Batch Sends

This method creates a new SMS batch and returns a batch ID when successful.

batch_create()

This method is for sending a batch of SMS messages to a list of mobile numbers contained in data file such as .csv, .zip, .xlsx, etc. This action supports zip compression of files, these must be base64 encoded zip files.

POST /https://api.panaceamobile.com/json?action=batch_create

Please reach out to your Account Manager or Support to confirm your API URL as this may vary depending on your specific account configuration.

Query Parameters

Parameter	Required	Description
username	Yes	Provided account username
password	Yes	Provided account password
name	Yes	Name of the batch. This value is not unique
throughput	No	The desired speed for the batch: 1 – 100/s, 0 will imply fast as possible
filter	No	Deprecated – do not set or use
file_type	No	Default csv. Options: .csv – comma separated value file .xls – Excel file .zip – Zipped CSV file. May contain either .csv or .xls file.
start_time	No	Default not set, which will imply a manual start is required. If you wish to start this batch automatically at a specified time set the timestamp in “YYYY-mm-dd HH:ii:ss” format, e.g. 2021-09-21 15:15:00. This time is in the user account’s set time zone. If a time in the past is specified, the batch will start automatically.

File Contents

The following columns are available. Any additional columns provided are discarded, or used as macro-replacement columns.

Column	Required	Description
to	Yes	Phone number - format 0827247544 or 27827247544 Do not use 00 (double zero) or ignore the 0, e.g. 827247544 as this will be routed internationally.
from	Yes	Source address – although we will overwrite this value. So, it can be used as an ID or anything else internally. Max 20 characters.
message	Yes	The message content. Ensure to encode any relevant characters. Suggested max of 5 SMSs, more is possible but will depend on various other criteria
client_reference	No	Customer-defined value, max 36 characters
report_url	No	A URL-encoded, call-back location where we will push the message status updates. We replace the %d in the URL with the actual status code. Example: https://sub.domain.com/path/to/script?id=12345&status=%d Codes are listed under the report mask definition.
report_mask	No	This is the bitmask flag. If using the report URL call-back feature, simply set this value to 19. Codes: 1 Delivered 2 Undelivered 16 Undelivered

Examples

cURL Example

curl --location --request POST

'https://api.panaceamobile.com/json?action=batch_create&username=USER&password=PASS&na
me=Test Batch 1' \

--data-urlencode 'data=to,from,message

27820000000,source000,"This is a test message"

27820000001,source001,"This is a test message"'

PHP Example

<?php


$curl = curl_init();


curl_setopt_array($curl, array(

    CURLOPT_URL=>

'https://api.panaceamobile.com/jsonaction=batch_create&username=USER&password=PASS&na
me=Test%20Batch%201',
    
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    
CURLOPT_ENCODING => '',

    CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,

    CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 0,

    CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true,

    CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,

    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => 'POST',

    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS =>

'data=to%2Cfrom%2Cmessage%0A27820000000%2Csource000%2C%22This%20is%20a%20test%20messag
e%22%0A27820000001%2Csource001%2C%22This%20is%20a%20test%20message%22%0A'
,
));



$response = curl_exec($curl);
    

curl_close($curl);

echo $response;

Please ensure you replace USER and PASS with their correct values.

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