# Send SMS — BulkGate

> Sends an SMS message to a phone number. See the docs.

- Key: `bulkgate-send-sms`
- Type: Action (Write)
- Version: 0.0.2
- App: BulkGate (`bulkgate`) — https://pipedream.com/apps/bulkgate.md
- This page (HTML): https://pipedream.com/apps/bulkgate/actions/send-sms
- Hints: open-world
- Source: https://github.com/PipedreamHQ/pipedream/blob/master/components/bulkgate/actions/send-sms/send-sms.mjs

## Description

Sends an SMS message to a phone number. [See the docs](https://help.bulkgate.com/docs/en/http-simple-transactional-post-json.html).

## Props

| Prop | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `number` | `string` | Yes | The phone number you want to send the SMS to. |
| `text` | `string` | Yes | Text of SMS message (max. 612 characters, or 268 characters if Unicode is used), UTF-8 encoding |
| `unicode` | `boolean` | No | Yes/true/1 for Unicode SMS, no/false/0 for 7bit SMS. |
| `senderId` | `string` | No | Sender ID. If not set, the default sender ID is gSystem. |
| `senderIdValue` | `string` | No | Sender value - gOwn (e.g. 420 777 777 777), gText (e.g. BulkGate), gProfile (e.g. 423), gMobile or gPush (KEY). |
| `country` | `string` | No | Provide the recipients numbers in an international format (with prefix, e.g. 44) or add the country code in ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 format (7820125799 + GB = 447820125799). See the country example request. If null, your set timezone will be used to fill the information |
| `appId` | `string` | No | The ID of the application you want to use to send the SMS. |
| `appToken` | `string` | No | The token of the application you want to use to send the SMS. |

## Run it

**MCP**

```ts
import { Client } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/index.js"
import { StreamableHTTPClientTransport } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/streamableHttp.js"
import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const accessToken = await pd.rawAccessToken

const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
  new URL("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3"),
  {
    requestInit: {
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
        "x-pd-project-id": process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
        "x-pd-environment": "production",
        "x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
        "x-pd-app-slug": "bulkgate",
      },
    },
  },
)

const mcp = new Client({ name: "my-agent", version: "1.0.0" })
await mcp.connect(transport)

const { tools } = await mcp.listTools()

// listTools() hands your model this tool's input schema, so it can
// fill the arguments itself:
const result = await mcp.callTool({
  name: "bulkgate-send-sms",
  arguments: {
    number: "Recipient Number",
    text: "Message Text",
  },
})
```

**TypeScript**

```ts
import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "bulkgate-send-sms",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    bulkgate: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    number: "Recipient Number",
    text: "Message Text",
  },
})

console.log(result)
```

**cURL**

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/actions/run \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-PD-Environment: production" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -d '{
    "external_user_id": "{external_user_id}",
    "id": "bulkgate-send-sms",
    "configured_props": {
      "bulkgate": { "authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx" },
      "number": "Recipient Number",
      "text": "Message Text"
    }
  }'
```

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