The FTP SMS Gateway API is ideal for once-off, high volume message dispatches and excellent if you need to facilitate batch processing from legacy systems. Intended for customers who can build up a text file based on existing databases, Clickatell allows the text file to be uploaded to Clickatell's FTP site for sending. The API connection requires the use of two passwords; a product specific password to log onto the FTP server and an account password used within the text file.
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Advantages of using the FTP SMS Gateway API:
- It is very fast, all you need to do is upload from our FTP server and your SMS messages will be sent instantly.
- Clickatell records status details of all SMS messages sent in a history log file in your FTP folder.
- Clients can specify required features and can also control the maximum credit charge allowed.
- Clients can choose SSL encryption on both inbound and outbound SMS messages.
All of Clickatell's A2P mobile messaging solutions offer the following features:
- Almost immediate SMS text messaging functionality for any site or application.
- Clickatell's mobile messaging API's support text, Unicode, binary SMS, EMS and Flash messaging.
- Our SMS Gateway API's support extended length messages.
- Clickatell's mobile messaging API products come with extensive documentation and script libraries , saving you precious development time.
- VCard and VCal converters are available at no charge for logo and ringtone conversions.
- Our SMS Gateway API's have delivery acknowledgement features and customized sender ID options.
- Two-way text messaging is enabled for most of our products and we can offer this feature through 819 networks in 222 countries.
- Automatic rerouting to an alternative delivery gateway i f a message is delayed for a client specified period of time.
- Customer-specified priority level SMS delivery queues.
- SMS delivery delay of up to 7 days (excluding SMPP API).
- Customers can query network coverage as well as text message status for both inbound and outbound messages (push and pull).
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the free trial now of Clickatell's FTP API Connection, with 10 free message credits to send pre-populated
text messages and see how easy it is to connect to our SMS Gateway.
How to connect via FTP:
- Sign up for an FTP account and you will be given a username, password and api_id: keep these at hand!
- Log into your account, go to Manage My Products, and then into the FTP section, and set up your FTP login and password. (These are different from your Clickatell account login and password).
- Have the number you wish to send to ready in international format e.g. 448311234567.
- Prepare the message you want to send by creating a text file in this format:
api_id:xxxxx
user:xxxxx
password:xxxxx
to: 448311234567
text: This is my first ftp to SMS message
- Type ftp://ftpupload.clickatell.com into the address line of your web browser.
- When prompted, enter your FTP login and password. This will give you access to your FTP folder.
- Copy your text file into this folder. Your message will be sent immediately.
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