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Lahore: +(92) 042 111-008-339 | Karachi: +(92) 021 111-008-339 | f: +92(0) 42 3742 1219
e: [email protected]| www.1st4connect.com

Business SMS API

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Lahore: +(92) 042 111-008-339 | Karachi: +(92) 021 111-008-339 | f: +92(0) 42 3742 1219
e: [email protected]| www.1st4connect.com

Table of Contents

1. Submitting Request for Business SMS API .............................................................................. 3

Example:.................................................................................................................................. 3
2. CODE EXAMPLES .................................................................................................................. 4
PHP ......................................................................................................................................... 4
PHP Using Proxy ...................................................................................................................... 5
ASP .......................................................................................................................................... 5
JAVA ........................................................................................................................................ 6
C# ............................................................................................................................................ 7
C# Using Proxy ......................................................................................................................... 8
VB6 ......................................................................................................................................... 9
VB6 Using Proxy..................................................................................................................... 10
3. Submitting Request for Business SMS API Delivery Status .................................................... 11
Example:................................................................................................................................ 11
4. Submitting Request for Business SMS API Balance Inquiry ................................................... 12
Example:................................................................................................................................ 12
Appendix-A................................................................................................................................ 13
Appendix-B ................................................................................................................................ 13
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1ST 4 Connect (PVT) Limited | 33-C Zamzama 6 | D.H.A Phase V | Karachi | Pakistan
Lahore: +(92) 042 111-008-339 | Karachi: +(92) 021 111-008-339 | f: +92(0) 42 3742 1219
e: [email protected]| www.1st4connect.com

1. Submitting Request for Business SMS API

To send a quick message, the destination address should be in the format 923xxxxxxxxx.

The basic parameters required are:

Parameters Value Description

id 92300xxxxxxx A valid Account ID for the customer.

pass xxxxxxxxxxxx A valid Account Password for the customer.

mask Outreach The mask to be used to send the message.

to 92300xxxxxxx Comma separated list of destination mobile numbers.

msg Hello The content of the message to be sent.

lang English Language is English and Urdu. Not Case sensitive.

type (optional) Xml Type is XML and json. Not Case sensitive. Default is
xml. If set, the result will be returned according to the
type specified.

Example:
Each message returns a unique identifier in the form of Transaction ID.

URL:

http://outreach.pk/api/sendsms.php/sendsms/url?id=92300xxxxxxx&pass= xxxxxxxxxxxx
&mask= Outreach&to=92300xxxxxxx&lang=English&msg=Hello&type=xml

Success Response:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>

<corpsms>
<code>300</code>
<type>Success</type>
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1ST 4 Connect (PVT) Limited | 33-C Zamzama 6 | D.H.A Phase V | Karachi | Pakistan
Lahore: +(92) 042 111-008-339 | Karachi: +(92) 021 111-008-339 | f: +92(0) 42 3742 1219
e: [email protected]| www.1st4connect.com

<response>Message Sent to Telecom.</response>

<transactionID>1</transactionID>
</corpsms>

Error Response:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<corpsms>
<code>200</code>
<type>Error</type>
<response>Invalid API id/password for the customer.</response>
<transactionID>1</transactionID>
</corpsms>

2. CODE EXAMPLES

PHP
<?php
// Configuration variables
$type = "xml";
$id = "92300xxxxxxx";
$pass = "xxxxxxxxxxxx";
$lang = "English";
$mask = "Outreach";

// Data for text message

$to = "92300xxxxxxx";
$message = "Test with an ampersand (&) and a 5 note";
$message = urlencode($message);

// Prepare data for POST request

$data = "id=".$id."&pass=".$pass."&msg=".$message."&to=".$to."&lang=".$lang."&mask=".$mask."&type=".$type;

// Send the POST request with cURL

$ch = curl_init('http://www.outreach.pk/api/sendsms.php/sendsms/url');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$result = curl_exec($ch); //This is the result from Outreach
curl_close($ch);
?>
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Lahore: +(92) 042 111-008-339 | Karachi: +(92) 021 111-008-339 | f: +92(0) 42 3742 1219
e: [email protected]| www.1st4connect.com

PHP Using Proxy

<?php
$type = "xml";
$id = "xxxx";
$pass = "xxxxxx";
$lang = "English";
$mask = "Outreach";
// Data for text message
$to = "923001234567";
$message = "Test with an ampersand (&) and a 5 note";
$message = urlencode($message); // Prepare data for POST request
$data = "id=".$id."&pass=".$pass."&msg=".$message."&to=".$to."&lang=".$lang."&mask=".$mask."&type=".$type;
// Send the POST request with cURL

$loginpassw = 'Proxy_Username:Proxy_Password'; //your proxy login and password here

$proxy_ip = 'Proxy_Server'; //proxy IP here
$proxy_port = 8080; //proxy port from your proxy list

$ch = curl_init('http://www.outreach.pk/api/sendsms.php/sendsms/url');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0); // no headers in the output
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1); // output to variable
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXYPORT, $proxy_port);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE, 'HTTP');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXY, $proxy_ip);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD, $loginpassw);
$data = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
echo $data;
?>

ASP

<%
responseType = "xml"
id = "92300xxxxxxx"
pass = "xxxxxxxxxxxx"
lang = "English"
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Lahore: +(92) 042 111-008-339 | Karachi: +(92) 021 111-008-339 | f: +92(0) 42 3742 1219
e: [email protected]| www.1st4connect.com

mask = "Outreach"
toNum = "92300xxxxxxx"

message = "Hello this is a test with a 5 note and an ampersand (&) symbol"
message = Server.urlencode(message) 'encode special characters (e.g. ?, & etc)
address = "http://www.outreach.pk/api/sendsms.php/sendsms/url"

url = address & "?id=" & id & "&pass=" & pass & "&msg=" & message & "&to=" & toNum & "&mask=" & mask &
"&lang=" & lang & "&type=" & responseType

set xmlhttp = CreateObject("MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP")

xmlhttp.open "POST", url, false
xmlhttp.send ""
msg = xmlhttp.responseText
response.write(msg)
set xmlhttp = nothing
%>

JAVA
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.URLConnection;
import java.net.URLEncoder;
public class SMSSender {

public static String sendSms(String sToPhoneNo,String sMessage) {

try {
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Lahore: +(92) 042 111-008-339 | Karachi: +(92) 021 111-008-339 | f: +92(0) 42 3742 1219
e: [email protected]| www.1st4connect.com

// Construct data
String data = "id=" + URLEncoder.encode("92300xxxxxxx", "UTF-8");
data += "&pass=" + URLEncoder.encode("xxxxxxxxxxxx", "UTF-8");
data += "&msg=" + URLEncoder.encode(sMessage, "UTF-8");
data += "&lang=" + URLEncoder.encode("English", "UTF-8");
data += "&to=" + URLEncoder.encode(sToPhoneNo, "UTF-8");
data += "&mask=" + URLEncoder.encode("Outreach", "UTF-8");
data += "&type=" + URLEncoder.encode("xml", "UTF-8");
// Send data
URL url = new URL("http://www.outreach.pk/api/sendsms.php/sendsms/url");
URLConnection conn = url.openConnection();
conn.setDoOutput(true);
OutputStreamWriter wr = new OutputStreamWriter(conn.getOutputStream());
wr.write(data);
wr.flush();
// Get the response
BufferedReader rd = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream()));
String line;
String sResult="";
while ((line = rd.readLine()) != null) {
// Process line...
sResult=sResult+line+" ";
}
wr.close();
rd.close();
return sResult;
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("Error SMS "+e);
return "Error "+e;
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
String result = sendSms("92300xxxxxxx","Hello this is a test with a 5 note and an ampersand (&)
symbol");
System.out.println(result);
}
}

C#

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

{
lbl1.Text = readHtmlPage("http://www.outreach.pk/api/sendsms.php/sendsms/url");
}
private String readHtmlPage(string url)
{
String result = "";
String message = HttpUtility.UrlEncode("Hello this is a test with a 5 note and an ampersand (&) symbol");
String strPost = "id=92300xxxxxxx&pass=xxxxxxxx&msg=" + message +
"&to=92300xxxxxxx" + "&mask=Outreach&type=xml&lang=English";
StreamWriter myWriter = null;
HttpWebRequest objRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);

objRequest.Method = "POST";
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e: [email protected]| www.1st4connect.com

objRequest.ContentLength = Encoding.UTF8.GetByteCount(strPost);
objRequest.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
try
{
myWriter = new StreamWriter(objRequest.GetRequestStream());
myWriter.Write(strPost);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
return e.Message;
}
finally
{
myWriter.Close();
}

HttpWebResponse objResponse = (HttpWebResponse)objRequest.GetResponse();

using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(objResponse.GetResponseStream()))
{
result = sr.ReadToEnd();
// Close and clean up the StreamReader
sr.Close();
}
return result;
}

C# Using Proxy
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Net;
using System.IO;
using System.Web;

namespace S4CFirewall
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
string url = "http://www.outreach.pk/api/sendsms.php/sendsms/url";
String result = "";
String message = HttpUtility.UrlEncode("Hello this is a test with a 5 note and an ampersand (&) symbol");
String strPost = "id=YOUR_ID&pass=YOUR_PASSWORD&msg=" + message + "&to=92300xxxxxxx" +
"&mask=Outreach&type=xml&lang=English";
StreamWriter myWriter = null;
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1ST 4 Connect (PVT) Limited | 33-C Zamzama 6 | D.H.A Phase V | Karachi | Pakistan
Lahore: +(92) 042 111-008-339 | Karachi: +(92) 021 111-008-339 | f: +92(0) 42 3742 1219
e: [email protected]| www.1st4connect.com

HttpWebRequest objRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);

try
{
WebProxy myProxy = new WebProxy();
myProxy.Address = new Uri("YOUR_PROXY"); //Example : http://LHR-18P-PROX:8080
myProxy.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("YOUR_PROXY_USERNAME", "YOUR_PROXY_PASSWORD");
objRequest.Proxy = myProxy;
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
Console.ReadLine();
}

objRequest.Method = "POST";
objRequest.ContentLength = Encoding.UTF8.GetByteCount(strPost);
objRequest.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
try
{
myWriter = new StreamWriter(objRequest.GetRequestStream());
myWriter.Write(strPost);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
}
finally { myWriter.Close();
}

HttpWebResponse objResponse = (HttpWebResponse)objRequest.GetResponse();

using (System.IO.StreamReader sr = new System.IO.StreamReader(objResponse.GetResponseStream()))
{
result = sr.ReadToEnd(); // Close and clean up the StreamReader
sr.Close();
}
Console.WriteLine(result);
}
}
}

VB6

Dim message As String

Dim result As String
Dim myURL As String, postData As String
Dim winHttpReq As Object
message = "Hello this is a test message."
Set winHttpReq = CreateObject("WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1")
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Lahore: +(92) 042 111-008-339 | Karachi: +(92) 021 111-008-339 | f: +92(0) 42 3742 1219
e: [email protected]| www.1st4connect.com

myURL = "http://www.outreach.pk/api/sendsms.php/sendsms/url"
postData = "id=92300xxxxxxx&pass=xxxxxxxxxxxx&msg=" + message +
"&to=92300xxxxxxx&mask=Outreach&type=xml&lang=English"

winHttpReq.Open "POST", myURL, False

winHttpReq.SetRequestHeader "Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
winHttpReq.Send (postData)

SendSMS_Text = winHttpReq.responseText

VB6 Using Proxy

Dim message As String

Dim result As String
Dim myURL As String, postData As String
Dim winHttpReq As Object
message = "Hello this is a test message."
Set winHttpReq = CreateObject("WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1")
myURL = "http://www.outreach.pk/api/sendsms.php/sendsms/url"
postData = "id=xxxxxxx&pass=xxxxxx&msg=" + message +
"&to=92300xxxxxxx&mask=Outreach&type=xml&lang=English"
winHttpReq.SetProxy 2, "Proxy_Server"
winHttpReq.Open "POST", myURL, False
winHttpReq.SetCredentials "Proxy_Username", "Proxy_Password", 1
winHttpReq.SetRequestHeader "Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
winHttpReq.Send (postData)
SendSMS_Text = winHttpReq.ResponseText
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1ST 4 Connect (PVT) Limited | 33-C Zamzama 6 | D.H.A Phase V | Karachi | Pakistan
Lahore: +(92) 042 111-008-339 | Karachi: +(92) 021 111-008-339 | f: +92(0) 42 3742 1219
e: [email protected]| www.1st4connect.com

3. Submitting Request for Business SMS API Delivery Status

The basic parameters required are:

Parameters Value Description

id 92300xxxxxxx A valid Account ID for the customer.

pass xxxxxxxxxxxx A valid Account Password for the customer.

transaction 1 Comma separated list of transaction IDs.

Example:
URL:

http://outreach.pk/api/sendsms.php/delivery/status?id=923084443779&pass=xxxxxxxx&transaction
=1

Success Response:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>

<corpsms>
<transaction id="1">
<status num="92300xxxxxxx" date="07-11-2012 13:25:02">Successful</status>
</transaction>
</corpsms>

Error Response:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<corpsms>
<code>200</code>
<type>Error</type>
<response>Invalid API ID/Password</response>
</corpsms>
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1ST 4 Connect (PVT) Limited | 2 Floor | 89-A Danepur Road | GOR 1 | Lahore | Pakistan
1ST 4 Connect (PVT) Limited | 33-C Zamzama 6 | D.H.A Phase V | Karachi | Pakistan
Lahore: +(92) 042 111-008-339 | Karachi: +(92) 021 111-008-339 | f: +92(0) 42 3742 1219
e: [email protected]| www.1st4connect.com

4. Submitting Request for Business SMS API Balance Inquiry

The basic parameters required are:

Parameters Value Description

id 92300xxxxxxx A valid Account ID for the customer.

pass xxxxxxxxxxxx A valid Account Password for the customer.

Example:
URL:

http://outreach.pk/api/sendsms.php/balance/status?id=xxxxxxxx&pass=xxxxxxxx

Success Response:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<corpsms>
<code>100</code>
<type>Success</type>
<response>5913</response>
</corpsms>

Error Response:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<corpsms>
<code>200</code>
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1ST 4 Connect (PVT) Limited | 2 Floor | 89-A Danepur Road | GOR 1 | Lahore | Pakistan
1ST 4 Connect (PVT) Limited | 33-C Zamzama 6 | D.H.A Phase V | Karachi | Pakistan
Lahore: +(92) 042 111-008-339 | Karachi: +(92) 021 111-008-339 | f: +92(0) 42 3742 1219
e: [email protected]| www.1st4connect.com

<type>Error</type>
<response>Invalid API ID/Password</response>
</corpsms>

Appendix-A
Error Codes

Code Description

200 Invalid API id/password for the customer.

203 Customer account has expired.

204 Invalid SMS masking for the customer.

206 Invalid Destination Number, Please Check Format i-e 92345xxxxxxx

208 One of the required parameters is missing.

209 Account has been blocked/suspended.

210 Invalid language specified for the message.

211 Insufficient Credit in account for this SMS.

Appendix-B

Status

Code Description

100 Successful

101 UnSuccessful

300 Message Sent to Telecom.