How to Send Your First SMS via the HTTP API

The eSMS Africa HTTP API lets you send an SMS with one request. You authenticate with your API key and pass the recipient, sender ID and message text.

Required parameters

• to — recipient in international E.164 format (e.g. 2567XXXXXXXX).
• from — your approved Sender ID.
• message — the text body (GSM-7 or Unicode).
• api key — sent in the Authorization header.

The API responds with a message ID you can use to track delivery. Official SDKs are available for Node.js, Python, PHP and Go to make integration even faster.