Most SMS APIs hide routing — I don’t

Most SMS providers hide routing. You send a message, and something happens behind the scenes. You don’t know: which route is used why delivery changes how pricing is applied That works for simple use cases. It doesn't if you're building systems. Most platforms make routing decisions for you. In my case, I push that decision back to the developer. You decide which route is used, not the platform. What that looks like from bridgexapi import BridgeXAPI client = BridgeXAPI(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY") client.send_sms( route_id=3, caller_id="BRIDGEXAPI", numbers=["31651860670"], message="Your verification code is 4839" ) route_id is not just a parameter. It represents: a delivery path a pricing profile a reliability profile Why this matters If you're building: OTP systems alert pipelines bulk messaging you need to control trade-offs. Speed vs cost. Reliability vs reach. Most APIs remove that control. I don’t think they should. What I'm building BridgeXAPI is a messaging layer where: routing is e