List events for an SMS message

GET

/v1/sms/messages/{message_id}/events

const events = await bird.sms.listEvents("sms_abc123");
for (const event of events.data ?? []) {
  console.log(event.type, event.occurred_at);
}

events = client.sms.list_events("sms_abc123")
for event in events.data:
    print(event.type, event.occurred_at)

events, err := client.Sms.ListEvents(context.Background(), "sms_01j9x2k3m4n5p6q7r8s9t0v1w2", bird.SmsListEventsParams{})
if err != nil {
	log.Fatal(err)
}
for _, e := range events.Data {
	fmt.Println(*e.Type, *e.OccurredAt)
}

$events = $bird->sms->listEvents('sms_abc123');
foreach ($events->getData() ?? [] as $event) {
    echo $event->getType(), ' ', $event->getOccurredAt()?->format(DATE_ATOM), PHP_EOL;
}

bird sms list-events <message-id>

curl -X GET "https://us1.platform.bird.com/v1/sms/messages/{message_id}/events" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"

Response200

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "evt_01krdgeqcxet5s7t44vh8rt9mg",
      "type": "sms.delivered",
      "carrier": "Verizon",
      "mcc_mnc": "311480",
      "error": {
        "code": "invalid_destination",
        "description": "Carrier filtered as spam"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Returns the lifecycle event timeline for a message, in chronological order.

Parameters

message_id

string

ID of the SMS message (sms_ prefix), as returned when the message was accepted.

Query Parameters

type

string

Filter by event type, such as sms.delivered or sms.failed.

Response Payload

data

array of object

required

Timeline events for this SMS message, in chronological order. The bounded timeline is returned in full and is not paginated.

Show child attributes

data.id

string

required

Unique identifier for this event, stable across repeated fetches of the message.

data.type

string

required

Lifecycle event type. The sms.accepted event means the API accepted the request. The sms.sent event means the message reached the carrier. The sms.delivered event confirms delivery. The sms.undelivered, sms.failed, and sms.expired events describe delivery failures. The sms.rejected event means the message was refused before carrier handoff. This is an open enum. Accept unrecognized values.

Possible values (may grow over time): sms.accepted, sms.sent, sms.delivered, sms.undelivered, sms.failed, sms.rejected, sms.expired

data.occurred_at

string

required

When this event occurred.

data.carrier

string

Carrier that handled the message. Present on sms.sent and sms.delivered once identified, absent otherwise.

data.mcc_mnc

string

Mobile country code and mobile network code of the carrier. Present on sms.sent and sms.delivered once identified, absent otherwise.

data.error

nullable object

Failure detail. Present only on sms.failed, sms.undelivered, sms.rejected, and sms.expired events.

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data.error.code

string

required

Standardized failure reason:

invalid_destination: The number is unassigned, ported out, or malformed.
unreachable: The handset is off or outside coverage.
blocked_by_carrier: The carrier filtered the message.
blocked_by_recipient: The recipient device blocked the sender.
landline_unreachable: The destination is a landline that does not accept SMS.
content_rejected: The carrier rejected the content.
sender_unregistered: The sender is not registered for the destination.
recipient_opted_out: The recipient is on a suppression list.
provider_unavailable: The provider remained unavailable after retries.
insufficient_balance: The workspace wallet could not fund the send.
unknown: The failure could not be classified.

This is an open enum. Accept unrecognized values.

Possible values (may grow over time): invalid_destination, unreachable, blocked_by_carrier, blocked_by_recipient, landline_unreachable, content_rejected, sender_unregistered, recipient_opted_out, provider_unavailable, insufficient_balance, unknown

data.error.description

string

required

Human-readable explanation of the failure.

data.error.carrier_error_code

nullable string

Raw provider-supplied error code, finer-grained than the code that normalizes it. Not a Bird-defined value, so quote it to support when asking why a message failed. Null when the provider sent none, including any failure decided before one was reached.

data.error.occurred_at

string

required

When the failure occurred.

const events = await bird.sms.listEvents("sms_abc123");
for (const event of events.data ?? []) {
  console.log(event.type, event.occurred_at);
}

events = client.sms.list_events("sms_abc123")
for event in events.data:
    print(event.type, event.occurred_at)

events, err := client.Sms.ListEvents(context.Background(), "sms_01j9x2k3m4n5p6q7r8s9t0v1w2", bird.SmsListEventsParams{})
if err != nil {
	log.Fatal(err)
}
for _, e := range events.Data {
	fmt.Println(*e.Type, *e.OccurredAt)
}

$events = $bird->sms->listEvents('sms_abc123');
foreach ($events->getData() ?? [] as $event) {
    echo $event->getType(), ' ', $event->getOccurredAt()?->format(DATE_ATOM), PHP_EOL;
}

bird sms list-events <message-id>

curl -X GET "https://us1.platform.bird.com/v1/sms/messages/{message_id}/events" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"

Response200

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "evt_01krdgeqcxet5s7t44vh8rt9mg",
      "type": "sms.delivered",
      "carrier": "Verizon",
      "mcc_mnc": "311480",
      "error": {
        "code": "invalid_destination",
        "description": "Carrier filtered as spam"
      }
    }
  ]
}