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How it works

When you send an iMessage using the Texting Blue API, it goes through the following steps:

  1. You send an request for send iMessage to a phone number (via API or dashboard)
  2. Connected device receives the request
  3. Then the device forwards the iMessage to the recipient
  4. Recipient receives the iMessage

How it works for receiving messages:

  1. Connected device receives the iMessage
  2. Then the device forwards the iMessage to the Texting Blue API
  3. The message is available in Texting Blue dashboard, API and is sent to your webhook (if you have one)

What you need​

  • iPhone
  • Texting Blue account
  • The device must be connected to the internet

How to send SMS instead of iMessage​

Actually all functionality is the same for both SMS and iMessage. The only difference is that iMessage is sent when the recipient has an Apple device and SMS is sent when the recipient has an Android device or when the recipient's iMessage is not available.

To change that, just disable iMessage in the settings of the connected device.

How to send iMessage or SMS​

In Settings > Messages you can enable use SMS when iMessage is not available. If you enable this option, Texting Blue will automatically send SMS when iMessage is not available. If you disable this option, Texting Blue will not send any message when iMessage is not available.