# Send SMS via Restful API

You can visit Opentact API to review the [API](https://api.opentact.org/swagger/#/SMS/SendSMSO) for sending outbound SMS.  Here is sample API call:  curl -X POST \\

{% code title="" %}

```bash
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  --data '{
    "from": "+13115552368",
    "to": "+13115552367",
    "text": "Hello, world!"
  }' \
  https://api.opentact.com/sms/o
```

{% endcode %}

The response you get is :

```bash
{
  "success": true,
  "payload": {
    "uuid": "90c2e069-44c1-4f1a-9619-540432378122",
    "state": "created",
    "from": "123456789",
    "to": 987654321,
    "message": "Hello world",
    "thread": "08360036ab8f77030d725064f42cb1b7",
    "delivered": false,
    "automated": false,
    "created_on": "2021-06-22T07:30:35.768Z",
    "modified_on": "2021-06-22T07:30:35.768Z",
    "tn": {
      "tn": 123456789,
      "type": "long_code",
      "sms": true
    },
    "tn_lease": {
      "uuid": "4f95de12-6a4a-420a-997c-73870142fe90",
      "autorenew": true,
      "expired_on": "2021-06-22T07:30:35.768Z",
      "messaging_profile": {
        "uuid": "0116f6d1-1280-44b2-9134-da48509ec575",
        "name": "Default profile",
        "callback_url": "https://google.com"
      }
    }
  }
}
```


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