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POST
/
v1
/
text-messages
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.blutext.com/v1/text-messages \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'X-Api-Key: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "to": "+14155550100",
  "message": "Hello from Blutext!",
  "check_dnc": true
}
'
{
  "message_id": "5b5f0f0e-9e3a-4c3a-9a1e-2f2d6e1c1234",
  "status": "queued",
  "to_phone_number": "+1 415-555-0100",
  "to_phone_normalized": "+14155550100",
  "recipient_country": "US",
  "recipient_timezone": "GMT-7",
  "recipient_location": "San Francisco, United States",
  "recipient_local_time": "3:15 PM, Tuesday, Aug 20",
  "timezone_offset": -7,
  "is_dst": true,
  "scheduled_send_date": "2025-08-20T22:15:00.000Z",
  "within_business_hours": true,
  "can_send_now": true,
  "manual_mode": false,
  "available_to_group": false,
  "check_dnc": true,
  "business_hours": "9:00 AM - 7:00 PM local time",
  "message_length": 19,
  "max_retries": 3,
  "message": "Message queued for immediate sending"
}

Authorizations

​
X-Api-Key
string
header
required

Provide your Blutext API key. Authorization: Bearer is also supported.

Body

application/json
​
to
string
required

Recipient phone number in E.164 format (e.g., +14155550100)

​
message
string
required

Text message body

​
send_date
string<date-time>

Optional ISO 8601 datetime to schedule sending

​
manual_mode
boolean
default:false

Require manual approval before sending

​
available_to_group
boolean
default:false

Make message visible to the API key's group

​
check_dnc
boolean
default:false

Check Do Not Call list before queueing

Response

Message created successfully

​
message_id
string<uuid>
​
status
enum<string>
Available options:
queued,
scheduled
​
to_phone_number
string
​
to_phone_normalized
string
​
recipient_country
string
​
recipient_timezone
string
​
recipient_location
string
​
recipient_local_time
string
​
timezone_offset
​
is_dst
boolean
​
scheduled_send_date
string<date-time>
​
within_business_hours
boolean
​
can_send_now
boolean
​
manual_mode
boolean
​
available_to_group
boolean
​
check_dnc
boolean
​
business_hours
string
​
message_length
integer
​
max_retries
integer
​
message
string

Human-readable status message added by the API