Auto-Reply

Telmetrics provides the ability to send an Auto-Reply message via SMS when someone texts your Tracking Number or Number Pool. Please note that the auto-reply message will only be sent once per 24 hour period.

This feature is enabled via the Number Resource, and can be configured during the provisioning of a Tracking Number, or applied later as an update.

Please note that this feature is enabled at the SMS-Routing level.

The following fields are used in this request, and must be passed in your request:

FieldValue
sms_routes -> route_typeAutoreply
sms_routes -> route -> autoreply_enabledtrue/false - when true, the auto-reply message will be sent to anyone sending a text message to the Tracking Number/Number Pool.

Note that an auto-reply message is only sent once per day.
sms_routes -> route -> autoreply_messageThe content of the message that will be sent to anyone sending a text message to the Tracking Number/Number Pool

Using the end-point POST https://api.telmetrics.com/v3/api/groups/{groupid}/numbers, submit a request similar to the following to enable the SMS Auto-Reply feature on your Tracking Line when provisioning:

{ "name": "SMS - Auto-Reply", "phone_number_request": { "match_type": "Tollfree" }, "sms_routes": { "route_type": "Autoreply", "route": { "autoreply_enabled": true, "autoreply_message": "Thanks for texting us - we are currently only accepting phone calls on this number." } }, "call_routes": { "route_type": "Basic", "route": { "termination_number": "4075552958" } } }

Using the end-point PUT https://api.telmetrics.com/v3/api/numbers/{numberid}, submit a request similar to the following to enable the SMS-to-Chat feature on an existing tracking line:

{ "sms_routes": { "route_type": "Autoreply", "route": { "autoreply_enabled": true, "autoreply_message": "Thanks for texting us - we are currently only accepting phone calls on this number." } } }

A successful post will result in the creation/update of a tracking number with SMS-To-Chat capabilities:

{ "id": 8848979, "group_id": 11812328, "status": "Active", "phone_number": "8003979906", "created_datetime": "2018-07-06T15:23:17.403", "modified_datetime": "2018-07-06T15:41:02.96", "sms_routes": { "route_type": "Autoreply", "route": { "autoreply_enabled": true, "autoreply_message": "Thanks for texting us - we are currently only accepting phone calls on this number." } }, "call_routes": { "route_type": "Basic", "route": { "id": 30703449, "termination_number": "4075552958" } } }