News & Updates

API Update August 18, 2026

Reconcile SMS Spend by Customer: the New Billing Report API

Send SMS on behalf of your own customers? Tag every send with a rateCode — your customer number or cost centre — and pull one API call at month end for a per-rateCode report of messages, segments and exact billed amounts. OTP and appointment traffic report on their own suffixed lines, and the delivery status query now returns each message's rateCode for per-message reconciliation.

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Developer Release May 2, 2026

WebSMS Laravel Package Released — composer require websms-nz/laravel-websms

A new Composer package for Laravel 10/11/12 wraps the WebSMS Connexus API. Send SMS, OTP / 2FA codes, templated appointment reminders, and receive inbound replies and delivery reports as Laravel events. Includes a notification channel and NZ/AU phone number normalisation. Three lines of code from install to first send.

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Developer Guide May 1, 2026

Send SMS OTP / 2FA Codes from PHP, Node.js, Python or Go

A practical end-to-end walk-through of the WebSMS OTP API: get an access token, refresh before expiry, send a verification code (auto or self-supplied), verify on your server, and receive delivery reports and replies via webhook. Working examples in PHP, Node.js, Python and Go - download a single file or the full bundle.

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Feature Update March 1, 2026

Two-Way Conversational SMS: Chat With Your Customers Like iMessage

Introducing our enhanced two-way SMS conversations feature. Send bulk messages to contacts or groups, receive replies via email notifications, and chat in a conversational interface just like iMessage.

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Company Update February 1, 2026

A New Website for WebSMS — 22 Years of SMS for New Zealand

After more than two decades sending SMS for New Zealand schools, emergency services and businesses, the WebSMS public website has been refreshed. A look back at 22 years of helping kiwis stay in touch via text — and a tour of what is new on the site.

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