Sending messages

Send text

Send a plain text message inside the 24-hour window.

Sends a plain text message. The contact must have messaged you in the last 24 hours.

GET/send-text

Parameters

`LicenseNumber`stringrequired	Your license number, shown on the Developer API page.
`APIKey`stringrequired	Your API key, shown on the Developer API page.
`Contact`stringrequired	Recipient number with country code, digits only.
`Message`stringrequired	The text to send, up to 4096 characters.
`Name`string	Contact name, used if the contact is created.

Example request

curl -G "https://console.tendigit.in/api/v1/ext/send-text" \
  --data-urlencode "LicenseNumber=YOUR_LICENSE" \
  --data-urlencode "APIKey=YOUR_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "Contact=919876543210" \
  --data-urlencode "Message=Hi Rahul, your order has shipped."

Response

json

{
  "success": true,
  "messageId": "cmt8z1abc0004xyz",
  "status": "QUEUED"
}

24-hour window

Free-form messages (text, media, buttons, lists) can only be sent while the contact's 24-hour conversation window is open, meaning they messaged you in the last 24 hours. Outside the window, send an approved template instead. If the window is closed you get a SESSION_EXPIRED error.