Send One Time Password (OTP)

API URL

URL used to send HTTP requests:

https://portal.bulkgate.com/api/1.0/otp/send

POST /api/1.0/otp/send HTTP/1.1
Host: portal.bulkgate.com
Content-Type: application/json
Cache-Control: no-cache

Parameters table

PARAMETER NAME	VALUE	MANDATORY	DEFAULT VALUE
application_id	Application ID	Yes	-
application_token	Application token	Yes	-
number	Phone number to which send the verification code	Yes	-
country	Country code of phone number	no	The value is taken from the profile.
language	Language of send otp message	no	en
code_type	Type of code. (string, int, or combined)	no	int
code_length	Length of verification code (4-100).	no	6
request_quota_number	The number of requests per minute for request_quota_identification	no	1
request_quota_identification	Identification of the "OTP user / requester" to whom the request_quota_number quota per minute will apply. We recommend using an IP address for this identification.	Yes	-
trials_available_resend	Limit of available resends	no	null - unlimited
trials_available_verification	Limit of available verification	no	null - unlimited
daily_limit	Limit of available requests per day (sliding for last 24 hours)	no	null - unlimited
expiration	Expiration of OTP request in seconds, after completion of this time request is not possible.	no	604800 - 7 days
channel	Alternative channels. Channels are listed in a cascade, if we are unable to deliver your message via highest priority channel, channels lower in the cascade list will be used. If none of them manages to deliver sms will be used instead.	no	SMS object and/or Viber object

SMS object parameters table

PARAMETER NAME	VALUE	MANDATORY	DEFAULT VALUE
sender_id	Sender ID, see sender ID type	no	gSystem
sender_id_value	Sender value - gOwn (e.g. "420 777 777 777"), gText (e.g. "BulkGate"), gProfile (e.g. "423"), gMobile or gPush (KEY)	no	null

Viber object parameters table

PARAMETER NAME	VALUE	MANDATORY	DEFAULT VALUE
sender	Name of your registered sender for Viber	Yes	-
expiration	Seconds to wait until trying another channel	no	120

Example of full request

POST /api/1.0/otp/send HTTP/1.1
Host: portal.bulkgate.com
Content-Type: application/json
Cache-Control: no-cache

{
  "application_id": "APPLICATION_ID",
  "application_token": "APPLICATION_TOKEN",
  "number": "44777777777",
  "country": "gb",
  "language": "en",
  "code_type": "string",
  "code_length": 7,
  "request_quota_number": 1,
  "request_quota_identification": "127.0.0.1",
  "trials_available_resend": 2,
  "trials_available_verification": 5,
  "daily_limit": 100,
  "expiration": 3600,
  "channel": {
    "viber": {
      "sender": "Lt. Hagan",
      "expiration": 100
    },
    "sms": {
      "sender_id": "gText",
      "sender_id_value": "Lt-Hagan",
      "unicode": true
    }
  }
}

Response to this command may be:

In case of success:

{
    "data": {
        "id": "otp-id"
    }
}

In case of error:

{
    "type": "unknown_identity",
    "code": 400,
    "error": "Unknown identity",
    "detail": null
}

{
    "type": "invalid_input_parameters",
    "code": 400,
    "error": "Invalid input parameters",
    "detail": null
}