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# Sending simple Notification messages

Learn how to send simple messages using our API.

This guide will go over how to send simple notification messages using our API, perfect for PIN codes or OTP (One time passwords). For this, Mobivate recommends you use our Simple API.

```http
HTTP GET/POST:
https://app.mobivatebulksms.com/gateway/api/simple/MT?
USER_NAME=user@domain.com&PASSWORD=xxxxxxxxx&ORIGINATOR=Test&RECIPIENT=447930000000&ROUTE=mglobal&MESSAGE_TEXT=Your+PIN+is+654321
```

**Required Parameters:**

| Parameter     | Description                                                                          |
| ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| ROUTE         | Mobivate recommends using "mglobal", but other Route IDs are available upon request. |
| ORIGINATOR    | 11 alpha-numeric sender name or 15 digit number.                                     |
| RECIPIENT     | International formatted mobile/cell number.                                          |
| MESSAGE\_TEXT | Text message (160 characters, 70 if containing Unicode (2 bytes) characters).        |
| USERNAME      | Your username.                                                                       |
| PASSWORD      | Your password.                                                                       |

{% hint style="warning" %}
Please don't forget to [URL Encode](https://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_urlencode.ASP) parameters if using the HTTP GET method. URL Encoding is **NOT** required when using HTTP POST.
{% endhint %}