# SMS Usage

## Get SMS/MMS Usage <a href="#get-sms-mms-usage" id="get-sms-mms-usage"></a>

```
curl "https://sms.accentvoice.com/api/v2/<DID Number>/usage/"
  -X POST
{
    "key": "<API Key>",
    "start": "2019-06-22",
    "stop": "2019-07-22"
}
```

> This request gets total SMS/MMS usage for a particular DID between two provided datestamps.

```
{
    "success": true,
    "error": false,
    "status_code": "DID-USAGE",
    "message": "SMS/MMS usage for <DID Number>.",
    "data": [
        {
            "did": "<DID Number>",
            "sms_inbound": "22",
            "sms_outbound": "3",
            "mms_inbound": "0",
            "mms_outbound": "0"
        }
    ]
}
```

This request gets total SMS/MMS usage for a particular DID between two provided datestamps.

#### HTTP Request <a href="#http-request-7" id="http-request-7"></a>

`POST https://sms.accentvoice.com/api/v2/<DID Number>/usage/`

#### Request Body Parameters <a href="#request-body-parameters-3" id="request-body-parameters-3"></a>

| Parameter | Description     | Required |
| --------- | --------------- | -------- |
| start     | Start datestamp | Yes      |
| stop      | Stop datestamp  | Yes      |

Remember: Both the `start` and `stop` parameters must be in the `Y-m-d` format. For example, December 4th, 2020 is represented as `2020-12-04`.


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