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# Accept the caller's SMS reply into a live voice conversation

POST https://example.ada.support/api/v2/conversations/{conversation_id}/sms/
Content-Type: application/json

Accept a text the caller sent during a live voice call over the AI Agent's own SMS channel. Send `author.role` as `end_user` with the caller's `author.id` from the webhook's `data.end_user_id`, and `content.type` as `text`. The reply becomes the caller's next turn and the AI Agent answers by voice on the call. Ada accepts a reply only on a live voice call it has already texted over your SMS channel, with **Use your own SMS channel** turned on.

Reference: https://docs.ada.cx/reference/conversations/create-sms-reply

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication of the form `Bearer <token>`, where token is your auth token.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `conversation_id` (string, required) — The ID of the conversation

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects a MessageCreateRequest.

- `author` (ConversationMessageAuthor, required) — Information about the message author
- `content` (MessageCreateRequestContent, required) — The message content

## Response

### 201

Reply accepted into the live call. The response returns `content.body` as sent.

- `id` (string, optional) — The ID of the message
- `conversation_id` (string, optional) — The ID of the conversation
- `author` (ConversationMessageAuthor, optional) — Information about the message author
- `content` (MessageContent, optional) — The message content
- `created_at` (string, optional) — The date and time the message was created
- `updated_at` (string, optional) — The date and time the message was updated

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

Bad Request

- `errors` (list of ErrorsErrorsItems, required) — A list of errors

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Unauthorized

- `errors` (list of ErrorsErrorsItems, required) — A list of errors

### 404 Not Found Error

Not Found

- `errors` (list of ErrorsErrorsItems, required) — A list of errors

### 422 Unprocessable Entity Error

The conversation cannot accept an SMS reply. The message names the reason: the conversation is not a voice call, the AI Agent has no SMS channel, **Use your own SMS channel** is off, or the AI Agent has not texted on this conversation.

- `errors` (list of ErrorsErrorsItems, required) — A list of errors

### 429 Too Many Requests Error

Too Many Requests

- `errors` (list of ErrorsErrorsItems, required) — A list of errors

### 500 Internal Server Error

Internal Server Error

- `errors` (list of ErrorsErrorsItems, required) — A list of errors

### 503 Service Unavailable Error

A dependency was unavailable. Retry later.

- `errors` (list of ErrorsErrorsItems, required) — A list of errors

## Types

### ConversationMessageAuthor

Information about the message author

- `role` (enum, required) — The author's role
  - Allowed values: `end_user`, `human_agent`
- `id` (string, optional, nullable) — The ID of the user that will be participating in the conversation. Required when the role is `end_user`.
- `avatar` (string, optional, nullable) — The URL of the author's avatar
- `display_name` (string, optional, nullable) — The author's display name. Required when the role is `human_agent`.

### MessageCreateRequestContent

The message content

### MessageContent

The message content

### ErrorsErrorsItems

- `type` (string, required) — The error type
- `message` (string, required) — The error message
- `details` (string, optional, nullable) — Extra information about the error

### TextContent

The content of the text message

- `type` (enum, required) — The type of the message
  - Allowed values: `text`
- `body` (string, required) — The body of the message

### FileContent

The content of a file message

- `type` (enum, required) — The type of the message
  - Allowed values: `file`
- `url` (string, required) — Presigned URL from the attachment upload endpoint (valid for 7 days)
- `mime_type` (string, required) — MIME type of the file
- `filename` (string, required) — Name of the file

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "author": {
    "role": "end_user",
    "id": "5df263b7db5a7e6ea03fae9b"
  },
  "content": {
    "type": "text",
    "body": "ABC123"
  }
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "id": "5df263b7db5a7e6ea03fae9b",
  "conversation_id": "5df263b7db5a7e6ea03fae9b",
  "author": {
    "role": "end_user",
    "id": "5df263b7db5a7e6ea03fae9b",
    "avatar": "https://www.gravatar.com",
    "display_name": "Ada Lovelace"
  },
  "content": {
    "type": "text",
    "body": "Hello, how can I help you?"
  },
  "created_at": "2020-09-20T00:00:00+00:00",
  "updated_at": "2020-09-20T00:00:00+00:00"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://example.ada.support/api/v2/conversations/conversation_id/sms/"

payload = {
    "author": {
        "role": "end_user",
        "id": "5df263b7db5a7e6ea03fae9b"
    },
    "content": {
        "type": "text",
        "body": "ABC123"
    }
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://example.ada.support/api/v2/conversations/conversation_id/sms/';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"author":{"role":"end_user","id":"5df263b7db5a7e6ea03fae9b"},"content":{"type":"text","body":"ABC123"}}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://example.ada.support/api/v2/conversations/conversation_id/sms/"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"author\": {\n    \"role\": \"end_user\",\n    \"id\": \"5df263b7db5a7e6ea03fae9b\"\n  },\n  \"content\": {\n    \"type\": \"text\",\n    \"body\": \"ABC123\"\n  }\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://example.ada.support/api/v2/conversations/conversation_id/sms/")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"author\": {\n    \"role\": \"end_user\",\n    \"id\": \"5df263b7db5a7e6ea03fae9b\"\n  },\n  \"content\": {\n    \"type\": \"text\",\n    \"body\": \"ABC123\"\n  }\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://example.ada.support/api/v2/conversations/conversation_id/sms/")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"author\": {\n    \"role\": \"end_user\",\n    \"id\": \"5df263b7db5a7e6ea03fae9b\"\n  },\n  \"content\": {\n    \"type\": \"text\",\n    \"body\": \"ABC123\"\n  }\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://example.ada.support/api/v2/conversations/conversation_id/sms/', [
  'body' => '{
  "author": {
    "role": "end_user",
    "id": "5df263b7db5a7e6ea03fae9b"
  },
  "content": {
    "type": "text",
    "body": "ABC123"
  }
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://example.ada.support/api/v2/conversations/conversation_id/sms/");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"author\": {\n    \"role\": \"end_user\",\n    \"id\": \"5df263b7db5a7e6ea03fae9b\"\n  },\n  \"content\": {\n    \"type\": \"text\",\n    \"body\": \"ABC123\"\n  }\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = [
  "author": [
    "role": "end_user",
    "id": "5df263b7db5a7e6ea03fae9b"
  ],
  "content": [
    "type": "text",
    "body": "ABC123"
  ]
] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://example.ada.support/api/v2/conversations/conversation_id/sms/")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```