SMS API for Reunion: bulk SMS to +262 numbers
Reunion
Calling code +262
- Per SMS segment
- $0.01417
- Messages for $100
- 7,057
- Local language
- French
- Encoding
- GSM-7 or Unicode
What a bulk SMS send to Reunion 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 Reunion
Mobile numbers in Reunion have 9 digits after +262. Locally they are written with a leading 0 (0692 12 34 56); in the API that 0 is dropped, so the same number goes in the to field as +262 692 12 34 56. Reunion shares +262 with Mayotte: numbers starting +262 639 or +262 269 price as Mayotte, the rest as Reunion.
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
Reunion keeps UTC+4 all year with no clock change, so 09:00 in Reunion is always 05:00 UTC. send_at takes UTC or any ISO 8601 offset, and the console scheduler converts from your own time zone.
Send to Reunion with one request
The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (RE) 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": "+262692123456", "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: "+262692123456", text: "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes." }),
});
console.log(await res.json()); // price: "0.01417", country: "RE"import json, os, urllib.request
req = urllib.request.Request(
"https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages",
data=json.dumps({"to": "+262692123456", "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 Reunion
Tour confirmations
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Package deliveries
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Public alerts
Local government in Réunion sends SMS alerts about weather conditions or road closures during cyclone season.
Event reminders
Cultural centers in Saint-Paul send SMS reminders about local festivals or performances.
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SMS to Reunion: questions
More answers on accounts, payments and the API are in the FAQ.
How much does it cost to send bulk SMS to Reunion?
How many SMS to Reunion does a $100 top-up send?
How do I write Reunion numbers for the API?
Which language should I use for SMS in Réunion?
How can I reach tourists effectively?
Start sending to Reunion
Create an account, top up from $40 and send to Reunion at $0.01417 per segment, from the console or with one API call.