{% method %}
In order to receive text messages events, you need to ensure you have set up your application to send callbacks to your server's URL.
Parameter | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
type | string |
The Event type |
time | string |
The time of the event described in the receipt |
description | string |
A detailed description of the event described by the receipt |
to | string |
The destination number for an outbound message receipt |
message | string |
Any string, it will be included in the callback events of the message. |
message.id | string |
The unique ID of this message |
message.owner | string |
The phone number this particular message is associated with. For an outbound message, this is always the from number.For an inbound message, this will be (one of) the to number(s).For instance, if this is an inbound group message, the owner field will be set to the to number that this particular copy of the group message belongs to. |
message.time | string |
The time stamp of when message was created |
message.direction | string |
Whether the message was sent from Bandwidth, or received by a Bandwidth number |
message.to | array |
The phone number (or numbers) the message the message is sent to. On a POST, this can be a String, or an array of one or more numbers. In all other places, this will be an array. |
message.from | string |
The phone number the message was sent from |
message.text | string |
The text content of the message |
message.applicationId | string |
The ID of the Application your from number is associated with in the Bandwidth Phone Number Dashboard. |
message.media | array |
A list of URLs to include as media attachments as part of the message. Using the v1 media api you can download the media WITHIN 30 DAYS The URL will look something like: https://api.catapult.inetwork.com/v1/users/{userId}/media/{messageId}/{index}/{filename} Where messageId is the ID of the incoming message that had the media, index is the index of that media in the message (starting from 0 ) and filename is the original filename |
message.tag | string |
An custom String that you can use to track this particular message |
message.segmentCount | int |
This indicates the number of segments the original message from the user is broken into before sending over to carrier networks. Segmentation of messages depends on the size and encoding. Bandwidth will segment the message if the character count is over the below limits: - 160 for GSM-7 - 70 for UCS-2 For MMS messages the segment count will always be set to 1 |
{% common %}
{% sample lang='http' %}
POST /your_url HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
User-Agent: BandwidthAPI/v2
[
{
"type" : "message-received",
"time" : "2016-09-14T18:20:16Z",
"description" : "Incoming message received",
"to" : "+12345678902",
"message" : {
"id" : "14762070468292kw2fuqty55yp2b2",
"time" : "2016-09-14T18:20:16Z",
"to" : ["+12345678902"],
"from" : "+12345678901",
"text" : "Hey, check this out!",
"applicationId" : "93de2206-9669-4e07-948d-329f4b722ee2",
"media" : [
"https://api.catapult.inetwork.com/v1/users/{userId}/media/14762070468292kw2fuqty55yp2b2/0/bw.png"
],
"owner" : "+12345678902",
"direction" : "in",
"segmentCount" : 1
}
}
]
{% common %}
{% sample lang='http' %}
POST /your_url HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
User-Agent: BandwidthAPI/v2
[
{
"type" : "message-received",
"time" : "2016-09-14T18:20:16Z",
"description" : "Incoming message received",
"to" : "+12345678902",
"message" : {
"id" : "14762070468292kw2fuqty55yp2b2",
"time" : "2016-09-14T18:20:16Z",
"to" : ["+12345678902"],
"from" : "+12345678901",
"text" : "Hey, check this out!",
"applicationId" : "93de2206-9669-4e07-948d-329f4b722ee2",
"media" : [
"https://api.catapult.inetwork.com/v1/users/{userId}/media/14762070468292kw2fuqty55yp2b2/0/bw.png",
"https://api.catapult.inetwork.com/v1/users/{userId}/media/14762070468292kw2fuqty55yp2b2/1/bandwidth_logo.png",
"https://api.catapult.inetwork.com/v1/users/{userId}/media/14762070468292kw2fuqty55yp2b2/2/Bandwidth_Contact.png"
],
"owner" : "+12345678902",
"direction" : "in",
"segmentCount" : 1
}
}
]
{% endmethod %}