Creating SMS HTTP IN Trunk

Step 1. Under the “Trunks” section, select the “SMS” tab, navigate to “Create New”, and click on “HTTP IN” (Fig. 1)..

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Fig. 1. Adding a new HTTP SMS Trunk

Step 2. You will be prompted to enter your HTTP SMS Trunk details (Fig. 2).

Configuration options are:

  • Trunk name – HTTP SMS Trunk name to identify it on your DIDWW user panel.

  • Host – your HTTP server’s public IP address or domain.

  • Port – your HTTP server’s port.

  • HTTP Method – available methods POST, PUT or GET for delivering SMS messages.

  • Follow redirect – enables handling of redirect status codes (3xx). Available only with secure SSL transactions.

  • Path, Headers and Request Body – defines the way and path how short messages should be represented on your system. All these parameters can be constructed by using available placeholders.

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Fig. 2. HTTP SMS Trunk details window

Note

Message content using SMS-to-HTTP forwarding is Base64 encoded due to URL limitation

Step 3. Click “Create” to complete trunk configuration.