Want to tighten your application’s security with 2 factor authentication but don’t know how? Worry on how to retrieve your customer’s number? Ginota Genuine SMS API is all you need.
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Retrieving a MSISDN via Ginota Genuine SMS API is easy and simple. The following basic items are what you need:
Once login to Ginota portal, navigate to Message, you can obtain the Genuine SMS API URL (Next to your Restful API URL):
This is a sample Ginota Genuine SMS API request which sends an email to the requested email address of the recipient.
Once email is received, recipient is required to click on the ‘Register mobile number’ link and user will be prompt with a mobile number registration page on a browser.
A valid mobile number is required to proceed with the next verification step where Ginota will be sending a One Time Password to it.
Recipient shall key in the Verification Code to have his/her mobile number authorized and at the same time saving the MSISDN into the database.
To perform a quick test with Ginota Genuine SMS API, you may copy and paste the API URL into the address box of your preferred browser and navigate. Once navigate, you should receive an email in seconds.
You may create your own Ginota Genuine SMS API Request with all the items required.
https://www.ginota.com/gemp/otp/discoverMobile?apiKey=14RN7jFlDRLDv8xD4lNKWw%2BUttzoNVyA&apiSecret=%24b74N0r1u%24&email=<Recipient_Email_Address>&sName=<Recipient_Name> |
Once the Genuine SMS API URL is formed with your API credentials appended, you may start replacing the following parameters:
URL Encoded Sample | Language | Expected Text Received |
---|---|---|
sName=Jessica+Anderson | English | Jessica Anderson |
content=%e4%b8%ad%e6%96%87%e4%bf%a1%e6%81%af | Chinese | 中文信息 |
content=%e3%81%93%e3%82%93%e3%81%ab%e3%81%a1%e3%81%af | Japanese | こんにちは |
This is how a standard Ginota Genuine SMS API request shall looks like:
https://www.ginota.com/gemp/otp/discoverMobile?apiKey=sKhUimwdncuaO%2Bjv4FiCF6WzBsn%2BqMIZ&apiSecret=M%40%24%40WNngwv&email=[email protected]&sName=Jessica+Anderson |
Lastly, simply copy and paste this URL on to your browser and navigate there to send it out. The recipient should receive an email immediately!
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