messagebird Messages API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: MessageBird Balance Available Numbers Messages API
  description: The MessageBird Balance API provides developers with access to their account balance information. It returns the current payment type, available amount, and currency for the account associated with the API key. This API is useful for monitoring credit usage, building billing dashboards, and setting up automated alerts when account balances fall below a threshold.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: MessageBird Support
    url: https://support.messagebird.com
  termsOfService: https://www.messagebird.com/en/terms
servers:
- url: https://rest.messagebird.com
  description: Production Server
security:
- accessKey: []
tags:
- name: Messages
  description: Operations for sending and retrieving messages within conversations.
paths:
  /conversations/{conversationId}/messages:
    get:
      operationId: listConversationMessages
      summary: List messages in a conversation
      description: Retrieves a paginated list of all messages within a specific conversation. Messages are returned with the newest first.
      tags:
      - Messages
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/conversationIdParam'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/offsetParam'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/limitParam'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of messages
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ConversationMessageList'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
        '404':
          description: Conversation not found
    post:
      operationId: sendConversationMessage
      summary: Send a message in a conversation
      description: Sends a new message within an existing conversation. The message will be delivered through the channel associated with the conversation.
      tags:
      - Messages
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/conversationIdParam'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ConversationMessageSend'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Message sent
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ConversationMessage'
        '400':
          description: Bad request
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
        '404':
          description: Conversation not found
  /send:
    post:
      operationId: sendMessage
      summary: Send a message
      description: Sends a message to a recipient without requiring an existing conversation. MessageBird will automatically match or create a conversation for the recipient.
      tags:
      - Messages
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/MessageSend'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Message accepted
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ConversationMessage'
        '400':
          description: Bad request
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
  /messages/{messageId}:
    get:
      operationId: viewMessage
      summary: View a message
      description: Retrieves the details of a specific message by its unique identifier.
      tags:
      - Messages
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/messageIdParam'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Message details
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ConversationMessage'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
        '404':
          description: Message not found
  /messages:
    get:
      operationId: listMessages
      summary: List messages
      description: Retrieves a list of SMS messages that have been sent or received. Messages are returned in reverse chronological order.
      tags:
      - Messages
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/offsetParam_2'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/limitParam_2'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of messages
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/MessageList'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
    post:
      operationId: createMessage
      summary: Send a new message
      description: Creates a new SMS message and sends it to the specified recipients. A single message can be sent to up to 50 recipients at a time. Messages longer than 160 characters are automatically split into multiple parts.
      tags:
      - Messages
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/MessageCreate'
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/MessageCreate'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Message created
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Message'
        '400':
          description: Bad request
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
        '422':
          description: Unprocessable entity
  /messages/{id}:
    get:
      operationId: viewMessage
      summary: View a message
      description: Retrieves the information of an existing inbound or outbound SMS message. You only need to supply the unique message ID that was returned upon creation or receiving.
      tags:
      - Messages
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/messageIdParam_2'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Message details
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Message'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
        '404':
          description: Message not found
    delete:
      operationId: deleteMessage
      summary: Delete a message
      description: Deletes an existing message. You only need to supply the unique message ID that was returned upon creation.
      tags:
      - Messages
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/messageIdParam_2'
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Message deleted
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
        '404':
          description: Message not found
components:
  schemas:
    ConversationMessageList:
      type: object
      properties:
        offset:
          type: integer
          description: The offset of the result set.
        limit:
          type: integer
          description: The limit applied to the result set.
        count:
          type: integer
          description: The number of items returned.
        totalCount:
          type: integer
          description: The total number of messages.
        items:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ConversationMessage'
    ConversationMessage:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: The unique identifier of the message.
        conversationId:
          type: string
          description: The conversation this message belongs to.
        channelId:
          type: string
          description: The channel through which the message was sent or received.
        platform:
          type: string
          description: The platform of the channel.
        to:
          type: string
          description: The recipient identifier.
        from:
          type: string
          description: The sender identifier.
        direction:
          type: string
          description: The direction of the message.
          enum:
          - sent
          - received
        status:
          type: string
          description: The delivery status of the message.
          enum:
          - accepted
          - pending
          - sent
          - delivered
          - read
          - failed
          - deleted
        type:
          type: string
          description: The type of message content.
        content:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/MessageContent'
        createdDatetime:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The date and time when the message was created.
        updatedDatetime:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The date and time when the message was last updated.
    MessageSend:
      type: object
      required:
      - to
      - from
      - type
      - content
      properties:
        to:
          type: string
          description: The recipient identifier.
        from:
          type: string
          description: The channel identifier to send from.
        type:
          type: string
          description: The type of message content.
          enum:
          - text
          - image
          - video
          - audio
          - file
          - location
          - hsm
        content:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/MessageContent'
        reportUrl:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: The URL for delivery status callbacks.
    MessageList:
      type: object
      properties:
        offset:
          type: integer
          description: The offset of the result set.
        limit:
          type: integer
          description: The limit applied to the result set.
        count:
          type: integer
          description: The number of items in the current result set.
        totalCount:
          type: integer
          description: The total number of items available.
        links:
          type: object
          properties:
            first:
              type: string
              format: uri
              description: Link to the first page of results.
            previous:
              type: string
              format: uri
              description: Link to the previous page of results.
            next:
              type: string
              format: uri
              description: Link to the next page of results.
            last:
              type: string
              format: uri
              description: Link to the last page of results.
        items:
          type: array
          description: The list of messages.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Message'
    Message:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: A unique random ID for the message, generated by the MessageBird platform.
        href:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: The URL of the message resource.
        direction:
          type: string
          description: The direction of the message. Can be mt (mobile terminated) for outbound or mo (mobile originated) for inbound.
          enum:
          - mt
          - mo
        type:
          type: string
          description: The type of message.
          enum:
          - sms
          - binary
          - flash
        originator:
          type: string
          description: The sender of the message.
        body:
          type: string
          description: The body of the SMS message.
        reference:
          type: string
          description: The client reference for the message.
        validity:
          type: integer
          description: The validity period of the message in seconds.
        gateway:
          type: integer
          description: The SMS route used to send the message.
        typeDetails:
          type: object
          description: Additional type-specific details.
        datacoding:
          type: string
          description: The encoding used for the message body.
        mclass:
          type: integer
          description: The message class.
        scheduledDatetime:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The scheduled date and time of the message.
        createdDatetime:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The date and time when the message was created.
        recipients:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Recipients'
    MessageContent:
      type: object
      description: The content of the message. The structure depends on the message type.
      properties:
        text:
          type: string
          description: The text content of the message, used when type is text.
        image:
          type: object
          description: The image content, used when type is image.
          properties:
            url:
              type: string
              format: uri
              description: The URL of the image.
            caption:
              type: string
              description: An optional caption for the image.
        video:
          type: object
          description: The video content, used when type is video.
          properties:
            url:
              type: string
              format: uri
              description: The URL of the video.
            caption:
              type: string
              description: An optional caption for the video.
        audio:
          type: object
          description: The audio content, used when type is audio.
          properties:
            url:
              type: string
              format: uri
              description: The URL of the audio file.
        file:
          type: object
          description: The file content, used when type is file.
          properties:
            url:
              type: string
              format: uri
              description: The URL of the file.
            caption:
              type: string
              description: An optional caption for the file.
        location:
          type: object
          description: The location content, used when type is location.
          properties:
            latitude:
              type: number
              format: double
              description: The latitude coordinate.
            longitude:
              type: number
              format: double
              description: The longitude coordinate.
        hsm:
          type: object
          description: The HSM (Highly Structured Message) template content, used for WhatsApp template messages.
          properties:
            namespace:
              type: string
              description: The namespace of the template.
            templateName:
              type: string
              description: The name of the template.
            language:
              type: object
              properties:
                policy:
                  type: string
                  description: The language policy.
                code:
                  type: string
                  description: The language code.
            params:
              type: array
              description: The template parameters.
              items:
                type: object
                properties:
                  default:
                    type: string
                    description: The default value for the parameter.
    Recipients:
      type: object
      properties:
        totalCount:
          type: integer
          description: The total number of recipients.
        totalSentCount:
          type: integer
          description: The number of messages sent.
        totalDeliveredCount:
          type: integer
          description: The number of messages delivered.
        totalDeliveryFailedCount:
          type: integer
          description: The number of messages that failed to deliver.
        items:
          type: array
          description: The list of recipient details.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Recipient'
    MessageCreate:
      type: object
      required:
      - recipients
      - originator
      - body
      properties:
        recipients:
          type: array
          description: The phone numbers that will receive the message in international format. A maximum of 50 recipients can be specified per request.
          items:
            type: string
          minItems: 1
          maxItems: 50
        originator:
          type: string
          description: The sender of the message. Can be a telephone number including country code or an alphanumeric string with a maximum length of 11 characters.
          maxLength: 17
        body:
          type: string
          description: The body of the SMS message. Messages longer than 160 characters will be split into multiple parts.
          maxLength: 1377
        type:
          type: string
          description: The type of message. Can be sms, binary, or flash.
          enum:
          - sms
          - binary
          - flash
          default: sms
        reference:
          type: string
          description: A client reference for tracking purposes.
        reportUrl:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: The URL for delivery report callbacks for this message.
        validity:
          type: integer
          description: The validity period of the message in seconds.
        gateway:
          type: integer
          description: The SMS route used to send the message.
        typeDetails:
          type: object
          description: Additional type-specific details for the message.
        datacoding:
          type: string
          description: The encoding used for the message body. Use auto for automatic detection, unicode for Unicode, or plain for GSM encoding.
          enum:
          - plain
          - unicode
          - auto
          default: plain
        mclass:
          type: integer
          description: The message class. Set to 1 for flash messages.
          enum:
          - 0
          - 1
        scheduledDatetime:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The scheduled date and time of the message in RFC 3339 format.
    ConversationMessageSend:
      type: object
      required:
      - type
      - content
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          description: The type of message content.
          enum:
          - text
          - image
          - video
          - audio
          - file
          - location
          - hsm
        content:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/MessageContent'
        channelId:
          type: string
          description: The channel to use for sending. If omitted, the last used channel in the conversation is used.
        reportUrl:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: The URL for delivery status callbacks.
    Recipient:
      type: object
      properties:
        recipient:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          description: The recipient phone number.
        status:
          type: string
          description: The delivery status of the message.
          enum:
          - scheduled
          - sent
          - buffered
          - delivered
          - expired
          - delivery_failed
        statusDatetime:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The date and time when the status was last updated.
  parameters:
    messageIdParam_2:
      name: id
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The unique identifier of the message.
      schema:
        type: string
    limitParam_2:
      name: limit
      in: query
      required: false
      description: The maximum number of items to return.
      schema:
        type: integer
        default: 20
        maximum: 250
    messageIdParam:
      name: messageId
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The unique identifier of the message.
      schema:
        type: string
    limitParam:
      name: limit
      in: query
      required: false
      description: The maximum number of items to return.
      schema:
        type: integer
        default: 20
    offsetParam_2:
      name: offset
      in: query
      required: false
      description: The number of items to skip before starting to collect the result set.
      schema:
        type: integer
        default: 0
    conversationIdParam:
      name: conversationId
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The unique identifier of the conversation.
      schema:
        type: string
    offsetParam:
      name: offset
      in: query
      required: false
      description: The number of items to skip.
      schema:
        type: integer
        default: 0
  securitySchemes:
    accessKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: Access key authentication in the form of 'AccessKey {accessKey}'.
externalDocs:
  description: Balance API Documentation
  url: https://developers.messagebird.com/api/balance/