SMS API for Cameroon — Orange, MTN, Camtel, Nexttel
A single HTTP request to send an SMS to any Cameroonian number. No subscription, no commitment: you pay for the SMS you send.
🎁 100 FCFA free on sign-up — enough to test the API without getting your card out.
Send an SMS in one request
curl -X POST 'https://api.sms.gworldship.com/v1/sms' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer gsk_your_api_key' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"to":"+237690000000","text":"Your code is 12345"}'The operator is detected automatically from the number: you never have to specify it. The response gives the number of segments, the amount charged and the remaining balance.
What is included
HMAC-signed webhooks
Receive every status change (sent, delivered, failed) as a push, signed with SHA-256, with automatic retries and replay from the console.
Console and playground
Send a real message from the browser, with a price estimate before you confirm and the equivalent curl command. Log, balance and history included.
Pay as you go, per segment
Operator price × number of segments, shown before sending. An SMS that fails is refunded automatically in credits.
Ready for your OTP codes
Asynchronous send queue, idempotent client reference (never a duplicate send nor a duplicate charge) and delivery tracking per message.
Pricing
Price per SMS and per recipient operator, in CFA francs — rates read live from the server.
Camtel
XAF 7
/ segment
MTN
XAF 5
/ segment
Nexttel
XAF 7
/ segment
Orange
XAF 5
/ segment
Default route
XAF 10
/ segment
Free tools
No account and no limit — the same calculations as the ones applied to billing.
Carrier of a Cameroonian number
MTN, Orange, Camtel or Nexttel? Paste a number, get the operator and the price of the SMS.
SMS segment calculator
How many SMS does your message really cost? A single emoji is enough to double the bill.
Check a Cameroonian number
Format, E.164 normalization and operator: enough to clean up a contact file.
Ready to send your first SMS?
Two-minute sign-up, verification by SMS, 100 FCFA credited and an API key straight away.
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