---
name: telnyx-messaging-profiles-curl
description: >-
  Create and manage messaging profiles with number pools, sticky sender, and
  geomatch features. Configure short codes for high-volume messaging. This skill
  provides REST API (curl) examples.
metadata:
  author: telnyx
  product: messaging-profiles
  language: curl
  generated_by: telnyx-openapi-pipeline
---

<!-- Auto-generated from Telnyx OpenAPI specs. Do not edit. -->

# Telnyx Messaging Profiles - curl

## Installation

```text
# curl is pre-installed on macOS, Linux, and Windows 10+
```

## Setup

```bash
export TELNYX_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
```

All examples below use `$TELNYX_API_KEY` for authentication.

## Error Handling

All API calls can fail with network errors, rate limits (429), validation errors (422),
or authentication errors (401). Always handle errors in production code:

```bash
# Check HTTP status code in response
response=$(curl -s -w "\n%{http_code}" \
  -X POST "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/messages" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"to": "+13125550001", "from": "+13125550002", "text": "Hello"}')

http_code=$(echo "$response" | tail -1)
body=$(echo "$response" | sed '$d')

case $http_code in
  2*) echo "Success: $body" ;;
  422) echo "Validation error — check required fields and formats" ;;
  429) echo "Rate limited — retry after delay"; sleep 1 ;;
  401) echo "Authentication failed — check TELNYX_API_KEY" ;;
  *)   echo "Error $http_code: $body" ;;
esac
```

Common error codes: `401` invalid API key, `403` insufficient permissions,
`404` resource not found, `422` validation error (check field formats),
`429` rate limited (retry with exponential backoff).

## Important Notes

- **Pagination:** List endpoints return paginated results. Use `page[number]` and `page[size]` query parameters to navigate pages. Check `meta.total_pages` in the response.

## List messaging profiles

`GET /messaging_profiles`

```bash
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/messaging_profiles"
```

Returns: `ai_assistant_id` (string | null), `alpha_sender` (string | null), `created_at` (date-time), `daily_spend_limit` (string), `daily_spend_limit_enabled` (boolean), `enabled` (boolean), `health_webhook_url` (url), `id` (uuid), `mms_fall_back_to_sms` (boolean), `mms_transcoding` (boolean), `mobile_only` (boolean), `name` (string), `number_pool_settings` (object | null), `organization_id` (string), `record_type` (enum: messaging_profile), `redaction_enabled` (boolean), `redaction_level` (integer), `resource_group_id` (string | null), `smart_encoding` (boolean), `updated_at` (date-time), `url_shortener_settings` (object | null), `v1_secret` (string), `webhook_api_version` (enum: 1, 2, 2010-04-01), `webhook_failover_url` (url), `webhook_url` (url), `whitelisted_destinations` (array[string])

## Create a messaging profile

`POST /messaging_profiles` — Required: `name`, `whitelisted_destinations`

Optional: `ai_assistant_id` (string | null), `alpha_sender` (string | null), `daily_spend_limit` (string), `daily_spend_limit_enabled` (boolean), `enabled` (boolean), `health_webhook_url` (url), `mms_fall_back_to_sms` (boolean), `mms_transcoding` (boolean), `mobile_only` (boolean), `number_pool_settings` (object | null), `resource_group_id` (string | null), `smart_encoding` (boolean), `url_shortener_settings` (object | null), `webhook_api_version` (enum: 1, 2, 2010-04-01), `webhook_failover_url` (url), `webhook_url` (url)

```bash
curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "name": "my-resource",
  "whitelisted_destinations": [
    "US"
  ]
}' \
  "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/messaging_profiles"
```

Returns: `ai_assistant_id` (string | null), `alpha_sender` (string | null), `created_at` (date-time), `daily_spend_limit` (string), `daily_spend_limit_enabled` (boolean), `enabled` (boolean), `health_webhook_url` (url), `id` (uuid), `mms_fall_back_to_sms` (boolean), `mms_transcoding` (boolean), `mobile_only` (boolean), `name` (string), `number_pool_settings` (object | null), `organization_id` (string), `record_type` (enum: messaging_profile), `redaction_enabled` (boolean), `redaction_level` (integer), `resource_group_id` (string | null), `smart_encoding` (boolean), `updated_at` (date-time), `url_shortener_settings` (object | null), `v1_secret` (string), `webhook_api_version` (enum: 1, 2, 2010-04-01), `webhook_failover_url` (url), `webhook_url` (url), `whitelisted_destinations` (array[string])

## Retrieve a messaging profile

`GET /messaging_profiles/{id}`

```bash
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/messaging_profiles/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
```

Returns: `ai_assistant_id` (string | null), `alpha_sender` (string | null), `created_at` (date-time), `daily_spend_limit` (string), `daily_spend_limit_enabled` (boolean), `enabled` (boolean), `health_webhook_url` (url), `id` (uuid), `mms_fall_back_to_sms` (boolean), `mms_transcoding` (boolean), `mobile_only` (boolean), `name` (string), `number_pool_settings` (object | null), `organization_id` (string), `record_type` (enum: messaging_profile), `redaction_enabled` (boolean), `redaction_level` (integer), `resource_group_id` (string | null), `smart_encoding` (boolean), `updated_at` (date-time), `url_shortener_settings` (object | null), `v1_secret` (string), `webhook_api_version` (enum: 1, 2, 2010-04-01), `webhook_failover_url` (url), `webhook_url` (url), `whitelisted_destinations` (array[string])

## Update a messaging profile

`PATCH /messaging_profiles/{id}`

Optional: `ai_assistant_id` (string | null), `alpha_sender` (string | null), `created_at` (date-time), `daily_spend_limit` (string), `daily_spend_limit_enabled` (boolean), `enabled` (boolean), `id` (uuid), `mms_fall_back_to_sms` (boolean), `mms_transcoding` (boolean), `mobile_only` (boolean), `name` (string), `number_pool_settings` (object | null), `record_type` (enum: messaging_profile), `smart_encoding` (boolean), `updated_at` (date-time), `url_shortener_settings` (object | null), `v1_secret` (string), `webhook_api_version` (enum: 1, 2, 2010-04-01), `webhook_failover_url` (url), `webhook_url` (url), `whitelisted_destinations` (array[string])

```bash
curl \
  -X PATCH \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/messaging_profiles/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
```

Returns: `ai_assistant_id` (string | null), `alpha_sender` (string | null), `created_at` (date-time), `daily_spend_limit` (string), `daily_spend_limit_enabled` (boolean), `enabled` (boolean), `health_webhook_url` (url), `id` (uuid), `mms_fall_back_to_sms` (boolean), `mms_transcoding` (boolean), `mobile_only` (boolean), `name` (string), `number_pool_settings` (object | null), `organization_id` (string), `record_type` (enum: messaging_profile), `redaction_enabled` (boolean), `redaction_level` (integer), `resource_group_id` (string | null), `smart_encoding` (boolean), `updated_at` (date-time), `url_shortener_settings` (object | null), `v1_secret` (string), `webhook_api_version` (enum: 1, 2, 2010-04-01), `webhook_failover_url` (url), `webhook_url` (url), `whitelisted_destinations` (array[string])

## Delete a messaging profile

`DELETE /messaging_profiles/{id}`

```bash
curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" \
  "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/messaging_profiles/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
```

Returns: `ai_assistant_id` (string | null), `alpha_sender` (string | null), `created_at` (date-time), `daily_spend_limit` (string), `daily_spend_limit_enabled` (boolean), `enabled` (boolean), `health_webhook_url` (url), `id` (uuid), `mms_fall_back_to_sms` (boolean), `mms_transcoding` (boolean), `mobile_only` (boolean), `name` (string), `number_pool_settings` (object | null), `organization_id` (string), `record_type` (enum: messaging_profile), `redaction_enabled` (boolean), `redaction_level` (integer), `resource_group_id` (string | null), `smart_encoding` (boolean), `updated_at` (date-time), `url_shortener_settings` (object | null), `v1_secret` (string), `webhook_api_version` (enum: 1, 2, 2010-04-01), `webhook_failover_url` (url), `webhook_url` (url), `whitelisted_destinations` (array[string])

## List phone numbers associated with a messaging profile

`GET /messaging_profiles/{id}/phone_numbers`

```bash
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/messaging_profiles/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000/phone_numbers"
```

Returns: `country_code` (string), `created_at` (date-time), `eligible_messaging_products` (array[string]), `features` (object), `health` (object), `id` (string), `messaging_product` (string), `messaging_profile_id` (string | null), `organization_id` (string), `phone_number` (string), `record_type` (enum: messaging_phone_number, messaging_settings), `tags` (array[string]), `traffic_type` (string), `type` (enum: long-code, toll-free, short-code, longcode, tollfree, shortcode), `updated_at` (date-time)

## List short codes associated with a messaging profile

`GET /messaging_profiles/{id}/short_codes`

```bash
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/messaging_profiles/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000/short_codes"
```

Returns: `country_code` (string), `created_at` (date-time), `id` (uuid), `messaging_profile_id` (string | null), `record_type` (enum: short_code), `short_code` (string), `tags` (array), `updated_at` (date-time)

## List short codes

`GET /short_codes`

```bash
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/short_codes"
```

Returns: `country_code` (string), `created_at` (date-time), `id` (uuid), `messaging_profile_id` (string | null), `record_type` (enum: short_code), `short_code` (string), `tags` (array), `updated_at` (date-time)

## Retrieve a short code

`GET /short_codes/{id}`

```bash
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/short_codes/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
```

Returns: `country_code` (string), `created_at` (date-time), `id` (uuid), `messaging_profile_id` (string | null), `record_type` (enum: short_code), `short_code` (string), `tags` (array), `updated_at` (date-time)

## Update short code

Update the settings for a specific short code. To unbind a short code from a profile, set the `messaging_profile_id` to `null` or an empty string. To add or update tags, include the tags field as an array of strings.

`PATCH /short_codes/{id}` — Required: `messaging_profile_id`

Optional: `tags` (array)

```bash
curl \
  -X PATCH \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "messaging_profile_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
}' \
  "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/short_codes/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
```

Returns: `country_code` (string), `created_at` (date-time), `id` (uuid), `messaging_profile_id` (string | null), `record_type` (enum: short_code), `short_code` (string), `tags` (array), `updated_at` (date-time)