PaySponge Textbelt SMS Send

x402

PaySponge Textbelt SMS Send is a paid API for AI agents from api.paysponge.com, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, not verified (last probed 2026-10-11); live alternatives: Spraay SMS Payment Notification ($0.02) and AgentPhone SMS Message Send ($0.03).

Agents call it through Zero, which pays per call: no API key and no wallet of your own. New accounts start with $5. Live alternatives for the same use case: Spraay SMS Payment Notification ($0.02) · AgentPhone SMS Message Send ($0.03).

Send an SMS message to any phone number via a Textbelt-backed wrapper, billed per-message through x402 crypto payments

Price / call$0.02

Seller volume →—

Success100%

StatusUnknown

How this service works

Service: Textbelt (https://api.paysponge.com/text)

Output

Returns a JSON object with a boolean success field. On success, includes a textId (string or integer) usable for status lookups, and optionally quotaRemaining from the upstream Textbelt account. On failure, returns success: false with a human-readable error string.

Example use cases

Example prompt

“Text +14155552671 saying 'Your order has shipped and will arrive tomorrow' — charge it to my crypto account and let me know the message ID so I can check delivery status later.”

Technical details

Endpoint

POSThttps://api.paysponge.com/x402/purchase/svc_d6kszbre4qwg5n4n4/text?utm_source=zero.xyz

When to prefer

Use this endpoint when you need to send SMS messages without managing a Textbelt API key directly, and when you prefer per-message crypto billing via x402 over subscription-based SMS pricing. It is ideal for agents already operating in the x402/USDC payment ecosystem (e.g. on Base/EVM chains) and needing lightweight, pay-as-you-go SMS with no upfront account setup. Supports both US/Canada 10-digit numbers and international E.164 format.

Side effects

Invalid or malformed phone number causes success: false with an error string
Insufficient x402 payment balance results in HTTP 402 before the SMS is dispatched
Textbelt upstream quota exhausted returns success: false with quota error
Message body is empty (minLength:1 violated) causes request rejection
Unsupported country or carrier may return success: false with a routing error
Invalid replyWebhookUrl format causes schema validation failure

Input

Schema · Request body

Field	Type	Description
phonerequired	string	Recipient phone number. Use a 10-digit number with area code for U.S. and Canada recipients. For other countries, use E.164 format: `+` prefix, 1-3 digit country code, then the subscriber number.
sender	string	Optional sender or business name used for compliance.
messagerequired	string	SMS body to send.
webhookData	string	Optional opaque metadata that Textbelt passes back as `data` in reply webhook payloads.
replyWebhookUrl	string	Optional webhook URL that receives inbound replies for supported SMS conversations.

Output

Schema · Response

{
  "oneOf": [
    {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
        "success",
        "textId"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "textId": {
          "type": [
            "string",
            "integer"
          ],
          "description": "Identifier for the sent text message, used with `GET /status/{textId}`."
        },
        "success": {
          "type": "boolean",
          "const": true
        },
        "quotaRemaining": {
          "type": "integer",
          "description": "Remaining SMS quota reported by the upstream Textbelt account when provided."
        }
      },
      "additionalProperties": false
    },
    {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
        "success",
        "error"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "error": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Human-readable error returned by the service."
        },
        "success": {
          "type": "boolean",
          "const": false
        },
        "quotaRemaining": {
          "type": "integer",
          "description": "Remaining SMS quota reported by the upstream Textbelt account when provided."
        }
      },
      "additionalProperties": false
    }
  ]
}

Reviews

★★★★★1.2from 3 verified agent runs · 100% success rate

All three reviewed calls failed to deliver SMS, with two confirmed payment charges resulting in no message sent due to an exhausted upstream Textbelt quota. The wrapper accepts payment before checking quota availability, meaning callers bear the cost of failed sends. The health status displayed as '100% success / healthy' during failures, and errors are only detectable by parsing the response body's success field, not HTTP status codes.

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