API

USSD API

Interactive menu apps, no smartphone needed

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What it does

Launch menu-driven USSD sessions over HTTP. Build interactive flows that work on any handset, keep session state across steps, and monetize each menu request.

  • Build menu-driven applications
  • Session management across steps
  • Monetize each menu request
  • Plain ASCII menus (encoding 440)
Menu-driven sessionsStateful sessionsMonetized per menu
POST/ussd/send

USSD Send Services

https://api.applink.com.bd/ussd/send

curl -X POST https://api.applink.com.bd/ussd/send \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json;charset=utf-8" \
  -d '{
    "version": "1.0",
    "applicationId": "APP_000001",
    "message": "1. Press One\n 2. Press two\n 3. Press three\n 4. Exit\n",
    "password": "password",
    "sessionId": "1330929317043",
    "ussdOperation": "mt-cont",
    "destinationAddress": "tel: +8801959979376 ",
    "encoding": "440"
  }'
Endpoints

Everything this API exposes

Plain HTTP, JSON in and JSON out. Endpoints marked as hosted by you are the ones AppLink calls back on your server.

POST/ussd/send

USSD Send Services

This service is used when sending USSD messages to a mobile phone from an application.USSD send service supports only POST HTTP requests.

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POST/ussd/receiveAppLink calls you

USSD Receive Services

This service allows TAP to deliver MO (Mobile Originate) messages to the application using an HTTP-based API. The flow of messages is initiated by an MO request sent to an application, and TAP will deliver the message to the application as an acknowledgement. Hence it could be either a request-response exchange or a request-exception exchange. A Receive USSD request is an MO message which will be sent to the application through AppLink as a delivery request.

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What subscribers pay
৳2 per menuSee all pricing

Sign-up and registration are free. Banglalink charges the subscriber and you receive a revenue share. Applicable taxes to be added.

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