Bulk360 SMS API V2.0

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Last Update: 21st Apr 2021

Developer Guide

Introduction

We can't wait to launch every new release and new features everytime after it pass thru Acceptance Test. Continue from all API features in previous version, this time we have implemented OAuth2.0 Client Credentials in the API request.

In Bulk360 SMS API V1.x, Access Credentials are shared across our Web Portal and API; in other word, when You change your account password, Your API fails to work immediately due to outdate password in your existing Application. We have solve it by implementing OAuth2.0 Client Credentials Authentication.

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This document will cover the following areas of connectivity:

Summary Changes

This release aims to implement more features based on our customers' feedback and features requested

New features in V2.0:
OAuth2.0
Your Account Credentials would not be exposed in URL query string anymore
Separate Credentials
Access Credentials can be change anytime without any API down time
Increase Security
The new release API accepts only POST Request

Overview of Bulk360 API V2.0 Flow

Below figure shows One Way SMS call flow
  1. Client request access token by given connection credentials
  2. Bulk360 return granted access token
  3. Client request send SMS using the granted access token
  4. Bulk360 acknowledge upon MT received, and return a Unique Reference ID. The returning values as specified in HTTP Response
    Noted that the MT Status here is not final
  5. Bulk360 transmit the MT to the recipient's Telco, Acknowledgement and Reference ID return from Telco
  6. Delivery Notification [DN] return from Telco
  7. Bulk360 return DN with Final Status of the MT Sent, refers to Delivery Notification for returned values

Request Access Token

You need to provide Access Token in order to send SMS using API V2.0. To request the Access Token, send a POST request to following URL together with your APP_KEY and APP_SECRET:

Your APP_KEY and APP_SECRET is located at Configurations > APIs > Create Connection.

Your example of PHP code might look like this:
$curl = curl_init(); curl_setopt_array($curl, [ CURLOPT_URL => "https://sms.360.my/oauth/token", CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true, CURLOPT_ENCODING => "", CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30, CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST", CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => "grant_type=client_credentials&client_id=YOUR_APP_KEY&client_secret=YOUR_APP_SECRET", CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [ "Accept: application/json" ], ]); $response = curl_exec($curl); $err = curl_error($curl); curl_close($curl);
Example of a successful response:
{
    "token_type"     : "Bearer",
    "expires_in"     : 3600,
    "access_token"   : "eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiJ9.eyJhdWQiOiIxOCIsImp0aSI6IjRmOGZkOWFjNGE2NjJiMzc3NTYzYjYxZGViOGQ1N2E0YjhjMjZmOTE3NmNkOTJkMWNkMjdiMzUzNGU3NmFjMDg4YjA1ODYxZTcwMTZjYTg0IiwiaWF0IjoxNjE4MDc4NDg0Ljk5MjcwMywibmJmIjoxNjE4MDc4NDg0Ljk5MjcxMiwiZXhwIjoxNjE4MDgyMDg0Ljg5NjE1LCJzdWIiOiIiLCJzY29wZXMiOlsiKiJdfQ.oK4QdL4TZDWmN9vOHcUozzFhphABdTtPJFo-AU4daIEW_x-yWVDTQVS-o2O7v7clEHARSehA08pjwP3uaaVMPvZq0NFYH1R5Nvfw9d0fdPbuDr8nczkvuJlCTGvOkw2mHzwhjAmkXsMERYDL3OfJ7h86ILqv6C56fe5kidsa6JyMF0A1Jv_u0E8N1GpxkSM5_8YcCghTnAVGLsg3e-zrkOb_4Umg_LIogFFvyx1PlvOX51Vlx2PEkyoQhInXGd7VwBSFvWeKrI-3nlUxMwuW1D0Gr1bFh5aHURaFQ84FulDzl3ND7P8Oj2nAe7g85iArRNKdZe9Xem8MaRxn3VT1DumHRHdAtbk-_vyw0G1VW2zyx58IWSsYcAqNZW4s97oC-HAvX18t1JyvUHpynKi1MKgdCGirhvIYsyWkz_Tmw2M_eGMgEzr9GfvGUGgu3cKtzd39eAQMMfvH-Z1_89uep9XapbazKXxb_G-d-4GIk411OBCzIWLfs8KcpjYWRVnwfj91mmC8qIQ_3CriettrLUs3rWYQ4ax7PrW9XiZsEScyEn0g7OyO5OnK57qhnGRuCc8gJUmo9DfkDeYYeRhCbmz1JKRUYN9t-qf4QfxFVgLPe7h4QqMiUy2K_mPoGHfkIFSSsZ2dYc7DKp_dKLOmDTXPG9Q_ajtvbq18Fjq43yE"
}
Example of a wrong APP_KEY and APP_SECRET combination:
{
    "error"              : "invalid_client",
    "error_description"  : "Client authentication failed",
    "message"            : "Client authentication failed"
}

Refer to above expires_in: 3600, the granted Access Token is valid for 3600 seconds (1 hour), you shall request new token only when it's expired to increase your sending speed.

Sending Normal Text Messages

Mobile Terminated (MT) Message refers to a message being sent out from SMS Gateway to the mobile handset. Our HTTP API is designed for developers with instructions to integrate Bulk360 SMS services into various solutions. To send SMS, only POST request shall be submitted to following URL:

Below table explanation for all required Parameters:
# Parameter Description Mandatory Example
1 to Maximum 150 characters

Recipient's mobile number in international format (without the "+" sign)

To send multiple recipeints in a single request, separate each recipient entry with comma (,)
eg. 60123240066,60102200533,60166600267

To send WhatsApp message, just add 'whatsapp:' as prefix of the mobile entry
eg. 60123240066,60102200533,whatsapp:60166600267
Yes 60123240066
2 from The source name of the SMS, it accepts Maximum of 11 alphanumeric characters. [Not applicable in Malaysia] No AEONSales
3 text The SMS content. When sending MT to Malaysia prefix (60) is concerned, the system will auto append “RM0 ” at the beginning of the SMS content. This will consume 4 characters from the total characters count of the message & credits will be deducted accordingly Yes Message from Bulk360 Gateway
4 detail To show additional info of:
- Account Balance
The balance returned is the balance before you trigger send the transaction
- Charge for each MSISDN
- Currency for each charge
No 1
Your example of PHP code might look like this:
$sms_data = [ 'from' => '68068', 'to' => '60123240066', 'text' => 'Hi from Bulk360 SMS API V2.0', 'detail' => 1 ]; $query_string = http_build_query($sms_data); $curl = curl_init(); curl_setopt_array($curl, [ CURLOPT_URL => "https://sms.360.my/api/bulk360/v2.0", CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true, CURLOPT_ENCODING => "", CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30, CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST", CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => $query_string, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [ "Authorization: Bearer " . YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN, "Accept: application/json" ], ]); $response = curl_exec($curl); $err = curl_error($curl); curl_close($curl);

If detail=1 is provided, the API will return 4 values as specified in HTTP Response
If detail=1 is not provided, the API will only return 3 values without Currency and Account Balance

Example of a successful response for 1 recipient:
{
    "code"       : 200,
    "desc"       : "OK",
    "to"         : "60123240066",
    "ref"        : "E210446dBNyMYd7",
    "currency"   : "MYR",
    "balance"    : "187.9236"
}
Example of a successful response for multiple recipients:
{
    "messages": [
        {
            "code": 200,
            "desc": "OK",
            "to": "60123240066",
            "ref": "E2104yMYer2weOB-X46dBlYa79",
            "currency": "MYR",
            "rate": 0.11
        },
        {
            "code": 200,
            "desc": "OK",
            "to": "60126660125",
            "ref": "E2104gl9avQVeG1-oBDbDpKbl2",
            "currency": "MYR",
            "rate": "0.2500"
        }
    ],
    "currency": "MYR",
    "balance": "4229.8700"
}
Example of a missing any mandatory field(s):
{
    "code": 400,
    "desc": "Missing parameters or invalid field type"
}

Sending UNICODE (UCS2) messages (Multi lingual)

To send language such as Chinese, Hindi or Thai, simply assign your non-latin script into a variable and you are good to send.

Your example of PHP code might look like this:
$sms_data = [ 'from' => '68068', 'to' => '60123240066', 'text' => '您好, 这是发自 Bulk360 SMS Client API V2.0的短信', 'detail' => 1 ]; $query_string = http_build_query($sms_data); $curl = curl_init(); curl_setopt_array($curl, [ CURLOPT_URL => "https://sms.360.my/api/bulk360/v2.0", CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true, CURLOPT_ENCODING => "", CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30, CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST", CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => $query_string, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [ "Authorization: Bearer " . YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN, "Accept: application/json" ], ]); $response = curl_exec($curl); $err = curl_error($curl); curl_close($curl);

HTTP Response

Upon the Bulk360 SMS API is called, the API will return 4 values:
  • code - The real-time delivery status, refer to following table Response Code
  • desc - Description of the code
  • to - Recipient mobile number
  • ref - Reference ID returned by 360
  • optional - [with parameter 'detail=1']
    • Currency
    • Account Balance
Response Code Description
200 OK
400 Missing parameters or invalid field type
401 Invalid Username or password
402 Insufficient Account credit
403 Email or Mobile Number not verify, message API not enabled, requested IP not whitelisted or not enabled
405 Invalid Message Type
406 Message content is not approved
If you sending Whatsapp Message, please submit your WhatsApp message content for approval
407 Banned Content detected. Your account is suspended
412 Account suspended / Terminated / Not activated
413 Account under observation mode, limited features enabled
500 Internal server error
DELIVERED Message successfully delivered to the mobile handset
UNDELIVERED Message failed to be delivered to the mobile handset
Example of HTTP response returning:
{
    "code"       : 200,
    "desc"       : "OK",
    "to"         : "60123240066",
    "ref"        : "E210446dBNyMYd7"
}
Example of HTTP response returning with parameter 'detail=1':
{
    "code"       : 200,
    "desc"       : "OK",
    "to"         : "60123240066",
    "ref"        : "E210446dBNyMYd7",
    "currency"   : "MYR",
    "balance"    : "187.9236"
}
Example of HTTP response returning with multiple recipients (notice that msg reference ID is longer):
{
    "messages": [
        {
            "code": 200,
            "desc": "OK",
            "to": "60123240066",
            "ref": "E2104yMYer2weOB-X46dBlYa79",
        },
        {
            "code": 200,
            "desc": "OK",
            "to": "60126660125",
            "ref": "E2104gl9avQVeG1-oBDbDpKbl2",
        }
    ]
}
Example of HTTP response returning with multiple recipients and parameter 'detail=1':
{
    "messages": [
        {
            "code": 200,
            "desc": "OK",
            "to": "60123240066",
            "ref": "E2104yMYer2weOB-X46dBlYa79",
            "currency": "MYR",
            "rate": 0.11
        },
        {
            "code": 200,
            "desc": "OK",
            "to": "60126660125",
            "ref": "E2104gl9avQVeG1-oBDbDpKbl2",
            "currency": "MYR",
            "rate": "0.2500"
        }
    ],
    "currency": "MYR",
    "balance": "4229.8700"
}

Delivery Notification (DN)

Delivery Notification is the final status of your Message sent. Note that not all Telco would return DN, or certain telco might return SMSC receipt rather than handset receipt

If Delivery Notification is required, please fill in the Delivery Notification Hook located at My Configurations > APIs tab. DNs will then be forwarded to your DN URL in real time in following format:

Four parameters return as below:
# Parameter Description Example
1 status Real-time DN Status DELIVERED or UNDELIVERED
2 error-code Error Details. Optional, we wouldn't return this parameter if non has return from Telco 000 or 50
3 msisdn MT recipient mobile number 60123240066
4 msgid The Reference ID enables client to tie the DN with the MT sent 5515023

Note:
- The total number of DNs returned will be based on the number of Message broadcasted. E.g.: if a Group of broadcast consists of 10 MSISDNs, there will be 10 DNs returned. If there were more than 1 DN returned for the same Message, always consider the last DN received as the final DN.
- Depending on Telcos' configuration, MT retries attempt might be prolonged for 36 to 48 hours if cell phone is unreachable.

Error Code Description
000 No Error
50 Unknown Error / Not specify
501 Absent Subscriber
502 Handset memory capacity exceeded. Handset has run out of free memory to store new message
503 Equipment protocol error
504 Equipment not equipped with short-message capability
505 Unknown subscriber. The IMSI is unknown in the HLR
506 Illegal subscriber. The mobile station failed authentication
507 Teleservice not provisioned. Mobile subscription identified by the mobile number does include the short message service
508 Illegal equipment. IMEI check failed, i.e. the IMEI is either black listed or not white listed
509 Call barred. Operator barred the mobile number
510 Facility not supported. VLR in the PLMN does not support MT short message service
511 Subscriber busy for MT short message
512 System failure. Task cannot be completed because of a problem in another entity
513 Data missing. Necessary parameter is not present in the primitive
514 Unexpected data value. Necessary data is badly formatted in the primitive
515 Unidentified subscriber
516 Absent subscriber. No paging response
517 Absent subscriber. IMSI detached
518 Absent subscriber. Roaming restriction
547 Application context not supported
550 Temporary error received from peer SMSC
551 SMS malformed. SMS is not formed correctly. This error is specific to IP-based protocols like SMPP
552 SMS expired
553 Insufficient credit. The user has insufficient credit/not allowed to send to that destination
554 Invalid destination. Receiver is not a valid number
555 Unable to find outbound route for this SMS
556 SMS buffered
557 Timeout waiting for response from peer
558 Throttling error. The user has exceeded allowed message limit
561 Subscriber blacklisted
562 Subscriber not white listed
569 Invalid sender ID
571 Subscriber opted out from receiving SMS
574 SMS rejected. Error received from peer SMSC
575 SMS rejected. Inappropriate SMS content
576 Sender ID blacklisted
577 Sender ID not while listed

Custom Development (Non-PHP Application)

Following video demonstrate how to integrate your non-php application with our Bulk360 SMS API V2.0: