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Exotel SMS API

Send SMS and retrieve message details.

Exotel SMS API is one of 6 APIs that Exotel publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://api.exotel.com, https://api.in.exotel.com.

2 operations 2 paths 2 schemas 1 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://api.exotel.com/v1/Accounts
Authentication
HTTP Basic
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Exotel SMS API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • basicAuth — HTTP Basic authentication. Username = API Key, Password = API Token (both from Exotel Dashboard - Settings - API Settings). May also be embedded in the URL as…

Paths & Operations 2

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

SMS 2

Send SMS and retrieve message details.

POST
/v1/Accounts/{sid}/Sms/send.json
Send an SMS
sendSms 1 param body → 200401429
GET
/v1/Accounts/{sid}/Sms/Messages/{SmsSid}.json
Get SMS details
getSmsDetails 2 params → 200401404

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are SendSmsRequest (10 properties), SmsResponse (8 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

SmsResponse
object
8 properties
SendSmsRequest
object
10 properties 3 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

exotel-sms-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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