documentation.

Method

Select the HTTP method you want to use:

GET to retrieve information for an entry.

POST to create a new entry.

PUT to update/replace an existing entry.

PATCH to make a partial entry update.

DELETE to delete an entry.

Headers

Enter the desired request headers. You don't have to add authorization headers; we already did that for you.

Query String

Enter the request query string.

Body

Enter the body content for your API call.

Example of Use - Get Balance

The following API call returns balance amount in your sms77 account:

URL: balance

Method: GET

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Matches of the search can be found in the module's Output under Bundle > Body. In our example, the balance amount in the sms77 account is returned:

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