Send an MMS with Cellcast API

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Base URL

https://cellcast.com.au/api/v3/send-mms

Method: POST (Form data)

Parameters

Header Parameters	Description
APPKEY	Please add provided APPKEY – linked to your Cellcast account
Content-Type	application/json

MMS Data Parameters

Name	Example	Description
subject	MMS subject goes here	string – Optional field
mms_text	MMS text goes here	string – Required field – To add a new line to the message, use “rn” in the message string with only double quote
mms_file	MMS Image file goes here	Only PNG, GIF and JPEG are allowed and Max Image size 380KB. – Please upload size 300x450px – Required field
numbers	[“+61400000000”]	JSON encoded Array – Required field For multiple MMS send: [“+61400000000″,”+61400000001”] You can pass 1000 numbers to send an MMS in one API call – Required field

Successful Responses

Code	Status	Description
200	SUCCESS	“You will get MMS scheduled count and credit deduction count.

Successful Responses look like

				
					{
    "meta": {
        "code": 200,
        "status": "SUCCESS"
    },
    "msg": "Queued",
    "data": {
        "messages": [
            {
                "message_id": "A21741CB-9B8E-3956-A1CE-NNNNNNNNNN",
                "to": "+614NNNNNNNN",
                "subject": "MMS subject here",
                "body": "MMS body here",
                "date": "2019-06-24 21:24:32",
                "direction": "out"
            }
        ],
        "total_numbers": 2,
        "success_number": "2",
        "credits_used": "2"
    }
}

Error Response

Status	Code	Description
AUTH_FAILED_NO_DATA	401	You have not provided APPKEY
AUTH_FAILED	401	– APPKEY you have provided is invalid – You are not a registered user
FIELD_EMPTY	400	Required field is empty
RECIPIENTS_ERROR	400	No valid recipients left after validation or recipient in unsubscribed list.
FIELD_INVALID	400	-You can pass 10000 numbers to send an MMS in one API call – You do not have enough credit to send MMS. – You can pass text up to 1000 characters to send an MMS. – You can pass the subject up to 40 characters to send an MMS. – Choose image file to upload. – Upload valid image. Only PNG, GIF and JPEG are allowed. – Image size exceeds 380KB – Problem in uploading image files.
BAD_REQUEST	400	Please provide proper data

Error Responses look like

				
					{
    "meta": {
        "code": 400,
        "status": "FIELD_INVALID"
    },
    "msg": "You can pass text up to 1000 characters to send an MMS.",
    "data": []
}

PHP Code Example

You can call following function to send MMS.

				
					function sendMms($subject, $mms_text, $mms_file, $phone_number) {
    try {
        $url = 'https://cellcast.com.au/api/v3/send-mms'; //API URL
        $fields = array(
            'subject' => $subject,          
            'mms_text' => $mms_text, //here goes your MMS text
            'mms_file' => $mms_file,
            'numbers' => $phone_number // Your numbers array goes here
        );
        $headers = array(
            'APPKEY: <<APPKEY>>',
            'Accept: application/json',
            'Content-Type: application/json',
        );

        $ch = curl_init(); //open connection
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, false);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, count($fields));
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($fields));
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
        if (!$result = curl_exec($ch)) {
            $response_error = json_decode(curl_error($ch));
            return json_encode(array("status" => 400, "msg" => "Something went to wrong, please try again", "result" => $response_error));
        }
        curl_close($ch);
        return json_encode(array("status" => 200, "msg" => "MMS sent successfully", "result" => json_decode($result)));
    } catch (\Exception $e) {
        return json_encode(array("status" => 400, "msg" => "Something went to wrong, please try again.", "result" => array()));
    }
}

Call Function

				
					//Set value of MMS
$subject = 'Subject here';
$mms_text = 'MMS text here';
$mms_file = '<<VALID IMAGE URL>>';
$numbers = array("<<Number1>>","<<Number2>>","<<Number3>>");

//Call function to send MMS
sendMms($subject,$mms_text,$mms_file,$numbers);