HTTP(S) API Integration
The Reliable, scalable and customizable HTTP API is used to quickly and easily integrate textit.biz gateway into websites and applications. The HTTP API is supported by most languages and can be used together with all applications and software solutions. It is extremely reliable, quick, convenient and can be debugged easily.HTTP API can be used for Broadcast (Send SMS Messages) or Check Balance of your account
BROADCAST API
Basic Integration
https://www.textit.biz/sendmsg?id=xxxxxxx&pw=xxxx&to=xxxx&text=xxxxxx
(Info : textit.biz supports both http and https | Supports both
GET and POST methods)
Basic Parameters
id = <Your Phone Number in international format>
pw = <4 Digit Password>
to = <Recipients Phone Number in international format>
text = <Text Message (URL Encoded)>
example:
https://www.textit.biz/sendmsg?id=94123456789&pw=1234&to=07987654321&text=Hello+World
Advanced Parameters
| Parameter | Expected Value(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| id | User ID | Required | All Packages |
| pw | Password | Required | All Packages |
| to | Recipient Phone Number | Required | All Packages
Local Numbers : Any format supported eg. 07XXX... , 7XXX, 947XXX... International : 00<country code><area code><phone number> eg. 0091987654321 |
| text | Message Content | Required | All Packages Must be url formated for reliable delivery (eg. Hello+World or Hello%20World) *Specially applies to GET method. |
| ref |
Alpha-numeric (upto 15 characters) |
Optional
Passthrough Variable, only shows in reports eg. ref=NewCampaign |
| schd | YYYY‐MM‐ DD_HH:MM Or YYYYMMDDHHMM | Optional
Schedule Send Date / Time. Textit.biz will store the message in servers and process at the given time. Formats : YYYY‐MM‐ DD_HH:MM Or YYYYMMDDHHMM Eg. schd=2021‐01‐31_23:59 or schd=202101312359 |
for more in-depth integration instructions, download our API Integration Guide
BALANCE CHECK API
Integration
https://www.textit.biz/creditchk/index.php?id=xxxxxx&pw=xxxx
(Info : textit.biz supports both http and https | Supports both GET and POST methods)
Parameters
id = Account Username
pw = Account Password
API Response
Assuming that the Check_Credit routine was executed successfully, the body of the API’s response (i.e. the result) will contains the credit available on your account. The value is numeric and may contain decimal points. If the routine failed, the response (i.e the result) will contain the error code.
PHP Example Script
$user = "94123456789";
$password = "0000";
$text = urlencode("This is an example message");
$to = "94000000000";
$baseurl ="https://www.textit.biz/sendmsg";
$url = "$baseurl/?id=$user&pw=$password&to=$to&text=$text";
$ret = file($url);
$res= explode(":",$ret[0]);
if (trim($res[0])=="OK")
{
echo "Message Sent - ID : ".$res[1];
}
else
{
echo "Sent Failed - Error : ".$res[1];
}
C# Example Script
Use the code below to send SMS. You can modify this basic code to
your requirements.
change values of id, pw, to and text with your user id, password,
senders telephone number and the message respectively
using System.Net;
using System.IO;
WebClient client = new WebClient ();
client.Headers.Add ("user-agent", "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0;
Windows NT 5.2; .NET CLR 1.0.3705;)");
client.QueryString.Add("id", "947123456789");
client.QueryString.Add("pw", "XXXX");
client.QueryString.Add("to", "94000000000");
client.QueryString.Add("text", "This is an example message");
string baseurl ="https://www.textit.biz/sendmsg";
Stream data = client.OpenRead(baseurl);
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader (data);
string s = reader.ReadToEnd ();
data.Close ();
reader.Close ();
return (s);
JAVA example script
Use the JAVA codings below to send SMS. You can modify this basic code
to your requirements.
change values of id, pw, to and text with your user id, password,
senders telephone number(to) and the message(text)
import java.net.*;
import java.io.*;
public class URLReader {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
URL textit = new URL("https://textit.biz/sendmsg/index.php?id=94000000000&pw=0000&to=0000000000&text=Test+SMS");
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
new InputStreamReader(textit.openStream()));
String inputLine;
while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null)
System.out.println(inputLine);
in.close();
}
}
more details can be found at the oracle java documentation at https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/networking/urls/index.html
cURL example
Use the cURL/PHP script below to send SMS. You can modify this basic script to your requirements.
function get_web_page( $url )
{
$options = array(
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true, // return web page
CURLOPT_HEADER => false, // don't return headers
);
$ch = curl_init( $url );
curl_setopt_array( $ch, $options );
$content = curl_exec( $ch );
$header = curl_getinfo( $ch );
curl_close( $ch );
return $content;
}
$user = "941234567890";
$password = "1234";
$text = urlencode("This is an example message");
$to = "94000000000";
$baseurl ="https://www.textit.biz/sendmsg";
$url = "$baseurl/?id=$user&pw=$password&to=$to&text=$text";
$ret = get_web_page($url);
$res= explode(":",$ret);
if (trim($res[0])=="OK")
{
echo "Message Sent - ID : ".$res[1];
}
else
{
echo "Sent Failed - Error : ".$res[1];
}
VB.NET example
Imports System.Net
Imports System.IO
Dim client As WebClient = New WebClient
client.Headers.Add("user-agent", "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0;
Windows NT 5.2; .NET CLR 1.0.3705;)")
client.QueryString.Add("id", "940000000")
client.QueryString.Add("pw", "0000")
client.QueryString.Add("to", "0772823050")
client.QueryString.Add("text", "This is an example message")
Dim baseurl As String = "https://textit.biz/sendmsg/index.php"
Dim data As Stream = client.OpenRead(baseurl)
Dim reader As StreamReader = New StreamReader(data)
Dim s As String = reader.ReadToEnd()
data.Close()
reader.Close()
Return