Number Management Tutorial
This tutorial will guide you through the steps of reserving a phone number.
Find out which numbers we can offer to this subscriber
In this step, we will determine if there are numbers and services available to this subscriber based on their location. To do this, we will be using the TMF 674 geographicSite API endpoint. The objective of this step is to ensure that we can reserve a phone number that is available in the subscriber’s area and supports the desired technology services.
To call this API, we will send a request with an activation payload that includes the subscriber's location information and the desired market type.
Example Request Data:
Reserve a number for this subscriber
In this step, we will reserve one of the numbers that is available in the subscriber’s location. To do this, we will be using the TMF 716 createReservation API endpoint, requesting a random number from the numbers in the block that was returned in the previous API’s response. The objective of this step is to assign an available number to a subscriber.
To call this API, we will send a request with an activation payload that includes subscriber’s service area, contact information, type of number reservation, and a request for a random phone number.
Example Request Data:
Release subscriber number
In this final stage of the API tutorial, we will ensure that the sample subscriber data added in previous steps is properly cleaned up. To accomplish this, we will use the TMF 716 patchMSISDNReservation API endpoint to remove the newly assigned number from the subscriber so the number will once again be available in the system for reservation.
To call this API, we will send a request with an activation payload that includes subscriber’s number, which should match the number in the previous step.