To take full advantage of all the benefits of SMS marketing, you need a practical and user-friendly platform for your daily needs. An API is a perfect solution to make your marketing campaigns even more impactful. It integrates seamlessly with bulk SMS campaigns or your existing programs and offers numerous benefits (contact list confidentiality, automation, etc.). We will look at the features of the OVH API, which are very similar to those of Octopush.

Sending SMS with the OVH API

In addition to hosting websites and domain names, OVH offers a service that is becoming increasingly popular: sending SMS via an API. Do you have a website, blog, forum, intranet, or management software? By communicating with your server, this solution allows you to supplement your existing tools to send SMS. With one click, you can, for example: send an order confirmation, provide delivery updates, authorize password-protected access, or authenticate your customers instead of using email. This allows you to send messages directly through your own tool rather than your OVH dashboard. In addition to access for daily management, this comprehensive and secure solution covers all the actions possible from your personal space. You can list all OVH administration tasks on a single page and use them directly.

The API to simplify your marketing campaign creation

Sending SMS with an API allows you to reach your customers more easily than with other forms of communication, resulting in a higher response rate. This solution offered by OVH is ideal if you want to integrate an automated SMS sending service into your software, online application, webpage, or blog, regardless of the development version. For example, by sending your SMS via this solution using HTTPS, you will receive return codes directly (delivery receipts, "STOP" notifications, etc.) without having to check the OVH server. Furthermore, this solution allows you to add other OVH features such as bulk sending with CSV files, mail merging, or SMS Reply. SMS Reply allows your recipients to respond to every message you send them. This type of service helps build an interactive customer relationship and strengthens their connection to you. In marketing, this solution allows you to deploy your SMS campaigns on a large scale. You can reach the maximum number of customers while significantly reducing shipping costs.

Easy and instant installation

To send SMS with the OVH solution, you can use PHP or HTTPS to secure your data file transfers. These access options are similar to those offered by Octopush. Octopush offers 5 programming languages for your convenience: PHP, VBA, Java, C#, or ASP. Adding the "STOP" mention, which allows the recipient to unsubscribe from messages, is free of charge. Your developers can implement this solution into your environment. OVH provides specific code for each language to make their task easier and allow them to integrate the solution quickly into your services, regardless of their development version.

A customizable and adaptable solution

This solution can be used in over 190 countries, allowing you to reach a large audience both in France and abroad. It simplifies your daily routine since you can even send your SMS from your own tools (software, blog, application, etc.), whether in a PHP, Java, or HTTPS code environment. It also allows you to:

• Configure and update your tools,
• Automate basic tasks with scripts,
• Optimize your own functions.

It is unlimited in terms of time and number of transactions.

A comprehensive interface and a step-by-step guide for the customer

OVH provides a free online management interface accessible to every user. The customer has an account that they can top up. After an initial payment, each new request indicates the remaining balance on the account. When usage thresholds are exceeded, the user is immediately notified so they can top up their account. To take full advantage of this solution's features, a guide is available on the website. This guide presents use cases. In addition, there are several explanatory manuals that show you how to send SMS with this solution. They are provided with a file containing the code to integrate based on your chosen access method:

• PHP
• Perl
• Python
• C and C++
• C#
• Ruby
• Java

In addition, OVH's technical teams are available to help you set it up. By using this innovative solution from OVH, add value to your tools and stand out from the competition by integratingautomated SMS sending into the heart of your solutions.

What is an OVH API?

It is a solution that can be integrated into any web programming environment (PHP, etc.). Set up by developers or programmers, it can, for example, be implemented in a Java environment just as easily as in a C# environment. Some professional SMS sending platforms offer a forum, explanatory guides, or an installation and execution tutorial to help you configure it in your chosen environment. With this solution, you always benefit from the range of features offered by the platform, such as writing long messages, delivery receipts, and access to real-time statistics. You simply need to configure all the data you require. The provided programming allows you to automate your message sending. Setting up your SMS dispatches remains simple and efficient. You can set the time and date for your campaigns in just a few clicks. By using their API, you no longer have to worry about managing your contact number database; the solution updates it continuously. Duplicates are removed and opt-out requests are processed in real time. This ensures you have a corrected and up-to-date database at all times. Your communications are secure and the content of your messages remains confidential. The OVH API even makes it easy to send messages via email systems, directly from your internal management systems or your workstation. You therefore have the option to send your texts via email using the SMTP protocol. In addition, you get direct access to statistics (number of messages opened and read, number of opt-out requests) and data on ongoing campaigns. The message is delivered, and costs are kept under control. The power and undeniable advantages of this solution boost the performance of your SMS marketing campaigns. You gain an effective and impactful tool while benefiting from the most attractive rates on the market. By using this innovative solution from OVH, a key multiservice player recognized throughout France, add value to your tools and stand out from the competition by integrating automated SMS sending into the heart of your solutions and marketing communication strategies.