Telstra Verification API

Mobile number verification operations.

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telstra-verification-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Telstra Messaging Authentication Verification API
  description: 'The Telstra Messaging API provides programmatic SMS and MMS messaging

    services in Australia and select international destinations. Built on

    the Telstra mobile network, the API supports outbound and inbound

    SMS/MMS, delivery status callbacks, virtual numbers, and provisioning

    workflows. Authentication uses OAuth 2.0 client credentials with the

    NSMS scope.

    '
  version: 2.2.10
  contact:
    name: Telstra Developer Support
    url: https://dev.telstra.com
  termsOfService: https://www.telstra.com.au/business-enterprise/legal/messaging-api-terms-of-service
  license:
    name: Telstra Developer License
    url: https://github.com/telstra/tdev-doc-license
  x-logo:
    url: https://www.telstra.com.au/etc/designs/telstrav8/clientlibs/img/Telstra_Symbol.svg
servers:
- url: https://tapi.telstra.com/v2
  description: Production Server
security:
- OAuth2ClientCredentials:
  - NSMS
tags:
- name: Verification
  description: Mobile number verification operations.
paths:
  /mobile-number-verification/verify:
    post:
      summary: Telstra Verify Mobile Number
      description: Issue a verification request for a Telstra-network MSISDN. The device must initiate the request from a Telstra mobile data session for a successful match.
      operationId: verifyMobileNumber
      tags:
      - Verification
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/VerifyRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Verification result.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/VerifyResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
components:
  schemas:
    VerifyResponse:
      type: object
      required:
      - verified
      properties:
        verified:
          type: boolean
          description: True if the device's network session matches the supplied MSISDN.
        carrier:
          type: string
          description: Reported carrier (typically Telstra).
        clientReference:
          type: string
        timestamp:
          type: string
          format: date-time
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      required:
      - status
      - code
      - message
      properties:
        status:
          type: string
        code:
          type: string
        message:
          type: string
    VerifyRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - msisdn
      properties:
        msisdn:
          type: string
          description: Claimed MSISDN in E.164 format (e.g. +61412345678).
        consentToken:
          type: string
          description: Optional opaque token attesting the end-user has consented to verification.
        clientReference:
          type: string
          description: Application-supplied correlation identifier echoed in the response.
  responses:
    RateLimited:
      description: Too Many Requests.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    BadRequest:
      description: Bad Request.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    Unauthorized:
      description: Unauthorized.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  securitySchemes:
    OAuth2ClientCredentials:
      type: oauth2
      description: OAuth 2.0 client credentials grant against https://tapi.telstra.com/v2/oauth/token with the NSMS scope.
      flows:
        clientCredentials:
          tokenUrl: https://tapi.telstra.com/v2/oauth/token
          scopes:
            NSMS: Send and receive SMS/MMS through Telstra Messaging.