Choosing a phone number for SMS

If you want to send and receive SMS in Voximplant, make sure that the chosen region and phone category support SMS functionality when purchasing a phone number. Note that virtual numbers do not support SMS.

To check if the number is suitable, go to the numbers section in your control panel, click buy a new phone number, and select a number. If the selected number does not support SMS, the following note appears:

If you do not see this message, the number supports SMS functionality:

HTTP API request

You can check which numbers support SMS via the GetPhoneNumbers HTTP request with country_code and phone_category_name. If the is_sms_supported property equals to true in the returned object, the phone numbers in this region support SMS.

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curl "https://api.voximplant.com/platform_api/GetPhoneNumberRegions/?api_key=API_KEY&account_id=1&country_code=GB&phone_category_name=MOBILE`"

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{
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  "result": [{
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    "is_need_regulation_address": false,
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    "country_code": "GB",
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    "phone_region_id": 27085,
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    "is_sms_supported": true,
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    "phone_count": 408,
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    "phone_installation_price": 0.0,
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    "phone_region_name": "7",
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    "phone_period": "0-1-0 0:0:0",
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    "phone_category_name": "MOBILE",
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    "phone_price": 1.2,
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    "multiple_numbers_price": [],
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    "phone_region_code": "7"
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  }],
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  "count": 1
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}