This document helps you quickly get started with the Chinese mainland SMS service by show you how an organization user sends the following message [Tencent Cloud] Your verification code is: XXXX to mobile numbers in the Chinese mainland. For more SMS concepts, see Glossary.
Note:
The new version of console is displayed to users who activate the SMS service after September 18, 2019 by default.
If you already have a Tencent Cloud account and have verified your identity, go directly to the next step.
Applying for activation of SMS
Note:
When logging in to the SMS console for the first time, you need to apply to activate the SMS service.
1. Log in to the SMS console, click I've read and agree to Tencent Cloud SMS Terms of Service, and click Access to activate the service.
2. Select Getting Started on the left sidebar and click Start creating to enter the SMS sending guide page.
Step 2. Configure SMS content
A complete SMS message consists of SMS signature and SMS body. You can set different body templates as needed and then combine a signature and a body into the final SMS content: [SMS signature] SMS body. After an SMS signature or template is submitted, it will be reviewed within two hours generally. You can set your mobile number and email address to receive review result notifications.
Selecting a region
On the Getting Started page, select a region in the top-left corner.
Tencent Cloud International offers services in many regions with the same product features and prices. However, data cannot be stored across regions and must instead be kept in the local region. Please select a region based on your data storage needs.
SMS content: enter Your verification code is: {1}.
3. Click OK.
Please wait for the body template review. The body template will be available only after its status changes to Approved.
Step 3. Wait for approval
After an SMS signature or body template is submitted, it will be reviewed within two hours generally. You can set your mobile number and email address to receive review result notifications.
On the Getting Started page, you can click View to quickly view the review status of the signature or body template. The signature or body template will be available only after its status changes to approved.
Step 4. Send SMS messages
Note:
1. SMS signatures and templates for each region need to be separately created, but they can be copied across regions. Before sending an SMS message, make sure the region selected for the SMS application is the same as that selected for signature and template creation.
2. Before sending an SMS message, make sure the SMS signature and body template have been approved.
You can send SMS messages through the console or API. This document uses the console as an example.
Signature Name: select the signature Tencent Cloud created in the Creating a signature step.
Template Name: select the template Verification Code created in the Creating a body template step.
Sending Time: select Send now.
Recipient: select Upload mobile numbers, click Download Standard Template, enter the recipient's mobile number and custom SMS content in the form, and click Click here to upload it. The maximum form size supported is 30 MB.
Template Description
Recipient's Mobile Number
SMS Content Variable 1
Sample
139xxxxxxxx
9097
Instructions
Please enter the mobile numbers of recipients. All the mobile numbers in one single SMS sending task must be registered in the Chinese mainland. The cells need to be in a regular format, i.e., without any specific number formats.
Please enter the first custom variable content according to the body template, i.e., replacing {1} in the template.
There are three types of recipients as follows:
Recipient
Description
Variable Template
Upload mobile numbers
You can upload up to 1 million mobile numbers in a CSV or XLSX file of up to 30 MB in size for each bulk SMS sending task.
In an SMS body template created by an individual user, each variable can contain up to 12 characters.
There is no limit on the length of variable values for organizational users.
Supported
Select a customer group
Click Customer Group and select a number group that has been created in Customer Group.
Note: you cannot select a template with variables for Template Name.
Not supported
Enter mobile numbers
Enter up to 100 mobile numbers and separate them by pressing the Enter key (one number per line). For the Chinese mainland mobile numbers, please enter the mobile numbers directly:
For example, 1371481xxxx.
Note: you cannot select a template with variables for Template Name.
Not supported
Application: select the application that needs to send the SMS. For more information, please see Creating Application.
3. Click OK.
4. Check the number of recipients, indicate your consent to the prompt about fees, and click Send.
You can view the task status in the “Sending Records” list. The status Sent indicates the task has been completed.
Step 5. View SMS delivery result
You can view the SMS delivery result in the following ways:
On the Chinese Mainland SMS > Bulk SMS page, click Details & Receipt Analytics on the line of the target task to view its detailed record and receipt analysis.
Select Business Statistics > Chinese Mainland SMS and you can filter and view the statistics and relevant analysis of Chinese Mainland SMS by application, signature, body template, and time.
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