# Send Single SMS Message

### <mark style="color:green;">`POST`</mark> `/send/single`

Send a single SMS message to recipient.&#x20;

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Curl" %}

```hsts
curl -X POST \
"http://api.mobivatebulksms.com/send/single" \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer [API Key]' \
-d '{ "originator": "Test", "recipient": "44700011122", "body": "This is a test message", "routeId": "mglobal" }'
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Python" %}

```python
import requests

headers = {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Authorization': 'Bearer [API Key]',
}

json_data = {
    'originator': 'Test',
    'recipient': '44700011122',
    'body': 'This is a test message',
    'routeId': 'mglobal',
}

response = requests.post('http://api.mobivatebulksms.com/send/single', headers=headers, json=json_data)

# Note: json_data will not be serialized by requests
# exactly as it was in the original request.
#data = '{ "originator": "Test", "recipient": "44700011122", "body": "This is a test message", "routeId": "mglobal" }'
#response = requests.post('http://api.mobivatebulksms.com/send/single', headers=headers, data=data)
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

#### Send a single SMS message with reference

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Curl" %}

```hsts
curl -X POST \
"https://api.mobivatebulksms.com/send/single" \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer [API Key]' \
-d '{ "originator": "Test", "recipient": "44700011122", "body": "This is a test message", "routeId": "mglobal", "reference": "my-reference-1234" }'
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Python" %}

```python
import requests

headers = {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Authorization': 'Bearer [API Key]',
}

json_data = {
    'originator': 'Test',
    'recipient': '44700011122',
    'body': 'This is a test message',
    'routeId': 'mglobal',
    'reference': 'my-reference-1234',
}

response = requests.post('https://api.mobivatebulksms.com/send/single', headers=headers, json=json_data)

# Note: json_data will not be serialized by requests
# exactly as it was in the original request.
#data = '{ "originator": "Test", "recipient": "44700011122", "body": "This is a test message", "routeId": "mglobal", "reference": "my-reference-1234" }'
#response = requests.post('https://api.mobivatebulksms.com/send/single', headers=headers, data=data)
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

**Send a single SMS message with campaign id**

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Curl" %}

```hsts
curl -X POST \
"https://api.mobivatebulksms.com/send/single" \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer [API Key]' \
-d '{ "originator": "Test", "recipient": "44700011122", "body": "This is a test message", "routeId": "mglobal", "reference": "myref", "campaignId": "abc-123" }'
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Python" %}

```python
import requests

headers = {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Authorization': 'Bearer [API Key]',
}

json_data = {
    'originator': 'Test',
    'recipient': '44700011122',
    'body': 'This is a test message',
    'routeId': 'mglobal',
    'reference': 'myref',
    'campaignId': 'abc-123',
}

response = requests.post('https://api.mobivatebulksms.com/send/single', headers=headers, json=json_data)

# Note: json_data will not be serialized by requests
# exactly as it was in the original request.
#data = '{ "originator": "Test", "recipient": "44700011122", "body": "This is a test message", "routeId": "mglobal", "reference": "myref", "campaignId": "abc-123" }'
#response = requests.post('https://api.mobivatebulksms.com/send/single', headers=headers, data=data)
```

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{% endtabs %}

**Headers**

| Name          | Value              |
| ------------- | ------------------ |
| Content-Type  | `application/json` |
| Authorization | `Bearer [API Key]` |

**Body**

<table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th width="131">Type</th><th width="111">Required?</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>originator</td><td>string</td><td>Yes</td><td>Originator/SenderID for SMS messages (MaxLength - AlphaNumeric: 11, numeric: 15).</td></tr><tr><td>recipient</td><td>string</td><td>Yes</td><td>Recipient of SMS Message (Numeric only, MSISDN format inc international prefix).</td></tr><tr><td>body</td><td>string</td><td>Yes</td><td>Message text. </td></tr><tr><td>routeID</td><td>string</td><td>Yes</td><td>Specified message route. </td></tr><tr><td>campaignId</td><td>string</td><td>No</td><td>Attach message to existing campaignId. </td></tr><tr><td>reference</td><td>string</td><td>No</td><td>Your reference, will be provided as part of the delivery receipt for correlation. </td></tr><tr><td>shortenUrls</td><td>boolean</td><td>No</td><td><p>Default: <strong>false</strong></p><p> </p><p>If set to <strong>true</strong>, long urls included in the message will be shortened</p></td></tr></tbody></table>

**Response**

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="200" %}

```json
{
   "id":"ef5796ce-e326-4a09-9033-6b457039b1ba",
   "originator":"Test",
   "recipient":"44700011122",
   "body":"This is a test message",
   "routeId":"mglobal",
   "reference":null,
   "campaignId":null
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="401" %}

```json
{
   "code":401,
   "message":"Unauthorized"
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

To see a full list of SMS Responses and examples [click here](/archived-docs/send-single-sms-message/understanding-sms-response-codes.md).


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