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API

Why we’re API-first

Happy New Year everyone! It’s no secret that we’re API-first. We’ve been this way since before some marketing-grad coined the term ‘API’. Back in 199…

Realtime Call Webhooks

We recently introduced a number of webhooks, and realtime Call Control functionality allowing you to end calls in progress via the API. Today, we’ve…

API Call Control

The Simwood API is great for provisioning and reporting as well as managing our wide range of fraud prevention controls and monitoring your current u…

Inbound Calls and Availability Zones

Many of our customers connect to us in multiple sites, using SRV and DNS to load-balance between their sites. We noticed, however, that some customer…

Inbound HTTP(S) API (“Webhooks”)

We currently have two APIs which send HTTP POST requests to customers; inbound fax, and inbound SMS. These have been in place for many years, and hav…

Securing your API requests

For many years our API documentation has included the following note; PLEASE USE HTTPS (SSL) The API server will (currently) respond in plain HTTP bu…

CLIs and Billing Reconciliation

by Ross McKillop Some of you may think I rant about nothing other than CLI from reading this blog however, as my colleagues would confirm, I rant abo…

How to build a mobile service – Part One: R&D

Hardly a day goes by without a call from someone interested in building a new mobile service who is looking for some advice on how to get started; wh…

Introducing the New Simwood Portal

We’ve really appreciated all the positive feedback of our new beta portal (v3) since it’s introduction last August and are pleased to announce that,…

Trunk Balances, Porting and other API Improvements

We’ve just released the latest version of our API Documentation, and it includes many new features which you’ll also find in the latest release of th…

Realtime API Reports

We’re constantly improving our API it based on your feedback. Recently we’ve added more fraud controls, changes to trunks are now processed in real t…

API Changes Mean No More Waiting

Our API is constantly being improved and expanded. Recently we announced our Advanced Inbound Routing and New Trunk Controls which provide flexible c…

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