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List your SMS senders

GET
/v1/sms/senders
await bird.smsSenders.list();
Response200
{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "snd_01krdgeqcxet5s7t44vh8rt9mg",
      "source_kind": "number",
      "sender_type": "long_code",
      "country_code": "US",
      "number_id": "nda_01krdgeqcxet5s7t44vh8rt9mg",
      "status": "active",
      "next": [
        {
          "kind": "operation"
        }
      ],
      "destinations": {
        "active": [
          "US"
        ],
        "pending": [
          "US"
        ],
        "needs_attention": [
          "US"
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "next_cursor": "eyJ2IjoxLCJzIjoiXCIyMDI2LTA1LTI1VDE0OjAzOjEwWlwiIiwiaSI6IjAxOTJmM2IxLTRjN2UtN2EyYi05ZDYxLThmM2E1YzJlN2I0MCJ9",
  "prev_cursor": null,
  "refresh_cursor": "eyJ2IjoxLCJzIjoiXCIyMDI2LTA1LTI1VDE2OjQyOjAxWlwiIiwiaSI6IjAxOTJmM2IxLTllMDQtN2NkMy1iODE3LTJhNmY0ZDFjOGUwOSJ9"
}

Returns the dedicated numbers and alphanumeric senders your workspace holds, newest first, with each sender's per-country registration status.

Query Parameters

typestring

Filter senders by source type: a dedicated number, shared shortcode, or alphanumeric sender string.

Possible values (may grow over time): number, shared_number, alpha

number_idstring

Return the sender for one number you hold, using the ID from List workspace numbers. Exactly one sender exists per number, so this returns at most one result.

sortstring

Field to sort by. created_at (the default) sorts newest first with the default order. sender sorts alphabetically by the sender's own value (phone number, short code, or alphanumeric sender string), all treated as plain text.

Possible values: created_at, sender

orderstring

Sort direction. Defaults to desc, which sorts from newest to oldest or largest to smallest, depending on the selected sort field.

Possible values: asc, desc

limitinteger

Maximum number of items to return per page.

starting_afterstring

Cursor from the next_cursor field of a previous list response. Returns items immediately after the cursor position in the current sort order.

ending_beforestring

Cursor from the prev_cursor or refresh_cursor field of a previous list response. Returns items immediately before the cursor position in the current sort order. prev_cursor returns the preceding page. refresh_cursor anchors at the first row of that response, which on a newest-first sort is how to fetch the items that have appeared since.

include_totalboolean

When true, the response includes a total field with the total number of items matching the request's filters across all pages.

Response Payload

data
array of object
required

Your workspace's dedicated numbers and alphanumeric senders, newest first.

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data.id
string
required

Identifier of this sender.

data.sender
string
required

The value messages are sent from: a number in E.164 format, a shortcode, or an alphanumeric sender string.

data.source_kind
string
required

What backs an SMS sender: a dedicated number, a shared shortcode, or an alphanumeric sender string.

Possible values (may grow over time): number, shared_number, alpha

data.sender_type
string

The kind of sender identity this is, which decides what each destination country asks of it. It is finer than source_kind: a short code and an ordinary long code are both numbers but follow different rules.

Possible values: long_code, short_code, alphanumeric, toll_free

data.country_code
nullable string

The country of the number this sender sends from. Null for an alphanumeric sender.

data.number_id
string

The number this sender sends from, as returned in the id field of GET /v1/numbers. Present only when source_kind is number or shared_number; an alphanumeric sender has no number behind it. Exactly one sender exists per number, so this is also how you go the other way: GET /v1/sms/senders?number_id={id} returns this sender.

data.status
string
required

Where a sender stands on its own setup: the ownership paperwork its number owes, and the registrations it holds.

  • active: nothing this sender holds is outstanding.
  • pending_number_ownership: the paperwork proving you own this sender's number is not in place, either because it has not been supplied or because the country that issued the number has not accepted it yet. Every send from this sender is refused until it does.
  • pending_registrations: the sender holds country registrations and none is approved yet. That covers a registration under review and one that was refused, so read next for which.

This is not whether a message will be accepted. That is decided per destination country, and Get sender requirements is the only read that answers it. A sender that has registered nowhere is active, even where every country it can reach wants a registration first. Read next for where to go from here.

Possible values: active, pending_number_ownership, pending_registrations

data.next
array of object

What to do next about this sender, given the state it is in. Present on reads that compute it: an empty list means there is nothing to do, and the field is absent entirely on responses that do not report next actions.

This routes rather than advises. A sender only knows about itself, so where the work is per-country it names the requirements read rather than guessing which country you meant.

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data.destinations
object
required

Where this sender stands with the destinations it is set up for, grouped by whose move is next.

These are not every country the sender could reach. pending and needs_attention cover only countries you hold a registration for, so a country you could register for but have not, or one you have simply not switched on, appears in none of the three: there is nothing outstanding there. To see everything reachable and what each country would take, read Get sender requirements.

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data.destinations.active
array of string
required

Countries you can send to today: switched on in your SMS destination settings, and either asking for no registration or holding an approved one. A country counts here however it became usable, including one enabled for you automatically when your organization set its business address.

data.destinations.pending
array of string
required

Countries whose registration is under way and waiting on us or on a carrier. Nothing is asked of you for these; they move to active when the registration is approved.

data.destinations.needs_attention
array of string
required

Countries you have registered for that are not working, and so are waiting on you: the registration was refused or withdrawn, or it is approved but the destination is switched off in your SMS destination settings. While this sender's number is missing the paperwork proving you own it, every country you have registered for is listed here, because none of them can carry a message until that is settled.

data.created_at
string
required
data.updated_at
string
required
next_cursor
nullable string
required

Cursor for the next page. Pass back as starting_after to advance forward. null when no next page exists.

prev_cursor
nullable string
required

Cursor for the previous page. Pass back as ending_before to step backward. null when no previous page exists.

refresh_cursor
nullable string
required

Refresh anchor, the first row of this response. Pass back as ending_before to fetch what precedes it in the current sort order. On a newest-first sort those are the items that have appeared since; on any other sort they are the items that sort earlier, so refreshing such a list means re-fetching it instead. Non-null whenever data is non-empty; null only on an empty page. Distinct from prev_cursor.

total
nullable integer

Total number of items matching the request's filters across all pages. Present only when include_total=true was passed; otherwise null.

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