API for Developers

Access

Here is an example of the API String:

http://app.bearsms.com/index.php?app=ws&u=USERNAME&h=HASHKEY&op=pv&to=9725051234567&msg=hello+world

# u = Username

# h = password (Hashkey)

Parameters

Listed in the below table are webservices parameters for individual tasks.

Name	Description
h	webservices token, configured by user from Preferences menu
u	username
p	password, supplied for op=get_token
op	operation or type of action
format	output format selection
from	SMS sender ID (for op=pv)
to	destination numbers, @username or #groupcode, may use commas
footer	SMS footer (for op=pv)
nofooter	remove SMS footer
msg	message (+ or %20 for spaces, urlencode for non ascii chars)
schedule	schedule message delivery, format: YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss
type	message type (flash or text)
unicode	whether message unicode or not (1=unicode, 0=not unicode)
queue	queue code
src	sender number or ID
dst	destination number (single number)
dt	send SMS date/time
smslog_id	SMS Log ID
last	last SMS log ID (this number not included on result)
c	number of delivery status that will be retrieved
kwd	keyword
login_key	login key sets by admin through webservices call op=loginkeyset
query	query server for useful information

Listed in the below table are webservices parameters for admin tasks.

Name	Description
recvnum	receiver number (for op=inject)
smsc	SMSC (for op=inject)
data_*	admin tasks related supplied data

Please note that all values should be URL encoded.

Return Codes

Below table listed return coded after unsuccessful call to a webservices operation. Successful operation will returns an OK data in the response message.

Please note that by default the response message is a JSON encoded message.

Error code	Description
ERR 100	authentication failed
ERR 101	type of action is invalid or unknown
ERR 102	one or more field empty
ERR 103	not enough credit for this operation
ERR 104	webservice token is not available
ERR 105	webservice token not enable for this user
ERR 106	webservice token not allowed from this IP address
ERR 200	send message failed
ERR 201	destination number or message is empty
ERR 400	no delivery status available
ERR 401	no delivery status retrieved and SMS still in queue
ERR 402	no delivery status retrieved and SMS has been processed from queue
ERR 501	no data returned or result is empty
ERR 600	admin level authentication failed
ERR 601	inject message failed
ERR 602	sender id or message is empty
ERR 603	account addition failed due to missing data
ERR 604	fail to add account
ERR 605	account removal failed due to unknown username
ERR 606	fail to remove account
ERR 607	set parent failed due to unknown username
ERR 608	fail to set parent
ERR 609	get parent failed due to unknown username
ERR 610	fail to get parent
ERR 611	account ban failed due to unknown username
ERR 612	fail to ban account
ERR 613	account unban failed due to unknown username
ERR 614	fail to unban account
ERR 615	editing account preferences failed due to missing data
ERR 616	fail to edit account preferences
ERR 617	editing account configuration failed due to missing data
ERR 618	fail to edit account configuration
ERR 619	viewing credit failed due to missing data
ERR 620	fail to view credit
ERR 621	adding credit failed due to missing data
ERR 622	fail to add credit
ERR 623	deducting credit failed due to missing data
ERR 624	fail to deduct credit
ERR 625	setting login key failed due to missing data
ERR 626	fail to set login key

There might appear new error codes in the future, you should be aware that new codes might appear in this syntax:

Error code	Description
ERR 1xx	authentication or parameter erorrs
ERR 2xx	specific pv errors
ERR 4xx	delivery status errors
ERR 5xx	others
ERR 6xx	administrative tasks

Protocol for non-admin tasks

Send message

Send message to a single or multiple mobile numbers, @username or #groupcode

Parameters	Name or description
Operation	`pv`
Mandatory	`u` `h` `to` `msg`
Optional	`type` `unicode` `from` `footer` `nofooter` `format` `schedule`
Returns	return codes

Parameter to can be international formatted mobile number, #groupcode or @username, or a mix of them. Separate by commas for multiple value.

Outgoing SMS and delivery status

List outgoing SMS and delivery status.

Parameters	Name or description
Operation	`ds`
Mandatory	`u` `h`
Optional	`queue` `src` `dst` `dt` `smslog_id` `c` `last` `format`
Returns	data or return codes

Parameter c will retrieve as many as c value, last will retrieves data from last SMS log ID.

Incoming SMS

List incoming SMS.

Parameters	Name or description
Operation	`in`
Mandatory	`u` `h`
Optional	`queue` `src` `dst` `dt` `smslog_id` `c` `last` `format`
Returns	data or return codes

Parameter c will retrieve as many as c value, last will retrieves data from last SMS log ID.

Inbox

List SMS on user’s inbox.

Parameters	Name or description
Operation	`ix`
Mandatory	`u` `h`
Optional	`queue` `src` `dst` `dt` `smslog_id` `c` `last` `format`
Returns	data or return codes

Parameter c will retrieve as many as c value, last will retrieves data from last SMS log ID.

Sandbox

List unhandled incoming SMS.

Parameters	Name or description
Operation	`sx`
Mandatory	`u` `h`
Optional	`queue` `src` `dst` `dt` `smslog_id` `c` `last` `format`
Returns	data or return codes

Parameter c will retrieve as many as c value, last will retrieves data from last SMS log ID.

User credit

Get user’s credit information.

Parameters	Name or description
Operation	`cr`
Mandatory	`u` `h`
Optional	`format`
Returns	user’s credit or return codes

Get token

Get user’s webservices token. This can be used as a login mechanism.

Parameters	Name or description
Operation	`get_token`
Mandatory	`u` `p`
Optional	`format`
Returns	webservices token or return codes

Set token

Set user’s webservices token. This can be used as a change password mechanism.

Parameters	Name or description
Operation	`set_token`
Mandatory	`u` `h`
Optional	`format`
Returns	new webservices token or return codes

Get contact list

Get contact list by name, mobile or email

Parameters	Name or description
Operation	`get_contact`
Mandatory	`u` `h` `kwd`
Optional	`c` `format`
Returns	list of contacts similar or the same as `kwd` or return codes

Get group contact list

Get group contact list by name or code

Parameters	Name or description
Operation	`get_contact_group`
Mandatory	`u` `h` `kwd`
Optional	`c` `format`
Returns	list of contact groups similar or the same as `kwd` or return codes

Authenticate user via webservices and redirect to index.php upon authentication, successful or failed or invalid

Parameters	Name or description
Operation	`ws_login`
Mandatory	`u` `login_key`
Optional	none
Returns	none, web redirect to index.php

Parameter login_key is set by admin accounts through webservices call using operation loginkeyset

Query

Query server for useful information such as user’s data, user’s credit, last smslog_id for inbox, incoming and outgoing SMS

Parameters	Name or description
Operation	`query`
Mandatory	`u` `h`
Optional	`format`
Returns	server’s information

Protocol for admin tasks

Inject message

Inject message to the system

Parameters	Name or description
Operation	`inject`
Mandatory	`u` `h` `from` `msg` `recvnum` `smsc`
Optional	`format`
Returns	return codes

Injected message will be treated as a valid incoming SMS.

Stoplist Number

Will add a number to the stoplist.

Parameters	Name or description
Operation	`stoplist`
Mandatory	`u` `h` `from`
Optional	none
Returns	return codes (failure code is 627)

Number used in the ‘from’ field will be added to the stoplist feature to globally prevent outgoing messages sending to it. example: http://app.bearsms.com/index.php?app=ws&u=<admin user>&h=<webkey>&op=stoplist&from=<number to be added>

Add account

Add an account

Parameters	Name or description
Operation	`accountadd`
Mandatory	`u` `h` `data_status` `data_username` `data_password` `data_name` `data_email`
Optional	`format` `data_parent` `data_mobile` `data_datetime_timezone` `data_language_module`
Returns	return codes and info

Notes:

most mandatory and optional query parameters are prefixed with data_
data_status 2 is for admin level account
data_status 3 is for user level account
data_status 4 is for subuser level account
data_parent may need to be set when adding subuser level account

Remove account

Remove an account

Parameters	Name or description
Operation	`accountremove`
Mandatory	`u` `h` `data_username`
Optional	`format`
Returns	return codes and info

Set parent for subuser

Set parent for subuser level account

Parameters	Name or description
Operation	`parentset`
Mandatory	`u` `h` `data_username` `data_parent`
Optional	`format`
Returns	return codes

Get parent from subuser

Get parent from subuser level account

Parameters	Name or description
Operation	`parentget`
Mandatory	`u` `h` `data_username`
Optional	`format`
Returns	return codes and data parent

Ban an account

Parameters	Name or description
Operation	`accountban`
Mandatory	`u` `h` `data_username`
Optional	`format`
Returns	return codes

Unban an account

Parameters	Name or description
Operation	`accountunban`
Mandatory	`u` `h` `data_username`
Optional	`format`
Returns	return codes

Update account preferences

Parameters	Name or description
Operation	`accountpref`
Mandatory	`u` `h` `data_username`
Optional	`format` `data_name` `data_email` `data_mobile` `data_address` `data_city` `data_state` `data_country` `data_zipcode` `data_password`
Returns	return codes and info

Notes:

most mandatory and optional query parameters are prefixed with data_
this command may be used to update account’s password

Update account configuration

Parameters	Name or description
Operation	`accountconf`
Mandatory	`u` `h` `data_username`
Optional	`format` `data_footer` `datetime_timezone` `data_language_module` `data_fwd_to_inbox` `data_fwd_to_email` `data_fwd_to_mobile` `data_local_length` `data_replace_zero` `data_sender`
Returns	return codes and info

Notes:

most mandatory and optional query parameters are prefixed with data_
this command may be used to update account’s default sender ID
only valid sender ID may be selected
data_fwd_to_inbox data_fwd_to_email data_fwd_to_mobile are boolean variables, fill with 0 to disable and 1 to enable
data_local_length used to detect local destination number by its length
data_replace_zero is a numeric only prefix number to replace prefix 0

View account credit

View an account credit or balance

Parameters	Name or description
Operation	`creditview`
Mandatory	`u` `h` `data_username`
Optional	`format`
Returns	return codes and balance

Add account credit

Add credit to an account

Parameters	Name or description
Operation	`creditadd`
Mandatory	`u` `h` `data_username` `data_amount`
Optional	`format`
Returns	return codes, updated balance and amount

Deduct account credit

Deduct credit to an account

Parameters	Name or description
Operation	`creditdeduct`
Mandatory	`u` `h` `data_username` `data_amount`
Optional	`format`
Returns	return codes, updated balance and amount

Set login key for an account

Parameters	Name or description
Operation	`loginkeyset`
Mandatory	`u` `h` `data_username`
Optional	`format`
Returns	return codes and login key

Examples

Send SMS

Example webservice URL:

http://app.bearsms.com/index.php?app=ws&u=anton&h=a45a02791b2fe2fedb078c39fd83637a&op=pv&to=0987654321&msg=test+only

Explanation:

BearSMS webservices in app.bearsms.com with operation op pv (send SMS) was accessed by a user using username u and webservices token h with destination number to 0987654321, message msg ‘test only’ and expected output format is the default format, JSON format.

When succeeded BearSMS will returns OK status message in JSON format:

{"data":[{"status":"OK","error":"0","smslog_id":"30",

"queue":"afb5f34575e30ec4efe4471cf5d1bee4","to":"0987654321"}],"error_string":null}

When error occurred BearSMS will returns one of the return code, also in JSON format.

Scheduled SMS:

Send SMS at 15:30:00 2019-04-29

http://app.bearsms.com/index.php?app=ws&u=anton&h=a45a02791b2fe2fedb078c39fd83637a&op=pv&to=0987654321&msg=test+only&schedule=2019-04-29%2015:30:00

Both + and %20 can be used between date and time, but %20 is recommended.

List of incoming SMS

Example webservice URL:

http://x.com/index.php?app=ws&u=anton&h=482ac0069592c647289e52dfef88be68&op=in&kwd=IDOL&format=xml

Explanation:

BearSMS webservices in app.bearsms.com with operation op in (incoming SMS) was accessed by a user using username u and webservices token h with keyword kwd IDOL and expected output format is in XML format format=xml.

When succeeded BearSMS will returns OK status message in XML format:

<response> <data> <item> <id>2</id> <src>+972501234567</src> <dst>1234</dst> <kwd>IDOL</kwd> <msg>A</msg> <dt>2018-05-20 12:40:38</dt> <status>1</status> </item> </data> </response>

When error occurred BearSMS will returns one of the return code, also in XML format.

List of contacts on phonebook

Example webservice URL:

http://app.bearsms.com/index.php?app=ws&u=anton&h=482ac0069592c647289e52dfef88be68&op=get_contact&kwd=anton

Explanation:

BearSMS webservices in app.bearsms.com with operation op get_contact was accessed by a user using username u and webservices token h with keyword kwd anton and expected output format is in JSON format.

When succeeded BearSMS will returns OK status message in JSON format:

{"status":"OK","error":"0","data":[{"pid":"13674","gpid":"2","p_desc":"Anton Raharja","p_num":"08901230659","email":"","group_name":"Test Group","code":"TESTGROUP"}],"multi":true}

When error occurred BearSMS will returns one of the return code, also in JSON format.

API for Developers

Parameters

Return Codes

Protocol for non-admin tasks

Send message

Outgoing SMS and delivery status

Incoming SMS

Inbox

Sandbox

User credit

Get token

Set token

Get contact list

Get group contact list

Webservices login

Query

Protocol for admin tasks

Inject message

Stoplist Number

Add account

Remove account

Set parent for subuser

Get parent from subuser

Ban an account

Unban an account

Update account preferences

Update account configuration

View account credit

Add account credit

Deduct account credit

Set login key

Examples

Send SMS

Scheduled SMS:

List of incoming SMS

List of contacts on phonebook