> For clean Markdown of any page, append .md to the page URL. > For a complete documentation index, see https://docs.getdial.ai/llms.txt. > For AI client integration (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.), connect to the MCP server at https://docs.getdial.ai/_mcp/server. # Set a typing indicator POST https://api.getdial.ai/api/v1/typing Content-Type: application/json Starts or stops a typing indicator shown to the recipient, as if someone were composing a message from your number. **iMessage numbers show it; standard (SMS) numbers ignore it.** SMS has no typing concept, so for a standard from-number the request succeeds and does nothing — the response is identical either way, letting you call this unconditionally before a send. The indicator is fire-and-forget: nothing is persisted and no event is emitted. Delivering a message or reaction from the same number **clears the indicator natively** on the recipient's device — platform behavior, not Dial's; start again after a send if you're still composing. Dial itself never clears it: send `value: false` when you stop composing without sending. (A stale indicator may also clear on its own device-side.) Free of charge. Reference: https://docs.getdial.ai/api-reference/rest-api/messages/send-typing ## OpenAPI Specification ```yaml openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: rest version: 1.0.0 paths: /api/v1/typing: post: operationId: send-typing summary: Set a typing indicator description: > Starts or stops a typing indicator shown to the recipient, as if someone were composing a message from your number. **iMessage numbers show it; standard (SMS) numbers ignore it.** SMS has no typing concept, so for a standard from-number the request succeeds and does nothing — the response is identical either way, letting you call this unconditionally before a send. The indicator is fire-and-forget: nothing is persisted and no event is emitted. Delivering a message or reaction from the same number **clears the indicator natively** on the recipient's device — platform behavior, not Dial's; start again after a send if you're still composing. Dial itself never clears it: send `value: false` when you stop composing without sending. (A stale indicator may also clear on its own device-side.) Free of charge. tags: - messages parameters: - name: Authorization in: header description: 'Your Dial API key, sent as `Authorization: Bearer sk_live_...`' required: true schema: type: string responses: '200': description: >- Indicator set (or silently ignored for a from-number without typing support). content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Messages_sendTyping_Response_200' '400': description: The request body failed validation. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' '401': description: Missing or invalid API key. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' '404': description: The requested resource was not found on this account. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' requestBody: content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: toNumber: type: string description: Recipient phone number in E.164 format. value: type: boolean description: '`true` shows the typing indicator; `false` clears it.' fromNumber: type: string description: >- The Dial number the indicator appears from, referenced flexibly: a phone-number ID, one of your numbers in E.164 format, or a number's nickname. A nickname shared by more than one of your numbers is rejected with `400`; a ref that matches none of your numbers returns `404`. required: - toNumber - value - fromNumber servers: - url: https://api.getdial.ai description: Dial REST API components: schemas: Messages_sendTyping_Response_200: type: object properties: ok: type: boolean title: Messages_sendTyping_Response_200 ErrorError: oneOf: - type: string - type: object additionalProperties: description: Any type description: An error message, or a validation-error object for 400 responses. title: ErrorError Error: type: object properties: error: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorError' description: An error message, or a validation-error object for 400 responses. title: Error securitySchemes: bearerAuth: type: http scheme: bearer description: 'Your Dial API key, sent as `Authorization: Bearer sk_live_...`' ``` ## Examples **Request** ```json { "toNumber": "+14155551234", "value": true, "fromNumber": "+14155559876" } ``` **Response** ```json { "ok": true } ``` **SDK Code** ```python import requests url = "https://api.getdial.ai/api/v1/typing" payload = { "toNumber": "+14155551234", "value": True, "fromNumber": "+14155559876" } headers = { "Authorization": "Bearer ", "Content-Type": "application/json" } response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers) print(response.json()) ``` ```javascript const url = 'https://api.getdial.ai/api/v1/typing'; const options = { method: 'POST', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer ', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'}, body: '{"toNumber":"+14155551234","value":true,"fromNumber":"+14155559876"}' }; try { const response = await fetch(url, options); const data = await response.json(); console.log(data); } catch (error) { console.error(error); } ``` ```go package main import ( "fmt" "strings" "net/http" "io" ) func main() { url := "https://api.getdial.ai/api/v1/typing" payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"toNumber\": \"+14155551234\",\n \"value\": true,\n \"fromNumber\": \"+14155559876\"\n}") req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload) req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer ") req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json") res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req) defer res.Body.Close() body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body) fmt.Println(res) fmt.Println(string(body)) } ``` ```ruby require 'uri' require 'net/http' url = URI("https://api.getdial.ai/api/v1/typing") http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port) http.use_ssl = true request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url) request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer ' request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json' request.body = "{\n \"toNumber\": \"+14155551234\",\n \"value\": true,\n \"fromNumber\": \"+14155559876\"\n}" response = http.request(request) puts response.read_body ``` ```java import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse; import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest; HttpResponse response = Unirest.post("https://api.getdial.ai/api/v1/typing") .header("Authorization", "Bearer ") .header("Content-Type", "application/json") .body("{\n \"toNumber\": \"+14155551234\",\n \"value\": true,\n \"fromNumber\": \"+14155559876\"\n}") .asString(); ``` ```php request('POST', 'https://api.getdial.ai/api/v1/typing', [ 'body' => '{ "toNumber": "+14155551234", "value": true, "fromNumber": "+14155559876" }', 'headers' => [ 'Authorization' => 'Bearer ', 'Content-Type' => 'application/json', ], ]); echo $response->getBody(); ``` ```csharp using RestSharp; var client = new RestClient("https://api.getdial.ai/api/v1/typing"); var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST); request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer "); request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json"); request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n \"toNumber\": \"+14155551234\",\n \"value\": true,\n \"fromNumber\": \"+14155559876\"\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody); IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request); ``` ```swift import Foundation let headers = [ "Authorization": "Bearer ", "Content-Type": "application/json" ] let parameters = [ "toNumber": "+14155551234", "value": true, "fromNumber": "+14155559876" ] as [String : Any] let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: []) let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.getdial.ai/api/v1/typing")! as URL, cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy, timeoutInterval: 10.0) request.httpMethod = "POST" request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers request.httpBody = postData as Data let session = URLSession.shared let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in if (error != nil) { print(error as Any) } else { let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse print(httpResponse) } }) dataTask.resume() ```