Making a POST - SUMOTEXT/Sumotext-API-Guide-New GitHub Wiki

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=".