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This behavior is dependent on the recipient's carrier\",\n    \"5-5\": \"Defines the message being send to the third party.\"\n  },\n  \"cols\": 6,\n  \"rows\": 6\n}\n[/block]\n\n[block:api-header]\n{\n  \"title\": \"Using this API\"\n}\n[/block]\nThese code examples are meant to show a basic method of accessing DialogTech's IVR Report API.\n[block:code]\n{\n  \"codes\": [\n    {\n      \"code\": \"<?php\\n  /*\\n    SMS Send Message EX:\\n    This example will send an SMS with\\n    the text 'Thank you for calling.'\\n    to a predefined number and echo the\\n    verbatim XML response.\\n  */\\n\\n  // Create cURL resource\\n  $ch = curl_init(); \\n  $baseuri = \\\"https://secure.dialogtech.com/ibp_api.php?\\\";\\n\\n  // API Specific Static Parameters\\n  $action = \\\"sms.send_message\\\";\\n\\n  // Required User Parameters To Request the API\\n  $access_key = \\\"foo\\\";\\n  $secret_access_key = \\\"bar\\\";\\n  $to = \\\"5556667777\\\";\\n  $from = \\\"5554332111\\\"; // This is a DialogTech SMS-Enabled Tracking Number in the account\\n  $message = \\\"Thank%20you%20for%20calling.\\\";\\n\\n\\n\\n  // Construct the full URL\\n  $full_url = $baseuri . \\\"&action=\\\" . $action .\\n    \\\"&access_key=\\\" . $access_key .\\n    \\\"&secret_access_key=\\\" . $secret_access_key .\\n    \\\"&to=\\\" . $to .\\n    \\\"&from=\\\" . $from .\\n    \\\"&message=\\\" . $message;\\n\\n\\n  // Set the URL\\n  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $full_url);\\n\\n  // Sets the return options of the cURL to return the actual result from the curl request, and FALSE on failure\\n  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);\\n\\n  // Sets the $output variable to the result of the curl\\n  $output = curl_exec($ch);\\n\\n  // Close curl resource to free up system resources\\n  curl_close($ch);\\n\\n  // Echo the XML response to the page\\n  echo $output;\\n?>\",\n      \"language\": \"php\",\n      \"name\": \"PHP Example\"\n    }\n  ]\n}\n[/block]\n**Example Response**\n[block:code]\n{\n  \"codes\": [\n    {\n      \"code\": \"<?xml version=\\\"1.0\\\" encoding=\\\"UTF-8\\\"?>\\n<!DOCTYPE response [\\n<!ELEMENT response (result,result_description)>\\n<!ELEMENT result (#PCDATA)>\\n<!ELEMENT result_description (#PCDATA)>\\n]>\\n<response>\\n    <result>success</result>\\n    <result_description>[1] Message Sent</result_description>\\n</response>\",\n      \"language\": \"xml\",\n      \"name\": \"xml\"\n    }\n  ]\n}\n[/block]","updates":[],"order":1,"isReference":false,"hidden":true,"sync_unique":"","link_url":"","link_external":false,"_id":"58fdfb73eed0651b00f82e46","user":"58cadf93d223510f005d27db","createdAt":"2017-04-24T13:19:47.153Z","parentDoc":null,"githubsync":"","project":"558d9c32beb7c719007f6319","category":{"sync":{"isSync":false,"url":""},"pages":[],"title":"SMS APIs","slug":"sms-apis","order":3,"from_sync":false,"reference":false,"_id":"58fdfb438fbd2819000db9eb","createdAt":"2017-04-24T13:18:59.649Z","__v":0,"version":"558d9c33beb7c719007f631c","project":"558d9c32beb7c719007f6319"},"version":{"version":"1.0","version_clean":"1.0.0","codename":"","is_stable":true,"is_beta":false,"is_hidden":false,"is_deprecated":false,"categories":["558d9c33beb7c719007f631d","558db0bc7afc102f008ed863","558db0d07afc102f008ed864","558db3c84cd25f0d00b7ecb2","558dbace7afc102f008ed894","558dbd104cd25f0d00b7ecca","558dbd4c4cd25f0d00b7eccb","559d3e858639bd21008e90a6","55bb8ca5a8400c2d00873e70","58fdfb438fbd2819000db9eb","590829c7ade4172d006a87b8","59082a11beedcf0f00235d87","5908bd2cba2afd23007d6d12","5908d1f64f544425002b6aae","591e5e9e2c1b1f0f000fa4e5","5a283434aba91f002834ea86","5a69fe5cde745d002c936c66","5a81e6ef761cf300127317f8","5a81e7d63b1e120012bed5a1"],"_id":"558d9c33beb7c719007f631c","createdAt":"2015-06-26T18:38:43.154Z","project":"558d9c32beb7c719007f6319","releaseDate":"2015-06-26T18:38:43.153Z","__v":19},"__v":0}