Specify the Entity ID and Template ID values to send messages to India - AWS End User Messaging SMS

Specify the Entity ID and Template ID values to send messages to India

To successfully deliver your messages using local routes, you must specify Entity ID and Template ID values that you received after completing the sender ID registration process. You must also choose the correct entity type, and confirm that your messages match the example templates that you registered.

The steps that you complete depend on how you send your SMS messages. If you use the SendTextMessage API to send your messages, you can include these attributes in your call to the API. If you use campaigns or journeys to send your messages, you can specify the correct values when you set up the campaign or journey. This section includes information for both scenarios.

To send messages over Indian local routes using the SendTextMessages API

  1. In your call to the SendTextMessages API, provide values for the following parameters:

    • EntityId – The entity ID or Principal Entity (PE) ID that you received after completing the sender ID registration process.

    • TemplateId – The template ID that you received after completing the sender ID registration process.

      Important

      Make sure that the Template ID that you specify matches your message template exactly. If your message doesn't match the template that you provided during the registration process, the mobile carriers might reject your message.

  2. For the MessageType parameter, specify the appropriate route type for your message. You can specify one of the following values:

    • Promotional – Specify this message type for promotional messages. Promotional sender IDs only contain numbers.

    • Transactional – Specify this message type for transactional messages. Transactional sender IDs only contain letters, and are case-sensitive.

      Note

      You can register both promotional (numeric) sender IDs and transactional (alphabetic) sender IDs in the same AWS account.

      For additional content guidelines, see the Vilpower website at https://www.vilpower.in.

  3. When you add content to your message, review your content thoroughly to verify that it matches the content in the DLT registered template exactly. If you include additional character returns, spaces, punctuation, or mismatched sentence case, carriers will block your SMS messages. For more information about issues related to template matching, see Understanding template matching issues when sending messages.