Sending SMS in software applications
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2025 8:02 am
Altiria provides different types of SMS APIs (gateways) to enable SMS sending in software applications. Integrating SMS sending into your own developed applications is very quick. Using the source code examples provided in the technical documentation, you only need to enter the account username and password. From the moment you request your SMS test account to the moment you send your first text message, it will only take a few minutes.
Uses of SMS in software applications
You can use Altiria's resources to manage bulk SMS sending from your SMS application . This will also be useful if you send transactional SMS or require SMS OTPs for one-time passwords.
Additionally, sending SMS through a gateway or API offers the same features as sending SMS from a web platform . You can schedule the date and time for bosnia and herzegovina phone number data sending messages , send certified SMS , link to parameterized SMS landing pages by customizing their content with variables, send SMS with UNICODE , send emoticons or emojis in the text of messages, and much more.
Types of APIs for sending SMS in software applications
You can use any of the four types of gateways to integrate SMS sending into your application.
HTTP SMS Gateway : This API sends SMS messages via HTTP message from your application. This request includes data such as the recipient's phone number, the text you want to send, your account username and password, etc. It's the preferred gateway for integrating SMS sending into software applications, given the widespread implementation of HTTP in all programming languages.
The SOAP web service API is often chosen by the business world, although it's an older web service standard. Using it requires setting the corresponding parameter values. Altiria then accepts the request and, after processing it, generates the corresponding object to transmit over the connection.
The REST-JSON web service API uses JSON, a much newer format for interconnecting data. Thanks to its light weight and ease of implementation, it has become quite widespread, and numerous libraries are available. Data is expressed in JSON format and requested over HTTP via REST resource access.
Mail2SMS Gateway : SMS sending is triggered by an email with a predetermined format and the necessary data in the recipient and body of the email.
Uses of SMS in software applications
You can use Altiria's resources to manage bulk SMS sending from your SMS application . This will also be useful if you send transactional SMS or require SMS OTPs for one-time passwords.
Additionally, sending SMS through a gateway or API offers the same features as sending SMS from a web platform . You can schedule the date and time for bosnia and herzegovina phone number data sending messages , send certified SMS , link to parameterized SMS landing pages by customizing their content with variables, send SMS with UNICODE , send emoticons or emojis in the text of messages, and much more.
Types of APIs for sending SMS in software applications
You can use any of the four types of gateways to integrate SMS sending into your application.
HTTP SMS Gateway : This API sends SMS messages via HTTP message from your application. This request includes data such as the recipient's phone number, the text you want to send, your account username and password, etc. It's the preferred gateway for integrating SMS sending into software applications, given the widespread implementation of HTTP in all programming languages.
The SOAP web service API is often chosen by the business world, although it's an older web service standard. Using it requires setting the corresponding parameter values. Altiria then accepts the request and, after processing it, generates the corresponding object to transmit over the connection.
The REST-JSON web service API uses JSON, a much newer format for interconnecting data. Thanks to its light weight and ease of implementation, it has become quite widespread, and numerous libraries are available. Data is expressed in JSON format and requested over HTTP via REST resource access.
Mail2SMS Gateway : SMS sending is triggered by an email with a predetermined format and the necessary data in the recipient and body of the email.