SMS API for Vatican City: bulk SMS to +39 numbers
Vatican City
Calling code +39
- Per SMS segment
- $0.00987
- Messages for $100
- 10,131
- Local language
- Italian
- Encoding
- GSM-7
What a bulk SMS send to Vatican City costs
| Messages | 1 segment | 2 segments |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $0.00987 | $0.01974 |
| 1,000 | $9.87 | $19.74 |
| 10,000 | $98.70 | $197.40 |
| 100,000 | $987.00 | $1,974.00 |
Number format in Vatican City
Vatican City lines use the Italian numbering plan, so they start with +39 06 698 and are priced at the Italian rate. Send them as +39 followed by the full number, the way you would write any Italian number in international format.
Alphabet and segments
Italian text stays inside the GSM-7 alphabet, so one segment to Vatican City holds 160 characters and each part of a longer text 153. Watch for curly quotes and emoji copied from other tools: one of them moves the whole text to Unicode at 70 characters per segment, and POST /v1/estimates shows the encoding before you send.
Time zone and timing
Vatican City changes its clocks: Vatican is on UTC+1 in January and UTC+2 in July. 09:00 in Vatican is 08:00 UTC in January and an hour earlier in UTC while summer time runs, so give send_at with the local offset (for example +01:00 in winter) and the API does the conversion.
Send to Vatican City with one request
The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (VA) 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": "+390669884321", "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: "+390669884321", text: "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes." }),
});
console.log(await res.json()); // price: "0.00987", country: "VA"import json, os, urllib.request
req = urllib.request.Request(
"https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages",
data=json.dumps({"to": "+390669884321", "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"]) # "0.00987"What developers send to Vatican City
Event reminders
Event management systems notify attendees about Mass timings and special ceremonies via SMS.
Security alerts
Administrative services send SMS alerts for security updates and emergency instructions to staff and visitors.
Pilgrimage updates
Pilgrimage apps provide SMS updates on prayer schedules and venue changes for visitors.
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SMS to Vatican City: questions
More answers on accounts, payments and the API are in the FAQ.
How much does it cost to send bulk SMS to Vatican City?
How many SMS to Vatican City does a $100 top-up send?
How do I write Vatican City numbers for the API?
What language should SMS messages be in for Vatican City?
Are SMS messages effective during major religious events?
Start sending to Vatican City
Create an account, top up from $40 and send to Vatican City at $0.00987 per segment, from the console or with one API call.