Making A POST
3 options for POSTing to the SUMOTEXT API
- xml
- json
- querystring
The Http Request Header properties
The Content-Type and Accept header properties are required.
Http Content-Type property
The table shows the value of the Content-Type header property for each type of data, and for each method.
| Type | Sending MT | Carrier Lookup |
|---|---|---|
| xml | application/xml/mt | application/xml |
| json | application/json/mt | application/json |
| querystring | application/string/mt | application/string |
Http Accept property
The Http Request may return xml or json. The Accept property chooses this for you.
| Return Type desired | Accept property value |
|---|---|
| xml | application/xml |
| json | application/json |
Content Tag
In your postbody, if you are using xml then precede the data with "xml=" like this: "xml=[postbody]". If you are using json, precede the data with "json=".