SMS API for Lebanon: bulk SMS to +961 numbers
Lebanon
Calling code +961
- Per SMS segment
- $0.01417
- Messages for $100
- 7,057
- Local language
- Arabic and French
- Encoding
- Unicode (UCS-2)
What a bulk SMS send to Lebanon costs
| Messages | 1 segment | 2 segments |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $0.01417 | $0.02834 |
| 1,000 | $14.17 | $28.34 |
| 10,000 | $141.70 | $283.40 |
| 100,000 | $1,417.00 | $2,834.00 |
Number format in Lebanon
Mobile numbers in Lebanon have 8 digits after +961 and no trunk prefix, so the local form 71 123 456 becomes +961 71 123 456 in the to field.
Alphabet and segments
Text in Arabic is always Unicode, so a message to Lebanon written in Arabic carries 70 characters in one segment and 67 in each part of a longer one. Codes and alerts written in English or plain Latin letters fit 160 characters, which halves the cost of a long notice.
Time zone and timing
Lebanon changes its clocks: Beirut is on UTC+2 in January and UTC+3 in July. 09:00 in Beirut is 07:00 UTC in January and an hour earlier in UTC while summer time runs, so give send_at with the local offset (for example +02:00 in winter) and the API does the conversion.
Send to Lebanon with one request
The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (LB) 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": "+96171123456", "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: "+96171123456", text: "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes." }),
});
console.log(await res.json()); // price: "0.01417", country: "LB"import json, os, urllib.request
req = urllib.request.Request(
"https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages",
data=json.dumps({"to": "+96171123456", "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"]) # "0.01417"What developers send to Lebanon
Login codes
Banks in Beirut send one-time passwords via SMS when users log in to their mobile banking apps for secure access.
Payment alerts
E-commerce platforms notify customers in Tripoli with SMS confirmations after successful online purchases.
Flight updates
Airlines send SMS alerts to passengers in Beirut about changes to departure times or gate numbers.
Appointment reminders
Clinics in Sidon send SMS reminders to patients about upcoming medical appointments.
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SMS to Lebanon: questions
More answers on accounts, payments and the API are in the FAQ.
How much does it cost to send bulk SMS to Lebanon?
How many SMS to Lebanon does a $100 top-up send?
How do I write Lebanon numbers for the API?
Should messages be in Arabic or English?
Are there peak times for SMS traffic?
Start sending to Lebanon
Create an account, top up from $40 and send to Lebanon at $0.01417 per segment, from the console or with one API call.