# SMS Server Settings - How To

## How to configure the SMS Server Settings in Endpoint Central?

### Description

This document will help you configure the **SMS Server Settings** in **Endpoint Central**. You can also configure the API details of your own **SMS Gateway Provider** to start receiving SMS alerts from **Endpoint Central**. This configuration is exclusively made available for the inventory module, to keep IT teams informed of the real-time changes happening in their network.

**Prerequisites**

- An account in the **SMS Gateway Provider**.
- **SMS Gateway API URL** must be accessible from the Endpoint Central server.
- Enough credits must be present to send **SMS**.

It is highly recommended to have the API documents related to your **SMS Gateway Provider** to know more about the prerequisites.

### Steps

**Note:** The **SMS Server Settings** is available in Endpoint Central from build version 10.0.547.

1. Log in to the **Endpoint Central** web console. Go to the **Admin** tab → **SMS Server Settings**.
2. In the web console, the URL field denotes the URL of your **SMS Gateway Provider**. This field should be entered without any URL parameters. For example:  
   http://www.smsserver.com/sendsms  
   https://api.clickatell.com/http/sendmsg  

   From the drop-down menu, select whether **POST** or **GET HTTP** method should be used for sending **SMS**. Configure the URL with the help of your **SMS Gateway Provider's** API document.
3. **Query Parameter(s):**  
   Here, enter the parameters that should be appended to the API URL. For example:

   | Key | Value |
   |---|---|
   | parameter1 | data1 |
   | parameter2 | data2 |

4. **Request Header(s):**  
   In this field, enter the URL's request headers. Each header should be entered separately. For example:

   | Key | Value |
   |---|---|
   | Content-Type | application/json |
   | Authorization | xxxxxxxxxx |

5. **Authentication:** If your **SMS Gateway Provider** supports **Basic Authentication**, choose **Basic Authentication**. Enter the **Username** and **Password**. If the API supports a different mode of authentication that will be sent in headers or parameters, choose **None**.
6. **Request Payload:**  
   (i) This field is only available if you have chosen **POST** as your request method in step 2.  
   (ii) Provide the details that should be sent in the body of the request.
7. Choose the **Request Method**. There are two options: **application/json** and **application/x-www-form-urlencoded**.  
   - **application/json**: Choose this option to set the **Content-Type** as **application/json**.  
   - **application/x-www-form-urlencoded**: Choose this option to set **Content-Type** as **application/x-www-form-urlencoded**.  

   The request payload will be sent in the body of the request for both options.
8. Enter a message that will be received upon the successful delivery of the message beside the **Success Response** field.
9. Enter a phone number next to **Test Phone Number** to check the successful delivery of an example message.
10. Check the box that says **Send SMS** using unicode for multi-language texts to send the message in unicode format if the message consists of different languages.
11. Click **Save**.

You have successfully configured the **SMS Server Settings** in **Endpoint Central**.

**Note:** Use the placeholders given below when configuring the **SMS Server Settings** in **Endpoint Central** according to the API documentation:

| Placeholder | Meaning |
|---|---|
| $recipient$ | refers to the recipient's phone number |
| $message$ | refers to the content of the SMS |