Query Delivery Status of an SMS Message (queued → sent → delivered)
curl --request GET \
--url https://ugatext.com/api/v1/sms/status/{id} \
--header 'Client-ID: <api-key>' \
--header 'Client-Secret: <api-key>'import requests
url = "https://ugatext.com/api/v1/sms/status/{id}"
headers = {
"Client-ID": "<api-key>",
"Client-Secret": "<api-key>"
}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'GET',
headers: {'Client-ID': '<api-key>', 'Client-Secret': '<api-key>'}
};
fetch('https://ugatext.com/api/v1/sms/status/{id}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://ugatext.com/api/v1/sms/status/{id}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Client-ID: <api-key>",
"Client-Secret: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://ugatext.com/api/v1/sms/status/{id}"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("Client-ID", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Client-Secret", "<api-key>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://ugatext.com/api/v1/sms/status/{id}")
.header("Client-ID", "<api-key>")
.header("Client-Secret", "<api-key>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://ugatext.com/api/v1/sms/status/{id}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Client-ID"] = '<api-key>'
request["Client-Secret"] = '<api-key>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"success": true,
"message_id": "msg_1760425200000_a1b2c3d4",
"recipient": "+256750625684",
"phone": "+256750625684",
"sender_id": "UGATEXT",
"message": "Your verification code is 482910.",
"status": "delivered",
"segments": 1,
"cost_ugx": 25,
"cost_kes": 0.4,
"cost_usd": 0.035,
"currency": "UGX",
"network": "Airtel",
"carrier_network": "Airtel",
"mode": "live",
"created_at": "2026-10-14T07:00:00.000Z",
"queued_at": "2026-10-14T07:00:00.000Z",
"sent_at": "2026-10-14T07:00:00.120Z",
"delivered_at": "2026-10-14T07:00:00.720Z",
"failed_at": null,
"failure_reason": null,
"provider_reference": "pdr_1760425200120_a1b2c3d4"
}{
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "INVALID_API_KEY",
"message": "Authentication failed. Provide a valid 'Client-ID' and 'Client-Secret' in the request headers."
}
}{
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "INVALID_API_KEY",
"message": "Authentication failed. Provide a valid 'Client-ID' and 'Client-Secret' in the request headers."
}
}API Reference
Query Delivery Status of an SMS Message (queued → sent → delivered)
GET
/
sms
/
status
/
{id}
Query Delivery Status of an SMS Message (queued → sent → delivered)
curl --request GET \
--url https://ugatext.com/api/v1/sms/status/{id} \
--header 'Client-ID: <api-key>' \
--header 'Client-Secret: <api-key>'import requests
url = "https://ugatext.com/api/v1/sms/status/{id}"
headers = {
"Client-ID": "<api-key>",
"Client-Secret": "<api-key>"
}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'GET',
headers: {'Client-ID': '<api-key>', 'Client-Secret': '<api-key>'}
};
fetch('https://ugatext.com/api/v1/sms/status/{id}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://ugatext.com/api/v1/sms/status/{id}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Client-ID: <api-key>",
"Client-Secret: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://ugatext.com/api/v1/sms/status/{id}"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("Client-ID", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Client-Secret", "<api-key>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://ugatext.com/api/v1/sms/status/{id}")
.header("Client-ID", "<api-key>")
.header("Client-Secret", "<api-key>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://ugatext.com/api/v1/sms/status/{id}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Client-ID"] = '<api-key>'
request["Client-Secret"] = '<api-key>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"success": true,
"message_id": "msg_1760425200000_a1b2c3d4",
"recipient": "+256750625684",
"phone": "+256750625684",
"sender_id": "UGATEXT",
"message": "Your verification code is 482910.",
"status": "delivered",
"segments": 1,
"cost_ugx": 25,
"cost_kes": 0.4,
"cost_usd": 0.035,
"currency": "UGX",
"network": "Airtel",
"carrier_network": "Airtel",
"mode": "live",
"created_at": "2026-10-14T07:00:00.000Z",
"queued_at": "2026-10-14T07:00:00.000Z",
"sent_at": "2026-10-14T07:00:00.120Z",
"delivered_at": "2026-10-14T07:00:00.720Z",
"failed_at": null,
"failure_reason": null,
"provider_reference": "pdr_1760425200120_a1b2c3d4"
}{
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "INVALID_API_KEY",
"message": "Authentication failed. Provide a valid 'Client-ID' and 'Client-Secret' in the request headers."
}
}{
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "INVALID_API_KEY",
"message": "Authentication failed. Provide a valid 'Client-ID' and 'Client-Secret' in the request headers."
}
}Authorizations
Your UgaText Client-ID (e.g. uga_...). Accepted header aliases: X-Client-ID, or combined in Authorization: Bearer : / X-API-Key: :.
Your UgaText Client-Secret (e.g. sk_live_...). Accepted header alias: X-Client-Secret.
Path Parameters
The message_id (format msg_<13-digit-unix-ms>_<8-hex-chars>) returned when the SMS was sent
Example:
"msg_1760425200000_a1b2c3d4"
Response
Message delivery lifecycle details including provider_reference and delivered_at
Example:
true
Example:
"msg_1760425200000_a1b2c3d4"
Example:
"+256750625684"
Example:
"+256750625684"
Example:
"UGATEXT"
Example:
"Your verification code is 482910."
Available options:
queued, sent, delivered, failed Example:
"delivered"
Example:
1
Example:
25
Example:
0.4
Example:
0.035
Available options:
UGX, KES, USD Example:
"UGX"
Example:
"Airtel"
Example:
"Airtel"
Available options:
live, sandbox Example:
"live"
Example:
"2026-10-14T07:00:00.000Z"
Example:
"2026-10-14T07:00:00.000Z"
Example:
"2026-10-14T07:00:00.120Z"
Example:
"2026-10-14T07:00:00.720Z"
Example:
null
Example:
null
Example:
"pdr_1760425200120_a1b2c3d4"

