SMS API for Djibouti: bulk SMS to +253 numbers
Djibouti
Calling code +253
- Per SMS segment
- $0.02117
- Messages for $100
- 4,723
- Local language
- French
- Encoding
- GSM-7 or Unicode
What a bulk SMS send to Djibouti costs
| Messages | 1 segment | 2 segments |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $0.02117 | $0.04234 |
| 1,000 | $21.17 | $42.34 |
| 10,000 | $211.70 | $423.40 |
| 100,000 | $2,117.00 | $4,234.00 |
Number format in Djibouti
Mobile numbers in Djibouti have 8 digits after +253 and no trunk prefix, so the local form 77 83 10 01 becomes +253 77 83 10 01 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
Djibouti keeps UTC+3 all year with no clock change, so 09:00 in Djibouti is always 06:00 UTC. send_at takes UTC or any ISO 8601 offset, and the console scheduler converts from your own time zone.
Send to Djibouti with one request
The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (DJ) 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": "+25377831001", "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: "+25377831001", text: "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes." }),
});
console.log(await res.json()); // price: "0.02117", country: "DJ"import json, os, urllib.request
req = urllib.request.Request(
"https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages",
data=json.dumps({"to": "+25377831001", "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"]) # "0.02117"What developers send to Djibouti
Payment confirmations
A mobile money service in Djibouti City sends SMS confirmations after every transaction, ensuring users in Tadjourah and beyond stay informed.
Booking updates
A hotel in Ali Sabieh texts guests with booking confirmations and check-in reminders, improving customer experience.
Service alerts
A utility company in Obock notifies customers by SMS about scheduled maintenance or outages in their area.
Security codes
A banking app in Dikhil sends SMS codes for secure login, protecting user accounts from unauthorized access.
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SMS to Djibouti: questions
More answers on accounts, payments and the API are in the FAQ.
How much does it cost to send bulk SMS to Djibouti?
How many SMS to Djibouti does a $100 top-up send?
How do I write Djibouti numbers for the API?
Should SMS content be in French or Arabic?
How can SMS reach visitors effectively?
Start sending to Djibouti
Create an account, top up from $40 and send to Djibouti at $0.02117 per segment, from the console or with one API call.