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Chapter 110. SMPP

SMPP Component

This component provides access to an SMSC (Short Message Service Center) over the SMPP protocol to send and receive SMS. The JSMPP is used.
Using Apache Camel 2.2 onwards
This component is only available for Apache Camel 2.2 or newer.

URI format

smpp://[username@]hostname[:port][?options]
smpps://[username@]hostname[:port][?options]
If no username is provided, then Apache Camel will provide the default value smppclient. If no port number is provided, then Apache Camel will provide the default value 2775.Camel 2.3: If the protocol name is smpps, camel-smpp with try to use SSLSocket to init a connection to the server.
You can append query options to the URI in the following format, ?option=value&option=value&...

URI Options

Name Default Value Description
password password Specifies the password to use to log in to the SMSC.
systemType cp This parameter is used to categorize the type of ESME (External Short Message Entity) that is binding to the SMSC (max. 13 characters).
dataCoding 0
Camel 2.11 Defines the data coding according the SMPP 3.4 specification, section 5.2.19. (Prior to Camel 2.9, this option is also supported.) Example data encodings are:
  • 0: SMSC Default Alphabet
  • 3: Latin 1 (ISO-8859-1)
  • 4: Octet unspecified (8-bit binary)
  • 8: UCS2 (ISO/IEC-10646)
  • 13: Extended Kanji JIS(X 0212-1990)
alphabet 0
Camel 2.5 Defines encoding of data according the SMPP 3.4 specification, section 5.2.19. This option is mapped to Alphabet.java and used to create the byte[] which is send to the SMSC. Example alphabets are: 0: SMSC Default Alphabet 4: 8 bit Alphabet 8: UCS2 Alphabet
encoding ISO-8859-1 only for SubmitSm, ReplaceSm and SubmitMulti Defines the encoding scheme of the short message user data.
enquireLinkTimer 5000 Defines the interval in milliseconds between the confidence checks. The confidence check is used to test the communication path between an ESME and an SMSC.
transactionTimer 10000 Defines the maximum period of inactivity allowed after a transaction, after which an SMPP entity may assume that the session is no longer active. This timer may be active on either communicating SMPP entity (i.e. SMSC or ESME).
initialReconnectDelay 5000 Defines the initial delay in milliseconds after the consumer/producer tries to reconnect to the SMSC, after the connection was lost.
reconnectDelay 5000 Defines the interval in milliseconds between the reconnect attempts, if the connection to the SMSC was lost and the previous was not succeed.
registeredDelivery 1
only for SubmitSm, ReplaceSm, SubmitMulti and DataSm Is used to request an SMSC delivery receipt and/or SME originated acknowledgements. The following values are defined: 0: No SMSC delivery receipt requested. 1: SMSC delivery receipt requested where final delivery outcome is success or failure. 2: SMSC delivery receipt requested where the final delivery outcome is delivery failure.
serviceType CMT
The service type parameter can be used to indicate the SMS Application service associated with the message. The following generic service_types are defined:
  • CMT: Cellular Messaging
  • CPT: Cellular Paging
  • VMN: Voice Mail Notification
  • VMA: Voice Mail Alerting
  • WAP: Wireless Application Protocol
  • USSD: Unstructured Supplementary Services Data
sourceAddr 1616 Defines the address of SME (Short Message Entity) which originated this message.
destAddr 1717 only for SubmitSm, SubmitMulti, CancelSm and DataSm Defines the destination SME address. For mobile terminated messages, this is the directory number of the recipient MS.
sourceAddrTon 0
Defines the type of number (TON) to be used in the SME originator address parameters. The following TON values are defined:
  • 0: Unknown
  • 1: International
  • 2: National
  • 3: Network Specific
  • 4: Subscriber Number
  • 5: Alphanumeric
  • 6: Abbreviated
destAddrTon 0
only for SubmitSm, SubmitMulti, CancelSm and DataSm Defines the type of number (TON) to be used in the SME destination address parameters. The following TON values are defined:
  • 0: Unknown
  • 1: International
  • 2: National
  • 3: Network Specific
  • 4: Subscriber Number
  • 5: Alphanumeric
  • 6: Abbreviated
sourceAddrNpi 0
Defines the numeric plan indicator (NPI) to be used in the SME originator address parameters. The following NPI values are defined:
  • 0: Unknown
  • 1: ISDN (E163/E164)
  • 2: Data (X.121)
  • 3: Telex (F.69)
  • 6: Land Mobile (E.212)
  • 8: National
  • 9: Private
  • 10: ERMES
  • 13: Internet (IP)
  • 18: WAP Client Id (to be defined by WAP Forum)
destAddrNpi 0
only for SubmitSm, SubmitMulti, CancelSm and DataSm Defines the numeric plan indicator (NPI) to be used in the SME destination address parameters. The following NPI values are defined:
  • 0: Unknown
  • 1: ISDN (E163/E164)
  • 2: Data (X.121)
  • 3: Telex (F.69)
  • 6: Land Mobile (E.212)
  • 8: National
  • 9: Private
  • 10: ERMES
  • 13: Internet (IP)
  • 18: WAP Client Id (to be defined by WAP Forum)
priorityFlag 1
only for SubmitSm and SubmitMulti Allows the originating SME to assign a priority level to the short message. Four Priority Levels are supported:
  • 0: Level 0 (lowest) priority
  • 1: Level 1 priority
  • 2: Level 2 priority
  • 3: Level 3 (highest) priority
replaceIfPresentFlag 0
only for SubmitSm and SubmitMulti Used to request the SMSC to replace a previously submitted message, that is still pending delivery. The SMSC will replace an existing message provided that the source address, destination address and service type match the same fields in the new message. The following replace if present flag values are defined:
  • 0: Don't replace
  • 1: Replace
dataCoding 0
Camel 2.5 onwarts Defines encoding of data according the SMPP 3.4 specification, section 5.2.19. Example data encodings are: 0: SMSC Default Alphabet 4: 8 bit Alphabet 8: UCS2 Alphabet
typeOfNumber 0
Defines the type of number (TON) to be used in the SME. The following TON values are defined:
  • 0: Unknown
  • 1: International
  • 2: National
  • 3: Network Specific
  • 4: Subscriber Number
  • 5: Alphanumeric
  • 6: Abbreviated
numberingPlanIndicator 0
Defines the numeric plan indicator (NPI) to be used in the SME. The following NPI values are defined:
  • 0: Unknown
  • 1: ISDN (E163/E164)
  • 2: Data (X.121)
  • 3: Telex (F.69)
  • 6: Land Mobile (E.212)
  • 8: National
  • 9: Private
  • 10: ERMES
  • 13: Internet (IP)
  • 18: WAP Client Id (to be defined by WAP Forum)
lazySessionCreation false
Camel 2.8 onwards Sessions can be lazily created to avoid exceptions, if the SMSC is not available when the Camel producer is started. Camel 2.11 onwards Camel will check the in message headers 'CamelSmppSystemId' and 'CamelSmppPassword' of the first exchange. If they are present, Camel will use these data to connect to the SMSC.
httpProxyHost null Camel 2.9.1: If you need to tunnel SMPP through a HTTP proxy, set this attribute to the hostname or ip address of your HTTP proxy.
httpProxyPort 3128 Camel 2.9.1: If you need to tunnel SMPP through a HTTP proxy, set this attribute to the port of your HTTP proxy.
httpProxyUsername null Camel 2.9.1: If your HTTP proxy requires basic authentication, set this attribute to the username required for your HTTP proxy.
httpProxyPassword null Camel 2.9.1: If your HTTP proxy requires basic authentication, set this attribute to the password required for your HTTP proxy.
sessionStateListener null Camel 2.9.3: You can refer to a org.jsmpp.session.SessionStateListener in the Registry to receive callbacks when the session state changed.
addressRange "" Camel 2.11: You can specify the address range for the SmppConsumer as defined in section 5.2.7 of the SMPP 3.4 specification. The SmppConsumer will receive messages only from SMSC's which target an address (MSISDN or IP address) within this range.
You can have as many of these options as you like.
smpp://smppclient@localhost:2775?password=password&enquireLinkTimer=3000&transactionTimer=5000&systemType=consumer

Producer Message Headers

The following message headers can be used to affect the behavior of the SMPP producer
Header Type Description
CamelSmppDestAddr List/String only for SubmitSm, SubmitMulti, CancelSm and DataSm Defines the destination SME address(es). For mobile terminated messages, this is the directory number of the recipient MS. Is must be a List<String> for SubmitMulti and a String otherwise.
CamelSmppDestAddrTon Byte
only for SubmitSm, SubmitMulti, CancelSm and DataSm Defines the type of number (TON) to be used in the SME destination address parameters. The following TON values are defined:
  • 0: Unknown
  • 1: International
  • 2: National
  • 3: Network Specific
  • 4: Subscriber Number
  • 5: Alphanumeric
  • 6: Abbreviated
CamelSmppDestAddrNpi Byte
only for SubmitSm, SubmitMulti, CancelSm and DataSm Defines the numeric plan indicator (NPI) to be used in the SME destination address parameters. The following NPI values are defined:
  • 0: Unknown
  • 1: ISDN (E163/E164)
  • 2: Data (X.121)
  • 3: Telex (F.69)
  • 6: Land Mobile (E.212)
  • 8: National
  • 9: Private
  • 10: ERMES
  • 13: Internet (IP)
  • 18: WAP Client Id (to be defined by WAP Forum)
CamelSmppSourceAddr String Defines the address of SME (Short Message Entity) which originated this message.
CamelSmppSourceAddrTon Byte
Defines the type of number (TON) to be used in the SME originator address parameters. The following TON values are defined:
  • 0: Unknown
  • 1: International
  • 2: National
  • 3: Network Specific
  • 4: Subscriber Number
  • 5: Alphanumeric
  • 6: Abbreviated
CamelSmppSourceAddrNpi Byte
Defines the numeric plan indicator (NPI) to be used in the SME originator address parameters. The following NPI values are defined:
  • 0: Unknown
  • 1: ISDN (E163/E164)
  • 2: Data (X.121)
  • 3: Telex (F.69)
  • 6: Land Mobile (E.212)
  • 8: National
  • 9: Private
  • 10: ERMES
  • 13: Internet (IP)
  • 18: WAP Client Id (to be defined by WAP Forum)
CamelSmppServiceType String
The service type parameter can be used to indicate the SMS Application service associated with the message. The following generic service_types are defined:
  • CMT: Cellular Messaging
  • CPT: Cellular Paging
  • VMN: Voice Mail Notification
  • VMA: Voice Mail Alerting
  • WAP: Wireless Application Protocol
  • USSD: Unstructured Supplementary Services Data
CamelSmppRegisteredDelivery Byte
only for SubmitSm, ReplaceSm, SubmitMulti and DataSm Is used to request an SMSC delivery receipt and/or SME originated acknowledgements. The following values are defined:
  • 0: No SMSC delivery receipt requested.
  • 1: SMSC delivery receipt requested where final delivery outcome is success or failure.
  • 2: SMSC delivery receipt requested where the final delivery outcome is delivery failure.
CamelSmppPriorityFlag Byte
only for SubmitSm and SubmitMulti Allows the originating SME to assign a priority level to the short message. Four Priority Levels are supported:
  • 0: Level 0 (lowest) priority
  • 1: Level 1 priority
  • 2: Level 2 priority
  • 3: Level 3 (highest) priority
CamelSmppValidityPeriod String/{{Date}} only for SubmitSm, SubmitMulti and ReplaceSm The validity period parameter indicates the SMSC expiration time, after which the message should be discarded if not delivered to the destination. If it's provided as Date, it's interpreted as absolute time. Camel 2.9.1 onwards: It can be defined in absolute time format or relative time format if you provide it as String as specified in chapter 7.1.1 in the smpp specification v3.4.
CamelSmppReplaceIfPresentFlag Byte
only for SubmitSm and SubmitMulti The replace if present flag parameter is used to request the SMSC to replace a previously submitted message, that is still pending delivery. The SMSC will replace an existing message provided that the source address, destination address and service type match the same fields in the new message. The following values are defined:
  • 0: Don't replace
  • 1: Replace
CamelSmppAlphabet / CamelSmppDataCoding Byte Camel 2.5For SubmitSm, SubmitMulti and ReplaceSm (Prior to Camel 2.9 use CamelSmppDataCoding instead of CamelSmppAlphabet.) The data coding according to the SMPP 3.4 specification, section 5.2.19. Use the URI option alphabet settings above.
CamelSmppOptionalParameters Map<String, String>
Deprecated and will be removed in Camel 2.13.0/3.0.0Camel 2.10.5 and 2.11.1 onwards and only for SubmitSm, SubmitMulti and DataSm The optional parameters send back by the SMSC.
CamelSmppOptionalParameter Map<Short, Object>
Camel 2.10.7 and 2.11.2 onwards and only for SubmitSm, SubmitMulti and DataSm The optional parameter which are send to the SMSC. The value is converted in the following way: String -> org.jsmpp.bean.OptionalParameter.COctetStringbyte[] -> org.jsmpp.bean.OptionalParameter.OctetStringByte -> org.jsmpp.bean.OptionalParameter.ByteInteger -> org.jsmpp.bean.OptionalParameter.IntShort -> org.jsmpp.bean.OptionalParameter.Shortnull -> org.jsmpp.bean.OptionalParameter.Null
The following message headers are used by the SMPP producer to set the response from the SMSC in the message header
Header Type Description
CamelSmppId List<String>/{{String}} The id to identify the submitted short message(s) for later use. From Camel 2.9.0: In case of a ReplaceSm, QuerySm, CancelSm and DataSm this header vaule is a String. In case of a SubmitSm or SubmitMultiSm this header vaule is a List<String>.
CamelSmppSentMessageCount Integer From Camel 2.9 onwards only for SubmitSm and SubmitMultiSm The total number of messages which has been sent.
CamelSmppError Map<String, List<Map<String, Object>>> From Camel 2.9 onwards only for SubmitMultiSm The errors which occurred by sending the short message(s) the form Map<String, List<Map<String, Object>>> (messageID : (destAddr : address, error : errorCode)).
CamelSmppOptionalParameters Map<String, String>
Deprecated and will be removed in Camel 2.13.0/3.0.0From Camel 2.11.1 onwards only for DataSm The optional parameters which are returned from the SMSC by sending the message.
CamelSmppOptionalParameter Map<Short, Object>
From Camel 2.10.7, 2.11.2 onwards only for DataSm The optional parameter which are returned from the SMSC by sending the message. The key is the Short code for the optional parameter. The value is converted in the following way: org.jsmpp.bean.OptionalParameter.COctetString -> Stringorg.jsmpp.bean.OptionalParameter.OctetString -> byte[]org.jsmpp.bean.OptionalParameter.Byte -> Byteorg.jsmpp.bean.OptionalParameter.Int -> Integerorg.jsmpp.bean.OptionalParameter.Short -> Shortorg.jsmpp.bean.OptionalParameter.Null -> null

Consumer Message Headers

The following message headers are used by the SMPP consumer to set the request data from the SMSC in the message header
Header Type Description
CamelSmppSequenceNumber Integer only for AlertNotification, DeliverSm and DataSm A sequence number allows a response PDU to be correlated with a request PDU. The associated SMPP response PDU must preserve this field.
CamelSmppCommandId Integer only for AlertNotification, DeliverSm and DataSm The command id field identifies the particular SMPP PDU. For the complete list of defined values see chapter 5.1.2.1 in the smpp specification v3.4.
CamelSmppSourceAddr String only for AlertNotification, DeliverSm and DataSm Defines the address of SME (Short Message Entity) which originated this message.
CamelSmppSourceAddrNpi Byte
only for AlertNotification and DataSm Defines the numeric plan indicator (NPI) to be used in the SME originator address parameters. The following NPI values are defined:
  • 0: Unknown
  • 1: ISDN (E163/E164)
  • 2: Data (X.121)
  • 3: Telex (F.69)
  • 6: Land Mobile (E.212)
  • 8: National
  • 9: Private
  • 10: ERMES
  • 13: Internet (IP)
  • 18: WAP Client Id (to be defined by WAP Forum)
CamelSmppSourceAddrTon Byte
only for AlertNotification and DataSm Defines the type of number (TON) to be used in the SME originator address parameters. The following TON values are defined:
  • 0: Unknown
  • 1: International
  • 2: National
  • 3: Network Specific
  • 4: Subscriber Number
  • 5: Alphanumeric
  • 6: Abbreviated
CamelSmppEsmeAddr String only for AlertNotification Defines the destination ESME address. For mobile terminated messages, this is the directory number of the recipient MS.
CamelSmppEsmeAddrNpi Byte
only for alert notification: Defines the numeric plan indicator (NPI) to be used in the ESME originator address parameters. The following NPI values are defined:
  • 0: Unknown
  • 1: ISDN (E163/E164)
  • 2: Data (X.121)
  • 3: Telex (F.69)
  • 6: Land Mobile (E.212)
  • 8: National
  • 9: Private
  • 10: ERMES
  • 13: Internet (IP)
  • 18: WAP Client Id (to be defined by WAP Forum)
CamelSmppEsmeAddrTon Byte
only for alert notification: Defines the type of number (TON) to be used in the ESME originator address parameters. The following TON values are defined:
  • 0: Unknown
  • 1: International
  • 2: National
  • 3: Network Specific
  • 4: Subscriber Number
  • 5: Alphanumeric
  • 6: Abbreviated
CamelSmppId String only for smsc DeliveryReceipt and DataSm The message ID allocated to the message by the SMSC when originally submitted.
CamelSmppDelivered Integer only for smsc DeliveryReceipt Number of short messages delivered. This is only relevant where the original message was submitted to a distribution list.The value is padded with leading zeros if necessary.
CamelSmppDoneDate Date only for smsc DeliveryReceipt The time and date at which the short message reached it's final state. The format is as follows: YYMMDDhhmm.
CamelSmppFinalStatus DeliveryReceiptState
only for smsc DeliveryReceipt: The final status of the message. The following values are defined: DELIVRD: Message is delivered to destination EXPIRED: Message validity period has expired. DELETED: Message has been deleted. UNDELIV: Message is undeliverable ACCEPTD: Message is in accepted state (i.e. has been manually read on behalf of the subscriber by customer service) UNKNOWN: Message is in invalid state REJECTD: Message is in a rejected state
CamelSmppCommandStatus Integer only for DataSm The Command status of the message.
CamelSmppError String only for smsc DeliveryReceipt Where appropriate this may hold a Network specific error code or an SMSC error code for the attempted delivery of the message. These errors are Network or SMSC specific and are not included here.
CamelSmppSubmitDate Date only for smsc DeliveryReceipt The time and date at which the short message was submitted. In the case of a message which has been replaced, this is the date that the original message was replaced. The format is as follows: YYMMDDhhmm.
CamelSmppSubmitted Integer only for smsc DeliveryReceipt Number of short messages originally submitted. This is only relevant when the original message was submitted to a distribution list.The value is padded with leading zeros if necessary.
CamelSmppDestAddr String only for DeliverSm and DataSm: Defines the destination SME address. For mobile terminated messages, this is the directory number of the recipient MS.
CamelSmppScheduleDeliveryTime String only for DeliverSm: This parameter specifies the scheduled time at which the message delivery should be first attempted. It defines either the absolute date and time or relative time from the current SMSC time at which delivery of this message will be attempted by the SMSC. It can be specified in either absolute time format or relative time format. The encoding of a time format is specified in Section 7.1.1. in the smpp specification v3.4.
CamelSmppValidityPeriod String only for DeliverSm The validity period parameter indicates the SMSC expiration time, after which the message should be discarded if not delivered to the destination. It can be defined in absolute time format or relative time format. The encoding of absolute and relative time format is specified in Section 7.1.1 in the smpp specification v3.4.
CamelSmppServiceType String
only for DeliverSm and DataSm The service type parameter can be used to indicate the SMS Application service associated with the message. The following generic service_types are defined:
  • CMT: Cellular Messaging
  • CPT: Cellular Paging
  • VMN: Voice Mail Notification
  • VMA: Voice Mail Alerting
  • WAP: Wireless Application Protocol
  • USSD: Unstructured Supplementary Services Data
CamelSmppRegisteredDelivery Byte
only for DataSm Is used to request an SMSC delivery receipt and/or SME originated acknowledgements. The following values are defined:
  • 0: No SMSC delivery receipt requested.
  • 1: SMSC delivery receipt requested where final delivery outcome is success or failure.
  • 2: SMSC delivery receipt requested where the final delivery outcome is delivery failure.
CamelSmppDestAddrNpi Byte
only for DataSm Defines the numeric plan indicator (NPI) to be used in the SME destination address parameters. The following NPI values are defined:
  • 0: Unknown
  • 1: ISDN (E163/E164)
  • 2: Data (X.121)
  • 3: Telex (F.69)
  • 6: Land Mobile (E.212)
  • 8: National
  • 9: Private
  • 10: ERMES
  • 13: Internet (IP)
  • 18: WAP Client Id (to be defined by WAP Forum)
CamelSmppDestAddrTon Byte
only for DataSm Defines the type of number (TON) to be used in the SME destination address parameters. The following TON values are defined:
  • 0: Unknown
  • 1: International
  • 2: National
  • 3: Network Specific
  • 4: Subscriber Number
  • 5: Alphanumeric
  • 6: Abbreviated
CamelSmppMessageType String
Camel 2.6 onwards: Identifies the type of an incoming message: AlertNotification: an SMSC alert notification DataSm: an SMSC data short message DeliveryReceipt: an SMSC delivery receipt DeliverSm: an SMSC deliver short message
CamelSmppOptionalParameters Map<String, Object>
Deprecated and will be removed in Camel 2.13.0/3.0.0Camel 2.10.5 onwards and only for DeliverSm The optional parameters send back by the SMSC.
CamelSmppOptionalParameter Map<Short, Object>
Camel 2.10.7, 2.11.2 onwards and only for DeliverSm The optional parameters send back by the SMSC. The key is the Short code for the optional parameter. The value is converted in the following way: org.jsmpp.bean.OptionalParameter.COctetString -> Stringorg.jsmpp.bean.OptionalParameter.OctetString -> byte[]org.jsmpp.bean.OptionalParameter.Byte -> Byteorg.jsmpp.bean.OptionalParameter.Int -> Integerorg.jsmpp.bean.OptionalParameter.Short -> Shortorg.jsmpp.bean.OptionalParameter.Null -> null
JSMPP library
See the documentation of the JSMPP Library for more details about the underlying library.

Exception handling

This component supports the general Camel exception handling capabilities. Camel 2.8 onwarts: When the SMPP consumer receives a DeliverSm or DataSm short message and the processing of these messages fails, you can also throw a ProcessRequestException instead of handle the failure. In this case, this exception is forwarded to the underlying JSMPP library which will return the included error code to the SMSC. This feature is useful to e.g. instruct the SMSC to resend the short message at a later time. This could be done with the following lines of code:
from("smpp://smppclient@localhost:2775?password=password&enquireLinkTimer=3000&transactionTimer=5000&systemType=consumer")
   .doTry()
     .to("bean:dao?method=updateSmsState")
   .doCatch(Exception.class)
     .throwException(new ProcessRequestException("update of sms state failed", 100))
   .end();
Please refer to the SMPP specification for the complete list of error codes and their meanings.

Samples

A route which sends an SMS using the Java DSL:
from("direct:start")
  .to("smpp://smppclient@localhost:2775?password=password&enquireLinkTimer=3000&transactionTimer=5000&systemType=producer");
A route which sends an SMS using the Spring XML DSL:
<route>
  <from uri="direct:start"/>
  <to uri="smpp://smppclient@localhost:2775?password=password&nquireLinkTimer=3000&ransactionTimer=5000&ystemType=producer"/>
</route>
A route which receives an SMS using the Java DSL:
from("smpp://smppclient@localhost:2775?password=password&enquireLinkTimer=3000&transactionTimer=5000&systemType=consumer")
  .to("bean:foo");
A route which receives an SMS using the Spring XML DSL:
  <route>
     <from uri="smpp://smppclient@localhost:2775?password=password&nquireLinkTimer=3000&ransactionTimer=5000&ystemType=consumer"/>
     <to uri="bean:foo"/>
  </route>
SMSC simulator
If you need an SMSC simulator for your test, you can use the simulator provided by Logica.

Debug logging

This component has log level DEBUG, which can be helpful in debugging problems. If you use log4j, you can add the following line to your configuration:
log4j.logger.org.apache.camel.component.smpp=DEBUG