This method assigns one or more custom keywords to a license key.

Endpoint

POST:
https://messaging.esendex.us/Messaging.svc?wsdl/AssignKeyword

Syntax

AssignKeyword(Request)

Request Parameters

Parameter NameDescriptionData TypeRequiredSample Value
LicenseKeyYour license key.GUIDTrue00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
SMSKeywordsThe keywords you want to add to the license key.Array of KeywordRequestInfo objectsTrue

Response

Returns: SMSKeywordResponse object

Code Samples

You can use any programming language you want with our API, as long as it can make a REST or SOAP call. Here are examples for some of the most common platforms.

C#

// https://messaging.esendex.us/Messaging.svc?wsdl was added as a Service Reference and given the name WSDL

using WSDL;

var client = new MessagingClient(MessagingClient.EndpointConfiguration.mms2wsHttpBindingSecure);

var request = new SMSKeywordRequest
{
    LicenseKey = YOUR_LICENSE_KEY,
    SMSKeywords = new KeywordRequestInfo[] {
        new KeywordRequestInfo {
            Keyword = "Test",
            ShortCode = YOUR_SHORT_CODE
        }
    }
};

var keywords = await client.AssignKeywordAsync(request);

foreach (var keyword in keywords.SMSKeyword)
{
    Console.WriteLine(
        "Keyword: " + keyword.Keyword + Environment.NewLine +
        "Short Code: " + keyword.ShortCode + Environment.NewLine +
        "UTC Entry Date: " + keyword.EntryDate + Environment.NewLine +
        "Return Code: " + keyword.ReturnCode + Environment.NewLine);
}

JavaScript

const url = 'https://messaging.esendex.us/Messaging.svc/AssignKeyword';
const response = await fetch(url, {
    headers: {
        'Accept': 'application/json',
        'Content-Type': 'application/json'
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
        'LicenseKey': '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000',
        'SMSKeywords': [
          {
            'Keyword': 'Test',
            'ShortCode': '55555'
          }
        ]
    }),
    method: 'POST'
});

const keywords = await response.json();

console.log(keywords);

JSON POST Request

{
	"LicenseKey": "1627aea5-8e0a-4371-9022-9b504344e724",
	"SMSKeywords": [
		{
			"Keyword": "String content",
			"ShortCode": "String content"
		}
	]
}

JSON Response

{
	"ReturnCode": 0,
	"SMSKeyword": [
		{
			"EntryDate": "/Date(928164000000-0400)/",
			"Keyword": "String content",
			"ReturnCode": 0,
			"ShortCode": "String content"
		}
	]
}

PHP with cURL

<?php

$client = new SoapClient('https://messaging.esendex.us/Messaging.svc?wsdl');
$lk = '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000';
$KeywordsArray1 =  'TestKeyword';
$ShortCode1 = '55555';

$RequestArray = array(
  array(
    'ShortCode'=>$ShortCode1,
    'Keyword'=> $KeywordsArray1,
  )
);
$request = new AdvancedCallRequestData($lk, $RequestArray);
// print_r($request);
$result = $client->AssignKeyword($request);
print_r($result);

class AdvancedCallRequestData {
  public $AdvancedRequest;
  function AdvancedCallRequestData($licensekey, $requests) {
    $this->KeywordRequest = array();
    $this->KeywordRequest['LicenseKey'] = $licensekey;
    $this->KeywordRequest['SMSKeywords'] = $requests;
  }
}

?>

Python

import httpx

headers = {"Accept": "application/json"}
url = "https://messaging.esendex.us/Messaging.svc/AssignKeyword"
request = {
    "LicenseKey": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
    "SMSKeywords": [
        {
            "Keyword": "Test",
            "ShortCode": "55555",
        }
    ],
}

with httpx.Client(headers=headers) as client:
    response = client.post(url=url, json=request)

response.raise_for_status()

print(response.json())

Ruby

require 'json'
require 'net/http'

headers = { Accept: 'application/json', 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }
uri = URI('https://messaging.esendex.us/Messaging.svc/AssignKeyword')

data = {
  'LicenseKey': '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000',
  'SMSKeywords': [
    {
      'Keyword': 'Test',
      'ShortCode': '55555'
    }
  ]
}.to_json

response = Net::HTTP.post(uri, data, headers)
raise response.message if response.is_a?(Net::HTTPClientError) || response.is_a?(Net::HTTPServerError)

puts JSON.parse(response.body)

XML POST Request

<SMSKeywordRequest xmlns="http://sms2.cdyne.com">
  <LicenseKey>1627aea5-8e0a-4371-9022-9b504344e724</LicenseKey>
  <SMSKeywords>
    <KeywordRequestInfo>
      <Keyword>String content</Keyword>
      <ShortCode>String content</ShortCode>
    </KeywordRequestInfo>
    <KeywordRequestInfo>
      <Keyword>String content</Keyword>
      <ShortCode>String content</ShortCode>
    </KeywordRequestInfo>
  </SMSKeywords>
</SMSKeywordRequest>

XML Response

<SMSKeywordResponse xmlns="http://sms2.cdyne.com">
  <ReturnCode>NoError</ReturnCode>
  <SMSKeyword>
    <KeywordResponseInfo>
      <EntryDate>1999-05-31T11:20:00</EntryDate>
      <Keyword>String content</Keyword>
      <ReturnCode>NoError</ReturnCode>
      <ShortCode>String content</ShortCode>
    </KeywordResponseInfo>
    <KeywordResponseInfo>
      <EntryDate>1999-05-31T11:20:00</EntryDate>
      <Keyword>String content</Keyword>
      <ReturnCode>NoError</ReturnCode>
      <ShortCode>String content</ShortCode>
    </KeywordResponseInfo>
  </SMSKeyword>
</SMSKeywordResponse>

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