I have configured a twilio number. Now I want to send an SMS from rest API to this twilio number. An incoming message to a twilio number. I am very new to twilio. So any help would be appreciated. Thanks
Twilio developer evangelist here.
When you have a Twilio number you can send messages from the Twilio number using the REST API. You would normally receive messages sent to the Twilio number from users using their messaging app on their mobile device.
To understand further I recommend you follow some Twilio tutorials:
Here is a quickstart guide for sending and receiving SMS with Twilio
A guide on sending SMS messages with Twilio
The API's Message resource reference
An overview of TwiML and receiving messages sent to your Twilio number
Hopefully they get you started on a path to understanding.
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Is it possible to somehow configure a custom message in Auth0 for fails in a custom SMS gateway.
My gateway will throw 400 if it fails to send sms (invalid phone number for example).
And the default message doesn't help users. (Unexpected response while calling the SMS gateway)
I see here that it will not read the body but maybe you have any ideas to workaround it.
https://auth0.com/docs/authenticate/passwordless/authentication-methods/use-sms-gateway-passwordless#error-handling
The Twilio Console is confusing me. I can't seem to find a location where I can set the URL that my webhook is at for managing Opt Outs to my SMS campaigns.
I'm using a Messaging Service, and I'm on the Integration page settings of that service. Here's the screenshot:
I want to set it to “Drop the Message” (so I won’t be billed for incoming messages) – but now I want to understand how I can manage my opt-out requests. How/Where can I set which URL webhook they should go to?
Thanks for any help! :)
For Long Codes and Toll Free Numbers, the Opt-in/Opt-out is handled by Twilio.
Twilio support for opt-out keywords (SMS STOP filtering)
Or if you enabled Advanced Opt-out
Getting Started with Advanced Opt-Out for Messaging Services
Please help me and suggest me some sms gateways that provide two way sms in Nigeria.
I have created a web application. I need to send and receive sms through this application and maintain a log about the same in my db.
Thanks
You can use Twilio as SMS Gateway.
URL: https://www.twilio.com/sms, https://www.twilio.com/sms/pricing/ng
I use the twilio api to send/receive sms messages and http requests, given a free account, a paid twilio number, and paying something like 0.075 cents per message.
I'm wondering: what kind of technology is twilio built on?
At minimum I'm curious:
1. How are they registering their phone numbers?
2. How do they convert between the sms protocol and the http protocol
3. Where can I read more about this?
Thanks 😄
Twilio uses Amazon Web Services to host telephony infrastructure and provide connectivity between HTTP and the public switched telephone network (PSTN) through its APIs.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilio#Technology
I'm using twilio with the test credentials and I send a simple sms from the test number +15005550006 to my twilio number. When I execute it I get an sid. On my twilio number I have set up a request url to receive the twiml request but it never gets hit. I'm able to access that url from the internet (not localhost) myself but never when sending a test sms.
Since I am using test credentials, is twilio sending a request to my url? And is there a way to see from the twilio report/alert to see if it is actually trying to connect to that url?
Twilio developer evangelist here.
The test credentials won't deliver any SMS messages. Think of it as having the ability to exercise any requests, but not actually making them for real. Test credentials are useful for developing if you're concerned about making API requests.
To get the messages delivered you will need to use you real credentials.
Let me know if you have any questions.