Buy alias access
GET /api/rent_email.php?method=buy_alias
Send a GET request and check JSON status, even with HTTP 200: 1 means success, 0 means failure, and 2 means no mailbox was available when creating a rental. Error details may be in msg, errormsg and errorid.
This request can modify a rental or incur charges. If the response is lost, check active and archived orders before trying again: the change may already have been made. The examples do not retry automatically.
Authentication
Send apikey as a required query parameter.
Parameters
| Name | Location | Type | Required | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
apikey | query | string | Yes | SMSPVA_API_KEY | Account API key. Reading messages and managing a rental require the order owner's key. |
method | query | string | Yes | "buy_alias" | Method selector. |
orderid | query | integer | Yes | 123456 | Order ID from Create Order, Active Orders or Archived Orders, as appropriate for this method. |
aliasid | query | integer | Yes | 88 | Existing alias ID from aliases in Active Orders. orderid must identify its parent order. |
How to use this method
Buy access to an existing Gmail alias. Find its aliasid in aliases in Active orders, and send the parent order ID as orderid. Outlook does not support aliases.
This request buys access to an alias already listed on the order; it does not create one. There is no public alias-generation method. After purchase, use Alias messages.
Request examples
Environment and dependencies. Each example encodes query values and allows 30 seconds for the request. Check HTTP and JSON status before using data. cURL prints the response for you to check; Java uses Jackson to read the JSON.
SMSPVA_EMAIL_ORDER_ID:orderid.SMSPVA_EMAIL_ALIAS_ID:aliasid.
: "${SMSPVA_API_KEY:?Set SMSPVA_API_KEY}"
: "${SMSPVA_EMAIL_ORDER_ID:?Set SMSPVA_EMAIL_ORDER_ID}"
: "${SMSPVA_EMAIL_ALIAS_ID:?Set SMSPVA_EMAIL_ALIAS_ID}"
curl --get --fail-with-body --max-time 30 "https://smspva.com/api/rent_email.php" \
--data-urlencode "method=buy_alias" \
--data-urlencode "apikey=$SMSPVA_API_KEY" \
--data-urlencode "orderid=$SMSPVA_EMAIL_ORDER_ID" \
--data-urlencode "aliasid=$SMSPVA_EMAIL_ALIAS_ID"Responses
Check the response that matches your request. Example values and dates are illustrative. Optional fields can depend on the outcome or the response format you selected.
HTTP 200
Check status in the JSON even when HTTP is 200. Examples use illustrative values.
application/json
Success (illustrative)
{
"status": 1,
"data": {
"alias": "[email protected]"
}
}Error
{
"status": 0,
"msg": "Incorrect apikey"
}Success
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
status | integer | (enum: [1]) |
data | object | |
data.alias | string | Alias address. |
Required: status, data
Error
Some errors include errorid and errormsg; others contain only msg. Check all available error fields.
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
status | integer | (enum: [0]) |
errorid | integer | Optional structured error code. |
errormsg | string | Optional error description. |
msg | string | Error message. |