API Method FaxBulkSend

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Description

The following describes the processes involved when sending bulk faxes.

A bulk fax consists of a JSON object populated with: 

   - list of destination fax numbers
   - sender name
   - sender number
   - Base 64 Encoded string representing the PDF file to be faxed

NOTE: Fax numbers may contain punctuation, although the parsed number must be exactly 10 digits long. 

   - VALID: (123) 456-7890, 123-456-7890
   - INVALID: 1-123-456-7890

Prerequisites

1 This API call requires Vendor-level credentials. The credentials should be populated into the applicationId and applicationPassword fields of the auth block: 

 {
   ...
   "auth": {
     "applicationId": "vendorId",
     "applicationPassword": "vendorPassword",
     "accountId": "",
     "userId": ""
   }
 }

2 This API call requires a Practice/Account-level identifier. The identifier should be populated into the accountId field of the auth block: 

 {
   ...
   "auth": {
     "applicationId": "vendorId",
     "applicationPassword": "vendorPassword",
     "accountId": "practiceId",
     "userId": ""
   }
 }



Code Samples

Language Source Code Examples
C# 
 public void TalkToUpdox() {
   string json = new JavaScriptSerializer().Serialize(new {
   recipientFaxNumbers = new List<String>() {
       "123-456-7890"
   },
   fromName = "Us",
   fromFaxNumber = "123-456-7890",
   faxContent =  "Base64EncodedSecretContent",
     auth = new {
       applicationId = "vendorId",
       applicationPassword = "vendorPassword",
       accountId = "accountId",
       userId = ""
     }
   });
   string url = "https://updoxqa.com/io/faxBulkSend";
   SendReceiveJSON(json, url);
 }
 
 private void SendReceiveJSON(string json, string url)
 {
   var httpWebRequest = WebRequest.Create(url);
   httpWebRequest.ContentType = "application/json";
   httpWebRequest.Method = "POST";
   using (var streamWriter = new StreamWriter(httpWebRequest.GetRequestStream()))
   {
     streamWriter.Write(json);
     streamWriter.Flush();
     streamWriter.Close();
     var httpResponse = (HttpWebResponse) httpWebRequest.GetResponse();
     using (var streamReader = new StreamReader(httpResponse.GetResponseStream()))
     {
       var result = streamReader.ReadToEnd();
     }
   }
 }
Java 


   public void TalkToUpdox() throws Exception {
       String uri = "https://updoxqa.com/io/faxBulkSend";
       ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
       Map<String,Object> messageData = BuildMessage();
       String jsonData = mapper.writeValueAsString(messageData);
       HttpResponse httpResponse = SendReceiveJSON(jsonData, uri);
       HttpEntity responseEntity = httpResponse.getEntity();
       String response = EntityUtils.toString(responseEntity);
       JsonNode actualObj = mapper.readTree(response);
 
       System.out.println(actualObj.get("responseCode"));
       System.out.println(actualObj.get("responseMessage"));
   }
 
   private Map<String,Object> BuildMessage() throws Exception
   {
       Map<String,Object> messageData = new HashMap();
       List<String> recipientFaxNumbers = new ArrayList<String>();
       recipientFaxNumbers.add("123-456-7890");
       messageData.put("recipientFaxNumbers",recipientFaxNumbers);
       messageData.put("fromName","Us");
       messageData.put("fromFaxNumber","123-456-7890");
       messageData.put("faxContent","Base64EncodedFaxContent");
 
       authData.put("applicationId", "vendorId");
       authData.put("applicationPassword", "vendorPassword");
       authData.put("accountId", "accountId");
 
       return messageData;
   }
 
   private HttpResponse SendReceiveJSON(String jsonData, String uri) throws Exception {
       HttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
       HttpResponse response = null;
       StringEntity params = new StringEntity(jsonData);
       try {
           HttpPost request = new HttpPost(uri);
           request.addHeader("content-type", "application/json");
           request.setEntity(params);
           response = httpClient.execute(request);
       } catch (Exception ex) {
           // handle exception here
       } finally {
           httpClient.getConnectionManager().shutdown();
       }
       return response;
   }

Messages

Destination Address 

 https://updoxqa.com/io/faxBulkSend

Request JSON

{ 

   "recipientFaxNumbers": [
       "123-456-7890",
       "(123) 456-7890"
   ],
   "fromName": "Us",
   "fromFaxNumber": "123-456-7890",
   "faxContent": "OurSpecialFax"

}

HTTP Response Status 

 200 OK

Response JSON

{ 

 "successful": true,
 "responseMessage": "OK",
 "responseCode": 2000,
 "bulkSendId": 5,
 "validFaxCount": 1,
 "invalidFaxNumbers": []

}

Response Codes

2000: OK

4000: Bad Request

4010: Unauthorized (bad applicationId or applicationPassword)

4011: Unauthorized (bad accountId)

4060: Field validation error -- Message varies

4931: BulkFaxId does not exist or is unrelated to current practice