HTTP SMS API - getcredits

(available in version: Ozeki NG SMS Gateway v3.0.1 or newer)

This method can be used to get information about how many messages can a user send. The credit limit of the user is modified if a cost is defined for a route. This way the system can be setup to charge the user for both incoming and outgoing messages. It is also possible to set negative costs for various routes, which is a good option for premium rated services. Negative costs can increase the balance of a user.

Example URL Request

http://127.0.0.1:9501/api?action=getcredits&username=admin&password=abc123&useraccount=admin

Example Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: 824

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE smsapi PUBLIC "-//OZEKI//DTD XML 1.0//EN" "http://www.ozekisms.com/DTD/smsapi.xml">
<response>
   <action>getcredits</action>
   <data>
      <account>
         <username>admin</username>
         <balance>123</balance>
      </account>
   </data>
</response>

Description

To get information about the balance of a useraccount use the following format:

http://127.0.0.1:9501/api?action=getcredits&username=UUUUU&password=PPPPP&useraccount=AAAAA

For 127.0.0.1, you should substitute the host name or the IP address of the computer your SMS gateway is installed on. The port number 9501 is the default HTTP port number of the Ozeki NG SMS gateway. It is should not be changed.

The username and the password should be substituted for "UUUUU" and "PPPPP". The username and password identifies the user who wants to get information about the balance. AAAAA should be substituted for the username that specifies the account you want to query information about. For example if the admin user would like to find out what is the balance of a user called "john", he would substitute "admin" for "UUUUU", "abc123" for "PPPPP", which is the username and password of the admin account, then he would substitute "john" for AAAAA. In this case the request would look like this:

http://127.0.0.1:9501/api?action=getcredits&username=admin&password=abc123&useraccount=john

The admin user can query information about all accounts in the system. A user without administrative privileges can query information about his account only. The useraccount parameter is optional. If it is not specified, information will be returned from the account of the logged in user.

Request parameters

Parameter Description Possible values Example M/O*
action Specifies the HTTP API command getcredits action=getcredits M
username Specifies the username. The username and password parameters are used to authenticate the user. Once the user is authenticated messages will be downloaded from his inbox. The value must be urlencoded. string value, maximum length is 16 characters username=admin M
password Specifies the password. The username and password parameters are used to authenticate the user. Once the user is authenticated messages will be downloaded from his inbox. The value must be urlencoded. string value, maximum length is 16 characters password=abc123 M
useraccount Specifies the name of the user account, whose balance is queried. If this parameter is not specified it's value is set to the username parameter. string value, maximum length is 16 characters useraccount=john O

* M = Mandatory parameter, O = Optional parameter

Response parameters
(xml response format)

Parameter Description Possible values Example
account Contains the balance of a user account in an XML structure   
 <account>
         <username>admin</username>
         <balance>123</balance>
      </account>
account.username Identifies the user account. string value, maximum length is 16 characters <username> admin</username>
account.balance Contains the balance of the user account. If this value is less then or equal to zero, the user cannot send SMS messages. integer value <balance>123</balance>

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