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Can I send text message with new line character using Ringcntral Apis? if i can send then in which way please explain.

Can I send text message with new line character using Ringcntral Apis? if i can send then in which way please exaplin.

currently i am trying to send SMS using RingCentral Apis but it gives me error like "Parameter [text] value is invalid".


Following is my values which i am passing into api in UTF-8 Encode.

"%7B%22to%22=%5B%7B%22phoneNumber%22%3A+%2214133767135%22%7D%5D%2C%22from%22%3A+%7B%22phoneNumber%22%3A+%22%2B13464448263%22%7D%2C%22text%22%3A+%22What+is+your+ETA%3F%0D%0A+What+is+your+location%3F+What+time+you+started+loading%3F+What+time+you+finished+loading%3F+Are+you+loaded+%3F%22%7D"


Following is my values which i am passing into api.

"{"to"=[{"phoneNumber": "14133767135"}],"from": {"phoneNumber": "+13464448263"},"text": "What is your ETA?

What is your location? What time you started loading? What time you finished loading? Are you loaded ?"}"


Can you please help me to do same like above?


Thanks






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benjamin-dean answered
Per our API Developer Guide specification, the 'text' property of the POST for SMS must has these characteristics:

Text of a message. Max length is 1000 symbols (2-byte UTF-16 encoded). If a character is encoded in 4 bytes in UTF-16 it is treated as 2 characters, thus restricting the maximum message length to 500 symbols

Here is a handy article on StackOverflow explaining the differences between UTF-8 and UTF-16:  http://stackoverflow.com/questions/496321/utf8-utf16-and-utf32

Of course, just using normal Unix newline characters I was able to send myself an SMS with the expected results. Here is the body I used as the 'text' property in the HTTP POST to /restapi/v1.0/account/~/extension/~/sms:

{"from":{"phoneNumber":"16503514622"},"to":[{"phoneNumber":"13176009731"}],"text":"Hello Ben,\n\n How are you?"}

Here is a screenshot (the bottom message is the above body) The message at 13:13, with the double newlines, was me testing and I used windows newline \r\n and Unix newline \n\n):

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Developer sandbox tools

Using the RingCentral Phone for Desktop, you can dial or receive test calls, send and receive test SMS or Fax messages in your sandbox environment.

Download RingCentral Phone for Desktop:

Tip: switch to the "sandbox mode" before logging in the app:

  • On MacOS: press "fn + command + f2" keys
  • On Windows: press "Ctrl + F2" keys