Register a Callback Listener URL:
POST /callbacks/{accountname}

Registers a URL at which an account will receive asynchronous responses and other messages from a ThingSpace Platform callback service. The messages will be REST messages. You are responsible for creating and running a listening process on your server at that URL to receive and parse the messages.

Contents

See also:
About ThingSpace Callback Services
List Callback Listeners
Deregister a Callback Listener

Uses and Requirements

All Verizon callbacks will originate from either of these two IP addresses:

• 137.117.33.109
• 168.62.173.153

Request Components

HTTP Request

POST https://thingspace.verizon.com/api/m2m/v1/callbacks/{accountname}

Resource Path and Query Parameters

The account name must be included in the path.

Parameter Name	Data Type	Description
accountname required	string	The name of the billing account for which you want to receive callback messages. An account name is usually numeric, and must include any leading zeros. Note: Use “TestAccount-2” when trying this request with the simulator.

Header Parameters

The request header must contain a current ThingSpace authorization bearer token and a valid VZ-M2M session token, and must set the content-type to JSON.

Parameter Name	Data Type	Description
Authorization required	string	HTTP Authorization bearer token.
VZ-M2M-Token required	string	A valid session token returned by POST /session/login.
Content-Type required	string	Must be application/json.

Request Body

The body specifies the callback service that you are subscribing to and the URL where the listening service is running.

Parameter Name	Data Type	Description
name required	string	The name of the callback service that you want to subscribe to. Set this to one of the following values: AlertService Callback messages sent when trigger conditions are met. CarrierService Asynchronous responses for all requests that change a device’s state and metadata, including: activate, suspend, restore, and deactivate. DevicePRLInformation Asynchronous responses containing current device PRL values, in response to POST /devices/actions/prl/list requests. DeviceProfileService Asynchronous responses for all requests that change a device’s profile status, including download, enable, disable, and delete. DeviceService Asynchronous responses to POST /devices/availability/actions/list requests. DeviceSuspensionStatus Asynchronous responses containing information about suspended devices in response to POST /devices/suspension/status requests. DeviceUsage Asynchronous responses about device usage in response to POST /devices/usage/actions/list/aggregate requests. EnhancedConnectivityService This callback service provides two types of messages: The contents of SMS messages sent from your devices to 750075007500 or to 900060005010. Notification of when messages sent through POST /sms requests are sent by the network to devices. ExternalProvisioningChanges Receive callback messages when provisioning changes are made outside of the ThingSpace APIs, such as when a user performs one of the following provisioning actions from an interactive Verizon system: Activate Deactivate Suspend Resume Change ESN Change MEID Change MDN PromoChanges Receive unsolicited callbacks for changes to promotional codes. A PromoChange callback message will be sent shortly after the end of a device’s billing cycle if a promotional package was removed during the billing cycle. ResumeTrackingNotification Receive callback messages to notify you about suspended devices that will automatically return to active status. ThingSpace sends a callback message 7 days before a suspended device will auto-resume. SMSDeliveryConfirmation Indicates that an SMS Message sent from a POST /sms request was received and acknowledged by the device. StateService Aynchronous responses from PUT /devices/actions/gotostate requests. NOTE: You cannot register a callback service through the REST API if the same callback service has been registered through the SOAP API.
url required	string	The address on your server where you have enabled a listening service for callback messages. Specify a URL that is reachable from the Verizon data centers. If your service is running on HTTPS, you should use a one-way authentication certificate with a white-listed IP address. In most cases, you should register each service type to a unique a URL address.
username optional	string	The user name that the M2M Platform should return in the callback messages. If you are handling multiple accounts and you want them to use the same callback address, you can use this credential to identify the account that a particular message is associated with. Pass an empty element if you don’t want to include a username for this account and service type.
password optional	string	The password that the M2M Platform should return in the callback messages. Pass an empty element if you don’t want to include a password for this account and service type.

Example Request Body

{
  "name": "CarrierService",
  "url": "http://10.120.102.183:50559/CallbackListener/CarrierServiceMessages.asmx"
}

Success Responses

Status 200

Parameter Name	Data Type	Description
accountName	string	The name of the billing account for which callback messages will be sent.
serviceName	string	The name of the callback service, which identifies the type and format of messages that will be sent to the registered URL.

Example Success Response

{
  "accountName": "122333444-00002",
  "serviceName": "CarrierService"
}

Failure Responses

Status 400

All error messages are returned in this format:

{
  "errorCode": "error code string",
  "errorMessage": "error message string"
}

Error codes and messages are listed on the Error Messages page, along with explanations and suggestions for corrective actions.

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