Coded Email SMS/Text Message Alerts
Another method by which we can inform agents of a received SMS message related to one of their properties is via a coded email. Coded emails can either by automaticall read in by software or be copied-and-pasted into a spreadsheet/database and interpretated later.
In order to use coded emails please select the appropriate option in your user profile and include an email address for the coded email to be sent to.
Each email can include more than one SMS alert. Each field in the emails is seperated by a '|' (pipe) character. The end of each record is finished with a '%END%' tag, an example is show at the bottom of this page.
A list of the variables given in each record is listed in order below. Note: Fields marked asterisk (*) are only populated if a related property could be found.
- external* - Your system reference for the property (generally some unique identity number)
- externalReference* - The human readable reference you programmed in for the property.
- message* - The message to be sent out in an SMS about the property
- added* - The date the property listing was added to our systems or last updated on our systems. Format "yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss"
- shortcode* - The reference number of the property (that is added to the agents shortcode to form the reference customers text to our systems)
- street* - Street address of the property
- town* - Town/Area/Suburb of the property
- city* - Nearest city for the property
- flat* - Flat number of the property (if required)
- country* - Country of the property
- postcode* - Postcode of the property
- type* - The type of property listing, where,
- 1 = Sales Listing
- 2 = Rental Listing
- price* - The list price of the property. Note: If listing is of rental type then price is per calendar month (pcm)
- county* - The county that the property resides in
- datetime - The date and time that we received the SMS message. Format: "yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss"
- sender - The telephone number that the SMS message was sent from, starts with country code (e.g. for UK number starts '44...').
- messageSent - The message that our systems sent back to the customer.
- content - The full content of the message received by our systems.
- status - Delivery status of the message.
- U (undelivered)
- D (delivered)
- I (invalid)
- keyword - The keyword the message was sent to.
- %END% - End tag used to finish a record
Example Email
Message subject:
Coded SMS Alert from I.P.I.
Message body:
201|CF00_0AA_24_7|Studio,dble bedrm,large room,top floor,incl council tax,gas&water bills,shared bathrm|2007-12-06 15:34:40|yyy|Example Street|Suburb1|Cardiff |Flat 7|Wales|CF00 0AA|2|350|New County|2007-12-06 15:35:51|441234567890|Studio,dble bedrm,large room,top floor,incl council tax,gas&water bills,shared bathrm.£350pcm.Call 01234567890 rentSMS.co.uk/?p=1|Moreinfo XXXyyy|D|Moreinfo|%END%|247|CF99_9ZZ|1 bed 2nd floor flat,Openplan living space,Balcony,underground parking,building gym&underfloor heating.|2007-12-06 16:45:15|150|Example Lane|Suburb2|Cardiff||Wales|CF99 9ZZ|1|250000|New County|2007-12-06 16:46:55|4471234567890|1 bed 2nd floor flat,Openplan living space,Balcony,underground parking,building gym&underfloor heating...£250,000.Call 01234567890 rentSMS.co.uk/?p=4|moREinFo XXXyyy|D|moREinFo|%END%|