Guides
Guides: SMS gateway, verification codes and OTP automation
Practical guides to receiving verification codes on numbers you own, and to putting them where you need them: your scripts, your test suite, your browser and your AI agents. Every guide is specific to BusySMS, with real endpoints and working code.
New to BusySMS?
Start with the Android SMS gateway guide: it covers the app, verifying a number and reading your first code. If your number is on an iPhone, read forwarding codes from an iPhone instead.
Android SMS gateway
Turn an Android phone you own into a gateway whose verification codes you read over an API, MCP, the dashboard or Chrome.
Read the guideSMS gateway API
The receive-side API reference: authentication, endpoints, the response shape, errors, and curl, Node.js and Python code.
Read the guideReceive SMS API
Receive codes through an API on numbers you own, and how that differs from "receive SMS online" virtual-number services.
Read the guideForward SMS codes from iPhone
Forward verification codes from an iPhone to your computer, Chrome and API with one Shortcuts automation.
Read the guideAutomate OTP in tests
Automate SMS two-factor codes in Playwright, Selenium, Cypress and plain scripts by waiting for the code over the API.
Read the guideSMS codes for AI agents
Let Claude, Codex or any MCP client wait for SMS verification codes through the BusySMS MCP server.
Read the guideTry it on a number you own
Install the app, verify your number and read your first code today. Every account starts with a 7-day free trial; after that it is $5 per verified number per month, and you can cancel any time.
