Get messages list - ExpertSender Help Center

SMS or MMS messages collection contains a list of all sent messages. Multiple messages matching specified criteria can be retrieved. Specifying single message ID can be used to retrieve detailed information about a specific message.

Request data format

Get multiple messages

Request URL parameters:

Element/attribute	Type	Notes
apiKey	string	Your API key, required for authentication. Required.
tag	string	Tag. Optional. If specified, only messages tagged with its value will be returned.
startDate	date	Start date. Optional. If specified, messages sent before this date will not be returned. May be used together with endDate to specify a period of time. YYYY-MM-DD format.
endDate	date	See startDate.
type	string	Only return specific message types. Optional. Valid values: Newsletter WorkflowMessage

Examples:

https://api.esv2.com/v2/Api/SmsMmsMessages?apiKey=YOUR_API_KEY_HERE
https://api.esv2.com/v2/Api/SmsMmsMessages?apiKey=YOUR_API_KEY_HERE&tag=sports
https://api.esv2.com/v2/Api/SmsMmsMessages?apiKey=YOUR_API_KEY_HERE&tag=sports&startDate=2016-05-20&endDate=2016-05-22
https://api.esv2.com/v2/Api/SmsMmsMessages?apiKey=YOUR_API_KEY_HERE&tag=sports&startDate=2016-05-20&endDate=2016-05-22&type=WorkflowMessage

Get message by Message ID

Request URL parameters:

Element/attribute	Type	Notes
apiKey	string	Your API key, required for authentication. Required.
ID	int	SMS/MMS message ID. Required as a part of address (not GET parameter). See example below.

Examples:

https://api.esv2.com/v2/Api/SmsMmsMessages/123?apiKey=YOUR_API_KEY_HERE

Response

Get multiple messages

Response Data element:

Element/attribute	Type	Notes
Messages	array[complex]	Array of Message elements.

Message element children:

Element/attribute	Type	Notes
Id	int	Message identifier.
Sender	string	Option selected in “Sender” field in SMS/MMS message wizard
CampaignDescription	string	Value from “Campaign description” field in SMS/MMS message wizard
Subject	string	Message subject. Only for MMS
Type	string	Message type (Newsletter, WorkflowMessage etc).
SentDate	datetime	Optional. Date when the message was sent. For messages that are sent many times (e.g. Autoresponders) it is the first date matching specified date range.
Tags	string	Optional. List of comma-separated message tags.

Get message by Message ID

Response Data element:

Element/attribute	Type	Notes
Id	int	Message identifier. Subject string Message subject.
Sender	string	Option selected in “Sender” field in SMS/MMS message wizard
CampaignDescription	string	Value from “Campaign description” field in SMS/MMS message wizard
Subject	string	Message subject. Only for MMS.
Type	string	Message type (Newsletter, WorkflowMessage etc).
SentDate	datetime	Optional. Date when the message was sent. For messages that are sent many times (e.g. Autoresponders) it is the first date matching specified date range.
Tags	string	Optional. List of comma-separated message tags.
ThrottlingMethod	string	Optional. Throttling method.
Throttling	int	Optional. Throttling period (hrs.). Filled only if ThrottlingMethod is “Manual”.
GoogleAnalyticsTags	array[complex]	Optional. Array of GoogleAnalyticsTag elements (if message uses Google Analytics).
Lists	array[complex]	Optional. Array of List elements (target subscriber lists).
Segments	array[complex]	Optional. Array of Segment elements (target subscriber segments).
Status	string	Optional. Available only for newsletters.

GoogleAnalyticsTag element children:

Element/attribute	Type	Notes
Name	string	Tag name, e.g. “utm_source”.
Value	string	Tag value.

List element children:

Element/attribute	Type	Notes
Id	int	List identifier.
Name	string	List name.

Segment element children:

Element/attribute	Type	Notes
Id	int	Segment identifier.
Name	string	Segment name.

List of all possible ThrottlingMethod values:

ThrottlingMethod values	Notes
None	Message is not throttled
Auto	Automatic throtling speed is applied.
Manual	Throttling time was specified manually (see “Throttling” element)

List of all possible Status values:

Status value
Scheduled
InProgress
Sent
Paused
Draft
Deleted

Examples

Get multiple messages

Request:

GET 
https://api.esv2.com/v2/Api/SmsMmsMessages?startDate=2016-05-19&apiKey=test_api_key1 HTTP/1.1 
Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate 
User-Agent: Jakarta Commons-HttpClient/3.1 
Host: api.esv2.com

OK response:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK 
Cache-Control: private 
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8 
Content-Encoding: gzip 
Vary: Accept-Encoding 
Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.5 
Set-Cookie: ASP.NET_SessionId=cu23cqm125fq1qih1kg4ux45; path=/; HttpOnly 
X-AspNetMvc-Version: 1.0 
X-AspNet-Version: 2.0.50727 
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET 
Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 12:56:22 GMT 
Content-Length: 415  

<ApiResponse xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
   <Data>
     <Messages>
       <Message>
         <Id>892</Id>
         <Type>Newsletter</Type>
         <SentDate>2016-05-19T19:35:08</SentDate>
         <Sender>John Smith</Sender>
         <CampaignDescription>test newsletter</CampaignDescription>
       </Message>
       <Message>
         <Id>893</Id>
         <Type>Newsletter</Type>
         <SentDate>2016-05-21T14:09:15</SentDate>
         <Tags>test 1</Tags>
         <Sender>SmsApiTest</Sender>
         <CampaignDescription>test newsletter 2</CampaignDescription>
       </Message>
     </Messages>
   </Data>
</ApiResponse>

Get message by Message ID

Request:

GET 
https://api.esv2.com/v2/Api/SmsMmsMessages/893?apiKey=test_api_key1 HTTP/1.1 
Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate 
User-Agent: Jakarta Commons-HttpClient/3.1 
Host: api.esv2.com

OK response:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK 
Cache-Control: private 
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8 
Content-Encoding: gzip 
Vary: Accept-Encoding 
Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.5 
Set-Cookie: ASP.NET_SessionId=3e0htsjefgfcby55ra5b2045; path=/; HttpOnly 
X-AspNetMvc-Version: 1.0 
X-AspNet-Version: 2.0.50727 
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET 
Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 12:59:37 GMT 
Content-Length: 369  

<ApiResponse xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
   <Data>
     <Id>893</Id>
     <Type>Newsletter</Type>
     <SentDate>2016-05-21T14:09:15</SentDate>     
     <Sender>SmsApiTest</Sender>
     <CampaignDescription>test newsletter 2</CampaignDescription>
     <Tags>test 1</Tags>
     <ThrottlingMethod>Manual</ThrottlingMethod>
     <Throttling>1</Throttling>
     <Lists>
       <List>
         <Id>2</Id>
         <Name>test list</Name>
       </List>
     </Lists>
     <Status>Sent</Status>
    </Data>
</ApiResponse>

Example response with Google Analytics tags:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK 
Cache-Control: private 
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8 
Content-Encoding: gzip 
Vary: Accept-Encoding 
Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.5 
Set-Cookie: ASP.NET_SessionId=3e0htsjefgfcby55ra5b2045; path=/; HttpOnly 
X-AspNetMvc-Version: 1.0 
X-AspNet-Version: 2.0.50727 
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET 
Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 12:59:37 GMT 
Content-Length: 455 

<ApiResponse xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <Data>
    <Id>123951</Id>
    <Type>Newsletter</Type>
    <Sender>SmsApiTest</Sender>
    <CampaignDescription>Google Analytics tags test</CampaignDescription>
    <ThrottlingMethod>Auto</ThrottlingMethod>
    <GoogleAnalyticsTags>
      <GoogleAnalyticsTag>
        <Name>utm_source</Name>
        <Value>testsource</Value>
      </GoogleAnalyticsTag>
      <GoogleAnalyticsTag>
        <Name>utm_medium</Name>
        <Value>Email</Value>
      </GoogleAnalyticsTag>
      <GoogleAnalyticsTag>
        <Name>utm_content</Name>
        <Value>testcontent</Value>
      </GoogleAnalyticsTag>
      <GoogleAnalyticsTag>
        <Name>utm_campaign</Name>
        <Value>testcampaign</Value>
      </GoogleAnalyticsTag>
    </GoogleAnalyticsTags>
    <Status>Draft</Status>
  </Data>
</ApiResponse>