{"id":2993,"date":"2026-09-18T14:49:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T09:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=2993"},"modified":"2026-09-18T14:49:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T09:19:37","password":"","slug":"how-do-i-send-rcs-messages-using-file-upload","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/kb\/how-do-i-send-rcs-messages-using-file-upload\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I send RCS messages using file upload?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">File upload is the easiest way to send to large lists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">File Mobile: same message to every number<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to <strong>Send RCS<\/strong> and open the <strong>File Mobile<\/strong> tab.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enter a <strong>Campaign Identifier<\/strong>, then select the <strong>Bot<\/strong> and <strong>TTL<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Upload your file of mobile numbers. You can download a sample file in the required layout from the upload section.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select the template, fill in the variables, then send now or schedule.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Custom Upload: personalised values per recipient<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Open the <strong>Custom Upload<\/strong> tab and enter the Campaign Identifier, Bot and TTL.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Upload your file. Each row holds a mobile number plus the values for that recipient (name, amount, order ID and so on).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choose which column contains the <strong>recipient number<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select the template. For each variable, pick the column it should take its value from.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Check the preview, then send or schedule.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Supported file formats<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CSV, XLS, XLSX and TXT. Sample files for each format are available from the <strong>sample downloads<\/strong> link on the upload screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Uploaded files and their processing status are listed under <strong>RCS Uploaded Files<\/strong>, where you can also download the processing report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>File upload is the easiest way to send to large lists. File Mobile: same message to every number Custom Upload: personalised values per recipient Supported file formats CSV, XLS, XLSX and TXT. Sample files for each format are available from the sample downloads link on the upload screen. Uploaded files and their processing status are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[2261],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-2993","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-send-rcs"],"year_month":"2026-09","word_count":184,"total_views":0,"reactions":{"happy":0,"normal":0,"sad":0},"author_info":{"name":"admin","author_nicename":"admin","author_url":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Send RCS","term_url":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/kb-cat\/send-rcs\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2993\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=2993"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=2993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}