How to Connect an SMM Panel API (Add, Status, Refill)

By Vivek, operator of EthicalSMM. Written 28 August 2026 from the live catalogue — service IDs and rates below were on the panel that day.

YouTube’s own suggest list for “smm panel api” is smm panel api connect. People already have a panel. They need the key, the endpoint, and which actions exist. This is that wiring guide for EthicalSMM API v2. It is the same shape most reseller panels use, so a client that talks to us will talk to others with a URL and key swap.

Where the key lives

Sign in → API page. The key is a secret. Do not paste it in a YouTube comment, a Discord screenshot, or a GitHub issue. Rotate it if it leaks. We never ask for your Instagram or TikTok password; we only need the panel key on your server.

Endpoint: https://ethicalsmm.com/api/v2 (POST). Docs: ethicalsmm.com/api. Open-source client: github.com/iamferror/ethicalsmm-api.

Pull the catalogue first

action=services returns the live list: ID, name, category, rate, min, max. Cache it. Do not hard-code IDs from a blog post — IDs stay, rates move. The Instagram snapshot in our other posts is a date, not an SDK constant.

Place an order

action=add with service, link, quantity. Optional drip-feed fields if that service allows them. The response is an order ID. Store it. That ID is what support needs — not “the Instagram one from yesterday.”

Poll status, then refill

action=status with the order ID. Expect pending, in progress, completed, partial, canceled. Partial usually credits leftover quantity back to the panel wallet.

action=refill only works on rows that offered a refill window, and only inside that window, and only if the count actually dropped. Calling refill on a cheap burst SKU does nothing useful.

action=balance before you fire a batch. Empty wallet + a loop is how people think the API is “down.”

What not to build

Do not retry add on a timeout without checking whether the order was created — you will double-send. Do not expose the key in browser JavaScript. Do not hit the API from a Chrome extension your customers install. Server-side only.

Longer reference: SMM panel API guide. Child panels if you want a branded front: start an SMM reseller business.