Preview Message

Avoid unpleasant surprises and check how different message configurations will affect your message text, number of characters and message parts.

You can check the amount of credits before actual sending SMS; this API function allows you easily calculate the total credits spending, also adjusting the message text to be aligned with cost.

Sequence Diagram

Sequence Diagram (API Preview)

Request

You can start creating HTTP request as this following:

Header	Description
HTTP Request (URL)	https://api-service.ants.co.th/sms/preview
HTTP Headers	Content-Type: application/json Authorization: (Basic Auth) Basic QWxhZGRpbjpvcGVuIHNlc2FtZQ==
HTTP Methods	POST

❗ You must input at least 1 parameter. In this case; there is only "message"

Parameter	Type	Description
message	String	tText of the message that would be used to send.

The request will look like

{
"message": "Let's see how many characters will remain unused in this message."
}

Response

Response

Parameter	Type	Description
originalMessage	String	Original message that would like to preview
credit	Number	SMS credit usage.
character	String	How many characters are left ‘unspent’ in the message and if the message fits in one or more messages.

The JSON response will look like:

{
"originalMessage": "Let's see how many characters will remain unused in this message.",
"credit":  "1.00",
"character": 65
}