SMS API for Chad: bulk SMS to +235 numbers
Chad
Calling code +235
- Per SMS segment
- $0.01187
- Messages for $100
- 8,424
- Local language
- French
- Encoding
- GSM-7 or Unicode
What a bulk SMS send to Chad costs
| Messages | 1 segment | 2 segments |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $0.01187 | $0.02374 |
| 1,000 | $11.87 | $23.74 |
| 10,000 | $118.70 | $237.40 |
| 100,000 | $1,187.00 | $2,374.00 |
Number format in Chad
Mobile numbers in Chad have 8 digits after +235 and no trunk prefix, so the local form 63 01 23 45 becomes +235 63 01 23 45 in the to field.
Alphabet and segments
Texts in French fit 160 GSM-7 characters per segment until they use â, ê, î, ô, û, ç, ë and ï: those letters are outside GSM-7 and turn the message into Unicode at 70 characters per segment (67 per part). For short alerts, write them without those letters to keep one segment; for longer texts, the console names each letter that changed the encoding.
Time zone and timing
Chad keeps UTC+1 all year with no clock change, so 09:00 in Ndjamena is always 08:00 UTC. send_at takes UTC or any ISO 8601 offset, and the console scheduler converts from your own time zone.
Send to Chad with one request
The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (TD) and the price. A delivered or failed event follows on your webhook, and a failed message is refunded.
For a list, send the same text to up to 10,000 numbers with POST /v1/batches, or a personal text per number in messages.
curl https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $BULKSMSAPI_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"to": "+23563012345", "text": "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes."}'const res = await fetch("https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages", {
method: "POST",
headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.BULKSMSAPI_KEY}`, "Content-Type": "application/json" },
body: JSON.stringify({ to: "+23563012345", text: "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes." }),
});
console.log(await res.json()); // price: "0.01187", country: "TD"import json, os, urllib.request
req = urllib.request.Request(
"https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages",
data=json.dumps({"to": "+23563012345", "text": "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes."}).encode(),
headers={"Authorization": "Bearer " + os.environ["BULKSMSAPI_KEY"], "Content-Type": "application/json", "User-Agent": "northwind-app/1.0"},
method="POST",
)
with urllib.request.urlopen(req) as res:
print(json.load(res)["price"]) # "0.01187"What developers send to Chad
Payment confirmations
Mobile banking apps notify users in N'Djamena when a transaction is completed, detailing the amount and recipient.
Weather alerts
Agricultural services send SMS alerts to farmers in rural areas about upcoming weather conditions.
Vaccination reminders
Healthcare systems remind parents in Moundou about upcoming vaccination dates for their children.
Market prices
Agricultural cooperatives send SMS updates to farmers in Sarh about current crop prices in local markets.
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SMS to Chad: questions
More answers on accounts, payments and the API are in the FAQ.
How much does it cost to send bulk SMS to Chad?
How many SMS to Chad does a $100 top-up send?
How do I write Chad numbers for the API?
Which language should SMS messages use in Chad?
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Start sending to Chad
Create an account, top up from $40 and send to Chad at $0.01187 per segment, from the console or with one API call.