WHAT ARE MESSAGING APIS?
Add complex communications to any application
Most application developers are new to cloud communications. The good news is that as the need for interconnected interactions continues to grow, there are Communications and SMS APIs that make it easy for programmers to embed complex telecommunications to any Web or mobile application.
Commio offers API endpoints and simple code that are here to help you build complex communications services into products quickly and efficiently.
1,500 companies use Commio to deliver billions of SMS/MMS messages every month.
SMS API BASICS
Flexible messaging to any handset
Mobile phones are everywhere. Everybody is familiar with text messaging. That’s why businesses have adopted texting as an added channel to voice calling to better connect with customers.
With the advent of Simple Message Service (SMS), making these connections is even easier. Businesses can now cost-effectively and simultaneously send timely and straightforward messages to thousands (or even millions) of customers. And just because these texts are sent in bulk, they can still retain a surprising amount of personalization and urgency.
Looking for a place to get started? Our Messaging API Documentation gives you the code you need to make implementation into your tech stack easy and painless.
INTEGRATE AN SMS API
Start with the basics: a great provider like Commio
To get started, consult with the messaging professionals like our team at Commio. They’ll provide you with an API key. Once you purchase one or more phone numbers and enable them to send texts, you’ll need to decide which kind of messages you want to send and how you want them sent. Finally, you’ll write code to connect the API and send your texts. Once testing is complete, you can reference delivery receipts to ensure that your messages are getting through.
HOW DOES AN API WORK?
Connect your application to our carriers
A text messaging API makes it easy to send SMS or MMS messages from a web application via an HTTP request. SMS APIs are the connection point between your platform or application and the telecommunications carrier networks. They’ll enable you to send and receive text messages to mobile recipients. They also convert the messages into a format that can be send over the carrier networks so your application can understand when someone responds.
CONNECTING SMARTPHONES TO EACH OTHER
Messaging from 1G to 5G
Text messaging’s integration into cellular services began with analog 1G networks and gained significant momentum with the development of 2G digital systems, especially the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM).
Early pricing strategies encouraged texting over voice calls, but as unlimited voice plans with texting became common, more users embraced the convenience of texting, formally known as SMS.
Text messaging’s impact on culture includes the introduction of new vocabulary and the use of symbols like emojis to compensate for message length limitations. However, it also raised concerns related to physical safety, with regulations in some areas governing texting while driving or engaging in other activities.
TEXT MESSAGING FEATURES
Reach millions with local 10-digit numbers
Modern smartphones enhance the texting experience with physical or virtual keyboards, making text entry more efficient than using traditional alphanumeric keypads. Text messaging has evolved with two successors: Enhanced Messaging Service (EMS) and Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS). EMS introduced specialized formatting, character sets, ringtones, and image transmission.
MMS, which has largely replaced EMS, supports video content, eliminating the previous 160-character limit for individual messages.
SHORT CODES
High-volume messages, meet short codes
Smaller is better. A mere five or six-digit number is all it takes to send high-volume messages with maximum throughput to better communicate with customers.
Work with our messaging experts to quickly buy new or migrate your existing short codes, test your integrations, and review your brands and campaigns to be sure your short codes work perfectly. Start sending alerts and notifications, SMS marketing campaigns, Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) messages, and more.
“Commio’s text messaging capability is easy to use and implement into our existing workflows. Very happy with results.”
Pinpoint Communications
