Update Contact
Update Contact for SMSGatewayCenter APIs
Introduction to SMSGatewayCenter APIs
Welcome to SMSGatewayCenter’s API documentation hub! This guide empowers you to modify contacts within a specified group using our robust Update Contact API, an essential feature of our messaging suite, including SMS API for bulk messaging, WhatsApp Business API for customer engagement, Voice Call API for automated alerts, and Two-Way SMS API for interactive communication. This API supports only POST methods over HTTP, ensuring secure and efficient contact updates. Tailored for developers in India, start integrating with our SMS gateway at unify.smsgateway.center/signup/!
Edit contact details (e.g., phone numbers or group assignments) seamlessly with the Update Contact API. This endpoint enhances your bulk SMS management by keeping your group contacts current, optimizing campaign accuracy.
API Endpoint
https://unify.smsgateway.center/SMSApi/contact/update
| Key | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Login Credentials (Required) | ||
| Authenticate your API request using userid-password or apiKey—choose one method. | ||
| userid | Your Registered Username | Your registered username; use if apiKey isn’t provided. Signup for User ID |
| password | Your Password | URL-encoded password (for special characters); use if apiKey isn’t provided. Signup for API Key |
| Header (optional) Parameters | ||
| apiKey | Your unique apiKey | apiKey needs to be sent as HTTP header when you are not using userid-password method. You can avail this from your user control panel and use instead of userid-password HTTP Request parameter. Please do not disclose this to anyone. |
| Required Parameters | ||
| groupid | Your Group ID | Enter group id which contacts needs to be added to. |
| contactname | Your Contact Name | Enter contact name. |
| mobileno | Contact's Mobile Number | Enter contact's mobile number. |
| id | Contact's ID | Enter contact's ID which needs to be edited. |
| output | plain|json|plain | Value for response format.System default is plain. If you need responses in json or plain then you have to give value as json or plain. |
<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
CURLOPT_URL => "https://unify.smsgateway.center/SMSApi/contact/update",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => "userid=YourUsername&password=YourPassword&groupid=63&contactname=testname&mobileno=911232987678&id=231233&output=json",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
"cache-control: no-cache",
"content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
),
));
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
{
"response": {
"api": "contact",
"action": "update",
"status": "success",
"msg": "Contact updated successfully.",
"code": "200"
}
}
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