MO POST Contents

Mobile-originated messages can be set up to be forwarded to any URL (typically a server) in a process called a "POST."  TextPower's standard format for the POST's payload looks like the following example.  Note that each parameter is separated by the "&" symbol.  

UID=MyUtilityCompanyID&PWD=!12345zxcv@&CellNumber=9876543210&Carrier=31003&ShortCode=99999&Message=OUT&KW=Keyword&StickyID=0&UserNum=999&ReceiveID=987654&RouteHint=0

Let's break down each of these parameters to explain their individual components:

• UID=MyUtilityCompanyID (Your login ID)
• PWD=!12345-zxcv@ (Your login password)
• CellNumber=9876543210 (The cell phone number that sent the message)
• Carrier=31003 (The cell phone carrier that services this number)
• ShortCode=99999 (The short code on which the message was sent to our system)
• Message=OUT (Content of the message)
• KW=Keyword (The keyword that this number is opted into)
• StickyID=0 (For TextPower internal use)
• UserNum=999 (A number assigned to you by the TextPower system)
• ReceiveID=987654 (The number assigned to the MO by the TextPower system)
• RouteHint=0 (Provided for assistance in parsing the data in the API payload)

POSTs will always be sent in this format, making the data easy to extract and parse as needed.