• RCS Messaging Service
  • Channel Info
    • Example Response
    • PARAMETERS
    • HTTP Methods
    • API Endpoint
  • Sending Text Message
    • Example Request With Text Messgae
    • PARAMETERS
  • Sending Media Message
    • Example Request With Image Messgae
    • PARAMETERS
  • Send Interactive Message
    • API Endpoint
    • Example Request With Interactive Choice Messgae
    • PARAMETERS
    • Example Request with suggested actions:
    • PARAMETERS
  • Send Card Message
    • API Endpoint
    • Example Request With Card Messgae
    • PARAMETERS
  • Send Carousel Message
    • API Endpoint
    • Example Request With Carousel Messgae
    • PARAMETERS

RCS Messaging Service

Channel Info

{
	"channels": [{
		"name": "rcs",
		"from": "700969ca-0cb2-11ec-a2cxxxx", //Agent ID
        "meta" : {
            "foreign_id":"your-custom-id"
        }
	}]
	"recipient": {
		"group_id": "{segment_id}",
		"to": ["91XXXXXX", "91XXXXXX"]
	}
}

Example Response

{
  "status": "OK",
  "message": "Message Queued successfully",
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "a418d672-9781-4d97-b517-a56f7d95ad8a",
      "channel": "rcs",
      "from": "700969ca-0cb2-11ec-a2cxxxx",
      "to": "9190199xxxxx",
      "credits": 1,
      "created_at": "2021-06-18T14:48:06.886358Z",
      "status": "queued",
      "foreign_id": "your-message-id"
    }
  ]
}

PARAMETERS

Name	Description	type	Required
channels	This block contains information realted messaging channel	N/A	Yes
name	Name of Messaging Channel. `whatsapp	rcs	ip_message`
from	RCS Agent Reference ID	string	Yes
recipient	This block contains contacts information related to channel	N/A	Yes
group_id	Segment id which contain list of phone numbers	string or array	Yes if to param not present
to	Receiver mobile numbers : text	array	Yes, if group_id not present

Note : The recipient block inside channel is related to particular communication channel and it is optional. The outside recipient channel contain common recipients for every channel.

HTTP Methods

It will support only POST requests.

API Endpoint

https://eu.cpaas.bics.com/api/v2/

Sending Text Message

{endpoint}rcs/message/send

Example Request With Text Messgae

curl -X POST \
  '{endpoint}rcs/message/send' \
  -H 'authorization: Bearer d9e1cac3812186b353c5022xxxxx' \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{
	"channels": [{
		"name": "rcs",
		"from": "700969ca-0cb2-11ec-a2cxxxx"
	}],
	"recipient": {
		"to": "91XXXXXX"
	},
	"message": {
        "type": "text",
		"payload": {
			"text": "This is a simple text message from rcs channel"
		}
	}
}'

PARAMETERS

Name	Description	Limits	Required
payload	Messaage Payload section	N/A	Yes
to	Destination mobile number with country code	NA	Yes
text	Message Content you want to send	Max 4096 Characters	Yes

Sending Media Message

Using Media Message you can send image, audio, video and document files to your customers.

{endpoint}rcs/message/send

Example Request With Image Messgae

curl -X POST \
  '{endpoint}rcs/message/send' \
  -H 'authorization: Bearer d9e1cac3812186b353c5022xxxxx' \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{
	"channels": [{
		"name": "rcs",
		"from": "700969ca-0cb2-11ec-a2cxxxx"
	}],
	"recipient": {
		"to": "91XXXXXX"
	},
	"message": {
      "type": "image",
      "payload": {
          "url": "https://picsum.photos/id/237/200/300",
          "caption": "Caption for image",
          "filename": "Sample Image"
      }
  }
}'

PARAMETERS

Name	Description	Limits	Required
payload	Messaage Payload section	N/A	Yes
to	Destination mobile number with country code	NA	Yes
type	Media types supported image/jpeg, image/jpg, image/gif, image/png, video/h263, video/m4v, video/mp4, video/mpeg, video/mpeg4, video/webm	NA	Yes
url	Publicly available Image/ Media URL	Max 100 MB	Yes

Send Interactive Message

API Endpoint

https://eu.cpaas.bics.com/api/v2/

We can send interactive messages like suggested replies and suggested actions using this api.

Suggested replies[text] have a maximum of 25 characters.

{endpoint}rcs/message/send

Example Request With Interactive Choice Messgae

The following code sends text with two suggested replies

curl -X POST \
  '{endpoint}rcs/message/send' \
  -H 'authorization: Bearer d9e1cac3812186b353c5022xxxxx' \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{
	"channels": [{
		"name": "rcs",
		"from": "700969ca-0cb2-11ec-a2cxxxx"
	}],
	"recipient": {
		"to": "91XXXXXX"
	},
	"message": {
		"type": "interactive",
		"payload": {
      "category" : "",
			"header": {
				"type": "text",
				"payload": {
					"text": "header text"
				}
			},
			"body": {
				"type": "text",
				"payload": {
					"text": "header text"
				}
			},
			"footer": {
				"type": "text",
				"payload": {
					"text": "header text"
				}
			},
			"choices": [
				{
					"type": "text",
					"payload": {
						"title": "Click Here For Yes",
						"id": "unique-id",
						"content": "Yes"
					}
				},
				{
					"type": "text",
					"payload": {
						"title": "Click Here For No",
						"id": "unique-id",
						"content": "No"
					}
				}
			]
		}
	}
}'

PARAMETERS

Name	Description	Limits	Required
header	Optional	N/A	No
body	this block contains acutal content for the message	N/A	Yes
footer	Optional	N/A	No
choices	this block contains actions for suggestions of the message	N/A	Yes
text	this parameter holds suggested reply text	Max 25 Chars.	Yes
content	this parameter holds suggested reply text’s identification for your reference	N/A	Yes

Example Request with suggested actions:

The following code sends text with two suggested actions

curl -X POST \
  '{endpoint}rcs/message/send' \
  -H 'authorization: Bearer d9e1cac3812186b353c5022xxxxx' \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{
	"channels": [{
		"name": "rcs",
		"from": "700969ca-0cb2-11ec-a2cxxxx"
	}],
	"recipient": {
		"to": "91XXXXXX"
	},
	"message": {
		"type": "interactive",
		"payload": {
      "category" : "",
			"header": {
				"type": "text",
				"payload": {
					"text": "header text"
				}
			},
			"body": {
				"type": "text",
				"payload": {
					"text": "header text"
				}
			},
			"footer": {
				"type": "text",
				"payload": {
					"text": "header text"
				}
			},
			"choices": [
				{
					"type": "location",
					"payload": {
						"longitude": 12.912985,
            "latitude": 77.599505,
            "name": "Company Pvt Ltd",
            "address": "JP Nagar, Mini forest"
					}
				},
				{
					"type": "calendar",
					"payload": {
						"title": "Add to Calendar",
						"event": {
                "date": "2020-01-31",
                "time": "23:30",
                "title": "Title of the event",
                "description": "Description of the event"
            },
						"id": "unique-id"
					}
				}
			]
		}
	}
}'

PARAMETERS

Name	Description	Limits	Required
header	Optional	N/A	No
body	this block contains acutal content for the message	N/A	Yes
footer	Optional	N/A	No
choices	this block contains actions for suggestions of the message	N/A	Yes
latitude	The latitude in degrees.	must be in the range [-90.0, +90.0]	Yes
longitude	The longitude in degrees.	must be in the range [-180.0, +180.0]	Yes
calender	creates user’s calender event upon click	N/A	Yes

Send Card Message

API Endpoint

https://eu.cpaas.bics.com/api/v2/

We can send RichRCard Message using below API.

{endpoint}rcs/message/send

Example Request With Card Messgae

curl -X POST \
  '{endpoint}rcs/message/send' \
  -H 'authorization: Bearer d9e1cac3812186b353c5022xxxxx' \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{
	"channels": [{
		"name": "rcs",
		"from": "700969ca-0cb2-11ec-a2cxxxx"
	}],
	"recipient": {
		"to": "91886713XXXX"
	},
	"message": {
        "type": "card",
		"payload": {
			"title": "This is the card title",
			"description": "This is the card description",
			"body": {
          "type": "image",
          "payload": {
              "url": "https://domin-name.com/your_image_path.png",
              "caption": "some caption for image",
              "filename": "",
              "height": "TALL"
          }
			},
            "choices": [
                {
					"type": "url",
					"payload": {
						"url": "https://example.com",
						"title": "Click Here",
						"id": "unique-id"
					}
				},
				{
					"type": "text",
					"payload": {
						"title": "Click Here For Yes",
						"id": "unique-id"
                        "content": "Yes"
					}
				},
				{
					"type": "reply",
					"payload": {
						"title": "No",
						"id": "unique-id"
                        "content": "No"
					}
				},
				{
					"type": "call",
					"payload": {
						"title": "Click Here",
						"phone_number": "+91901995xxxx",
						"id": "unique-id"
					}
				},
				{
					"type": "copy",
					"payload": {
						"title": "Click Here to copy",
						"content": "+91901995xxxx",
						"id": "unique-id"
					}
				},
				{
					"type": "calendar",
					"payload": {
						"title": "Add to Calendar",
						"event": {
                "date": "2020-01-31",
                "time": "23:30",
                "title": "Title of the event",
                "description": "Description of the event"
            },
						"id": "unique-id"
					}
				},
				{
					"type": "section",
					"payload": {
						"title": "Click Here",
						"rows": [{
							"id": "unique-row-identifier-here",
							"title": "row-title-content-here",
							"description": "row-description-content-here"
						}]
					}
				}
			]
		}
	}
}'

PARAMETERS

Name	Description	Limits	Required
type	Type of the message Ex: “card”	NA	Yes
payload	Actual message data	NA	Yes
title	Title of the card	NA	Yes
description	Description of the card	NA	Yes
body	This section contains media file information	NA	Yes
body.payload.height	Height of the card SHORT [112 DP], MEDIUM [168 DP], TALL[264 DP]	Yes
choices	This section contains choices for selection	Max of 4 choices	No

Send Carousel Message

Carousels may contain a minimum of two and a maximum of ten rich cards.

API Endpoint

https://eu.cpaas.bics.com/api/v2/

We can send Carousel using below API.

{endpoint}rcs/message/send

Example Request With Carousel Messgae

curl -X POST \
  '{endpoint}rcs/message/send' \
  -H 'authorization: Bearer d9e1cac3812186b353c5022xxxxx' \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{
   "channels": [{
      "name": "rcs",
      "from": "700969ca-0cb2-11ec-a2c0-xxxxx"
   }],
   "recipient": {
      "to": "91886713XXXX"
   },
   "message": {
      "type": "carousel",
      "payload": [{
         "title": "This is the card1 title",
         "description": "This is the card1 description",
            "choices": [
            {
               "type": "reply",
               "payload": {
                  "text": "Click Here For No",
                  "content": "send No"
               }
            }
         ],
         "body": {
              "type": "image",
              "payload": {
                  "url": "https://yourdomain.com/assets/images/mob-logo.png",
                  "caption": "This is the Header",
                  "filename": "",
                  "height": "MEDIUM"
              }
         }
      },
      {
         "title": "This is the card2 title",
         "description": "This is the card2 description",
         "choices": [
            {
               "type": "reply",
               "payload": {
                  "text": "Click Here For Yes",
                  "content": "send Yes"
               }
            }
         ],
         "body": {
             "type": "image",
             "payload": {
                 "url": "https://yourdomain.com/assets/images/sms-home.png",
                 "caption": "This is the Header2",
                 "height": "MEDIUM"
             }
         }
      }]
   }
}'

PARAMETERS

Name	Description	Limits	Required
type	Type of the message Ex: “carousel”	NA	Yes
payload	Actual message data	NA	Yes
title	Title of the card	Max of 200 chars	Yes
description	Description of the card	Max of 200 chars	Yes
body	This section contains media file information	NA	Yes
choices	This section contains choices for selection	Max of 4 choices	No
body.payload.height	Height of the card SHORT [112 DP], MEDIUM [168 DP], TALL[264 DP]	Yes

Note: TALL cannot be used for rich card carousels when the card width is set to SMALL