How can I send a Flash SMS message?

by **Jonathan** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 11:57 pm

If you wish to send a Flash SMS message, you can do by using our AdvancedSendService SOAP API.

By specifying a DataEncodingScheme of 16 (binary 00010000) the message will be delivered as a Flash SMS.

There is a sample FormPost form page which you can try out sending Advanced messages but you use it at your own risk. This page will send real messages from your account, so will be chargeable and is not a sample process. If you leave the ESMDataClass to be 0, along with the ValidityPeriod and the DataEncodingScheme to 16 you should be able to send a Flash SMS.

Please note, that as this method of sending SMS requires users to encode the SMS parameters and message body themselves, we do not offer any Support for this. AdvancedSendService is provided 'as-is' and should be used with caution to avoid unexpected behaviour.