Send MMS with the Telnyx Messaging API
MMS messages are great for creating high engagement customer experiences with rich media. Our award-winning, developer friendly API allows you to send MMS messages to any U.S. or Canada handset from a shortcode, 10DLC or Toll-Free number.
Supported number types for MMS are long code including 10DLC, toll-free and short code numbers.
Improve MMS delivery with smart features
Developer-friendly programmable Messaging API that has built-in compliance, speed, scale and flexibility.
Geomatch for MMS
Send multimedia messages from the same local area code as the recipient to increase trust.
Sticky Sender
If you’re using multiple numbers, ensure that individual customers receive messages from the same number.
Automatic opt-outs
If a customer replies to a GIF, image, audio or other message with a “stop word” message (e.g. STOP), Telnyx will automatically unsubscribe them from future sends.
Use existing numbers
Using our Hosted SMS or FastPort service (with real-time CSR validation), you can migrate pre-existing numbers to Telnyx for multimedia messaging.
Transparent delivery reports
Telnyx’s MMS Messaging API comes with a variety of reports and a debugging tool to help you understand delivery receipts and errors in more detail than the competition.
Message queuing
Our automated message queuing is set based on your account limits and the latest industry standards, ensuring maximum throughput without compromising delivery or compliance.
BENEFITS
High engagement MMS
Achieve higher clickthrough, re-sharing and engagement with rich media.
>15%
Better engagement than SMS
Developer-friendly, scalable API
Among SMS API providers, Telnyx consistently wins awards for its results and ease-of-use. We take care of the details as you scale, so you don’t have to.
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Ranked API for Results and Ease of Use
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API overview: Messaging
Want to send images, audio, video or even GIFs to customers? Check out our API here.
Tutorial: Send an MMS or SMS with Telnyx API
Learn how to send multimedia messages as well as SMS via the Telnyx Messaging API
MMS sending and receiving tutorials & overviews
Want to send multimedia messages via the Telnyx API? Or find out what kind of files you can send in the first place? Check out our support documents.
SOLUTIONS
Rich experiences via multimedia messages
CUSTOMER STORIES
Boone Putney
CTO, Fetch
The communication with the Telnyx support team was much faster and more transparent than we’d seen with other providers … and we didn’t have to pay extra for this either.
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Resources, Docs, Support
Mms Api hub
Telnyx MMS Transcoding | Telnyx
Optional resizing of the MMS media files (images and videos) to meet carrier size restrictions
Telnyx MMS Converter | Telnyx
Optional automatic fallback to SMS when sending MMS to destinations that don't support it.
Messaging APIs | Telnyx
With the Messaging family of products, you can send and receive SMS/MMS messages from your apps, facilitate interaction with The Campaign Registry (TCR) for 10DLC compliance, and more!
Send a message API | Telnyx
Send a message with a Phone Number, Alphanumeric Sender ID, Short Code or Number Pool.
Retrieve a message API | Telnyx
Note: This API endpoint can only retrieve messages that are no older than 10 days since their creation. If you require messages older than this, please generate an MDR report.
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In this article we will explain how to send and receive MMS messages using Telnyx API.
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