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BICS Porting API

The porting API from BICS — 4 operation(s) for porting.

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BICS Porting API is one of 24 APIs that BICS publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Porting. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 7 operations across 4 paths, and defines 23 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version v1.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://api.bics.com/mynumbers-porting/v1, https://sandbox.api.bics.com/mynumbers-porting/v1.

7 operations 4 paths 23 schemas 1 DELETE3 GET1 PATCH2 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
v1
Base URL
https://api.bics.com/sms/v3
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 7

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 7 operations — 1 DELETE, 3 GET, 1 PATCH, 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Porting 7
GET
/portings/{portingRequestId}/documents
This method allows you to get your documents allowed for porting request
getPortingRequestDocuments 1 param → 200400404
POST
/portings/{portingRequestId}/documents
This method allows you to add documents to the porting request
UpdatePortingRequestDocuments 1 param body → 400204
GET
/portings
This method allows you to get a list of your porting requests
getPortingRequests 5 params → 200400
POST
/portings
This method allows you to create porting request
CreatePortingRequest body → 200400
PATCH
/portings/{portingRequestId}/addresses
This method allows you to update End User Address and Porting Address in a…
UpdatePortingRequestAddresses 1 param body → 400204
GET
/portings/{portingRequestId}
This method allows you to get your porting request
getPortingRequestById 1 param → 200400404
DELETE
/portings/{portingRequestId}
This method allows you to cancel porting request
cancelPortingRequest 2 params → 200400404

Schemas 23

The contract defines 23 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are portingRequestBase (13 properties), createPortingRequest (10 properties), Document (7 properties), customerRouting (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

numberRangeOrigin
object
3 properties
addresses
object
2 properties
portingRequest
object
portingRequestDetails
object
createPortingRequest
object
10 properties
error
object
3 properties
crnType
string
The translation rule for the customer routing number that you want to apply to the number. prefix - To prefix the access number with the specified crnValue. su…
detailedAddresses
object
2 properties
createPortingResponse
object
1 property
addressDocumentStatus
string
Validation status: "Uploaded": The file is in process of being uploaded, checked by our virus scanners and attached to your address. "Rejected": The file is re…
accessType
string
Access type of the calling party. You can apply a different routing per access type. The possible values are fix: Fix line mob: Mobile line pay: Payphone line…
numberRange
object
detailedPortingAddress
object
2 properties
Document
object
7 properties
detailedEndUserAddress
object
2 properties
addPortingRequestDocumentsParams
array
portingRequestBase
object
13 properties
documentType
object
Type of document.
2 properties
document
object
1 property
updatePortingRequestAddressesParams
object
1 property
endUserAddress
object
1 property
customerRouting
object
This parameter allows you to specify routing information for the numbers you port. You can differentiate calls based on access type/access network by defining…
5 properties 1 required
portingAddress
object
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

bics-network-porting-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
bics-network:bics-network-porting-api
Base URL
https://api.bics.com/sms/v3
Docs
https://developer.bics.com/portal/apis
Provider
BICS
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