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Bird Sms Keyword Rules API

Manage the response when someone sends a keyword to one of your numbers. Each supported country starts with opt-out, opt-in, and help keywords. Create a rule to replace a default response or add campaign keywords.

Bird Sms Keyword Rules API is one of 65 APIs that Bird publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification.

Tagged areas include sms-keyword-rules. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, and an AsyncAPI specification.

This API exposes 5 operations across 2 paths, and defines 11 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against 3 base URLs: https://{region}.platform.bird.com, https://platform.bird.com, http://localhost:8080.

5 operations 2 paths 11 schemas 1 DELETE2 GET1 PATCH1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://api.bird.com
Authentication
HTTP Bearer, API Key, API Key, API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 4

Bird Sms Keyword Rules API declares 4 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (BearerAuth). An API key is passed in the cookie as bird_session (CookieAuth). An API key is passed in the header as X-Realtime-Key (RealtimeKey). An API key is passed in the header as X-Realtime-Secret (RealtimeSecret). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • BearerAuth — Pass the API key as a bearer token in the Authorization header. Keys use the format bk{region}. The prefix identifies the region and selects the API endpoint.…
  • CookieAuth — Session cookie set after signing in to the Bird dashboard. The cookie value is an opaque session token; no session data is stored in the cookie itself.
  • RealtimeKey — The Realtime app key. Together with X-Realtime-Secret, it authenticates a request to the Realtime API in addition to the workspace credential. Both values come…
  • RealtimeSecret — The Realtime app secret paired with X-Realtime-Key. The API returns the secret only when the key is created and does not store it. Create a new key and revoke…

Paths & Operations 5

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 1 PATCH, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

sms-keyword-rules 5

Manage the response when someone sends a keyword to one of your numbers. Each supported country starts with opt-out, opt-in, and help keywords. Create a rule to replace a default…

GET
/v1/sms/keyword-rules
List SMS keyword rules
listSMSKeywordRules 6 params → 200401403422429500
POST
/v1/sms/keyword-rules
Create an SMS keyword rule
createSMSKeywordRule 2 params body → 201400401403409422429500
GET
/v1/sms/keyword-rules/{id}
Get an SMS keyword rule
getSMSKeywordRule 2 params → 200401403404422429500
PATCH
/v1/sms/keyword-rules/{id}
Update an SMS keyword rule
updateSMSKeywordRule 3 params body → 200400401403404409422429
DELETE
/v1/sms/keyword-rules/{id}
Delete an SMS keyword rule
deleteSMSKeywordRule 3 params → 204401403404422429500503

Schemas 11

The contract defines 11 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are SMSKeywordRule (14 properties), ErrorBody (11 properties), SMSKeywordRuleCreate (7 properties), NextAction (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

SMSKeywordOperation
string
What Bird does when an inbound message matches the rule. - stop unsubscribes the sender from further messages. - start resubscribes them. - help replies with y…
SMSKeywordRuleScope
string
Whether the rule is one of Bird's defaults (system) or one your workspace created (workspace). A workspace rule takes precedence over Bird's default for the sa…
SMSKeywordRuleUpdate
object
Changes the reply and the added keywords. What a rule applies to (its operation, country, language and number) is fixed once created: those decide which inboun…
3 properties
ErrorDetail
object
2 properties 2 required
ErrorBody
object
11 properties 6 required
NextAction
object
5 properties 2 required
SMSKeywordRule
object
14 properties 8 required
SMSKeywordRuleList
object
1 property 1 required
SMSKeywordRuleID
string
Identifier of a keyword rule. An sks id is one of Bird's defaults, which you can read but not change; an skw id is a rule your workspace created.
Error
object
1 property 1 required
SMSKeywordRuleCreate
object
7 properties 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

bird-sms-keyword-rules-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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