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Optus Messages API

The Messages API from Optus — 3 operation(s) for messages.

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Operations 4

POST /messages

GET /messages

POST /messages/broadcast

GET /messages/{messageid}

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Optus Messages API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: 'Operations tagged Messages across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: optus-sms-suite-rest-v1-openapi.yml, optus-sms-suite-rest-v2-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://api.sms.optus.com.au/rest/gateway
- url: https://api.sms.optus.com.au/rest/sms/v2
tags:
- name: Messages
paths:
  /messages:
    post:
      description: Send a message to a single mobile
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Create a new SMS message
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/RestResponse'
        default:
          description: Default Error Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DefaultError'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Message'
          application/vnd.modica.gateway.v1+json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Message'
        description: The message JSON you want to post
        required: true
      tags:
      - Messages
      security:
      - BasicAuth: []
    summary: Application API message
    get:
      tags:
      - Messages
      description: Get message details for an existing message
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: query
        description: The message ID
        required: true
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Uuid'
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ResponseMessageGet'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ApiErrorResponse'
      security:
      - BasicAuth: []
    servers:
    - url: https://api.sms.optus.com.au/rest/gateway
  /messages/broadcast:
    post:
      description: Send a message to an array of mobiles
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Create a broadcast SMS message to one or more recipients
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/BroadcastRestResponse'
        default:
          description: Default Error Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DefaultError'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/MessageBroadcast'
          application/vnd.modica.gateway.v1+json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/MessageBroadcast'
        description: The message JSON you want to post
        required: true
      tags:
      - Messages
      security:
      - BasicAuth: []
    servers:
    - url: https://api.sms.optus.com.au/rest/gateway
  /messages/{messageid}:
    get:
      description: Retreives detail of an already created message
      parameters:
      - name: messageid
        in: path
        description: Message ID to retrieve
        required: true
        schema:
          type: number
          format: int64
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Message'
        default:
          description: Default Error Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DefaultError'
      tags:
      - Messages
      security:
      - BasicAuth: []
    servers:
    - url: https://api.sms.optus.com.au/rest/gateway
components:
  schemas:
    MessageBroadcast:
      type: object
      description: Send a message to multiple handsets
      required:
      - destination
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/MessageCommon'
      - properties:
          destination:
            type: array
            items:
              type: string
              minimum: 1
              maximum: 1000
    Message:
      type: object
      description: Send a message to one handset
      required:
      - destination
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/MessageCommon'
      - properties:
          destination:
            type: string
    MessageCommon:
      type: object
      description: Common properties for single and broadcast messages
      required:
      - content
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          readOnly: true
        source:
          type: string
        content:
          type: string
        reference:
          type: string
        class:
          type: string
          default: mt_message
        mask:
          type: string
          maxLength: 20
        sms_class:
          type: integer
        scheduled:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: Allows scheduling of messages with an upper limit of 60 days
    DefaultError:
      type: object
      required:
      - message
      - code
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
        code:
          type: integer
          minimum: 100
          maximum: 600
    RestResponse:
      type: array
      items:
        type: integer
        format: int64
        readOnly: true
    BroadcastRestResponse:
      type: array
      items:
        type: object
        required:
        - status
        readOnly: true
        description: Response per destination
        properties:
          id:
            type: integer
            format: int64
          destination:
            type: string
          status:
            type: string
          message:
            type: string
    ReplyCallback:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        source:
          description: mobile number
          type: string
        destination:
          type: string
        content:
          type: string
        operator:
          type: string
    SingleMessage:
      type: object
      required:
      - destination
      - content
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          readOnly: true
        destination:
          type: string
          example: '+642712345678'
        source:
          type: string
        content:
          type: string
        reference:
          type: string
        class:
          type: string
          default: mt_message
        mask:
          type: string
          maxLength: 20
        sms_class:
          type: integer
        scheduled:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: Allows scheduling of messages with an upper limit of 60 days
        integration_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
    Uuid:
      description: A string with UUID format.
      type: string
      maxLength: 36
      pattern: ^[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}$
    MessageDetails:
      description: Message details structure.
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          maxLength: 36
        source:
          description: The source for the message
          type: string
          format: none
          maxLength: 255
        destination:
          description: The destination for the message
          type: string
          format: none
          maxLength: 255
        direction:
          type: string
          enum:
          - MO
          - MT
        reference:
          type: string
          format: none
          maxLength: 255
        content:
          type: string
          format: none
          maxLength: 5000
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
          - accepted
          - queued
          - submitted
          - sent
          - received
          - blocked
          - deficient
          - frozen
          - rejected
          - failed
          - dead
          - expired
          example: accepted
    StatusCallback:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
          - accepted
          - queued
          - submitted
          - sent
          - received
          - blocked
          - deficient
          - frozen
          - rejected
          - failed
          - dead
          - expired
          example: accepted
        detail:
          type: string
          example: '+642712345678'
  responses:
    ApiErrorResponse:
      description: API Error Response
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            additionalProperties: false
            properties:
              message:
                type: string
                pattern: ^[-_ a-zA-Z0-9]+$
                maxLength: 200
                example: SMS Gateway Service V2 error
              statusCode:
                type: integer
                format: int32
                minimum: 1
                maximum: 999
                example: 500
              error:
                type: string
                pattern: ^[-_ a-zA-Z0-9]+$
                maxLength: 500
                example: an example error message
            required:
            - message
            - statusCode
            - error
    SingleMessageResponse:
      description: API Single Message Response
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/StatusCallback'
    ResponseMessageGet:
      description: Get Message response structure.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/MessageDetails'
          examples:
            message:
              value:
                id: 3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6
                source: '202'
                destination: '+6412345678'
                direction: MT
                reference: my-ref-1234
                content: The body of the message
                status: received
  requestBodies:
    SingleMessageRequest:
      required: true
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/SingleMessage'
  securitySchemes:
    BasicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
    GatewayAuthorizer:
      description: HTTP Basic Authentication is used for all authenticated requests.
      type: apiKey
      name: Authorization
      in: header
x-refined-from:
- optus-sms-suite-rest-v1-openapi.yml
- optus-sms-suite-rest-v2-openapi.yml