The FTP SMS Gateway API is ideal for once-off, high volume message dispatches and excellent if you need to facilitate batch processing from legacy systems. This is the best product for customers who need to use text files and existing databases. Using this API is as easy as uploading your text file to Clickatell’s FTP site and sending. |
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Clickatell’s FTP API is popular with application developers because of:
Speedy bulk SMS message delivery:
- Very fast and ideal for once-off, bulk SMS text message sending. All you need to do is upload from the Clickatell FTP server and your SMS text messages are sent instantly.
- Text messaging sending is secure for both inbound and outbound SMS messages as Clickatell’s FTP offers SSL encryption options.
Delivery tracking options:
- Clickatell automatically records the status of all SMS text messages in a history log file in your FTP folder.
All of Clickatell’s A2P text messaging solutions offer the following features:
- Almost immediate SMS functionality for any site or application.
- Clickatell’s mobile messaging API’s support text, Unicode, binary SMS, EMS and Flash.
- Our SMS Gateway API’s support extended length messages.
- Clickatell’s mobile messaging API products come with extensive documentation and script libraries, saving you precious development time.
- VCard and VCal converters are available at no charge for logo and ringtone conversions.
- Our SMS Gateway API’s have delivery acknowledgement features and customized sender ID options.
- Two-way text messaging is enabled for most of our products and we can offer this feature in through 819 Networks in 221 Countries.
- Automatic rerouting to an alternative delivery gateway if a message is delayed for a client specified period of time.
- Customer-specified priority level SMS delivery queues.
- SMS delivery delay of up to 7 days (excluding SMPP API).
- Customers can query network coverage as well as text message status for both inbound and outbound messages (push and pull).
You get 10 free message credits to send pre-populated text messages to test your
connection with the Clickatell SMS Gateway,
so take the free trial
of our FTP API now.
How to connect via FTP:
- Sign up for an FTP account and you will be given a username, password and api_id: keep these at hand!
- Log into your account, go to Manage My Products, and then into the FTP section, and set up your FTP login and password. (These are different from your Clickatell account login and password).
- Have the number you wish to send to ready in international format e.g. 448311234567.
- Prepare the message you want to send by creating a text file in this format:
api_id:xxxxx
user:xxxxx
password:xxxxx
to: 448311234567
text: This is my first ftp to SMS message
- Type ftp://ftpupload.clickatell.com into the address line of your web browser.
- When prompted, enter your FTP login and password. This will give you access to your FTP folder.
- Copy your text file into this folder. Your message will be sent immediately.
Sign up for FTP
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