Monthly Archives: November 2008

Sending a Message via Phone from your Web Application

Twilio makes sending audio messages from your application to a telephone easy. Let’s go through a simple example of how to initiate a call to a phone number and play a message when the call is answered First, we will … Continue reading

Posted by twilio on November 26, 2008 Tagged , , ,

First Five Live Contest

It’s only been three days since we launched, and we’ve already heard of some great applications in the works out there.  So today we’re announcing the “First Five Live” contest… it’s very simple: The first five developers to email help@twilio.com … Continue reading

Posted by twilio on November 24, 2008 Tagged ,

Making a call using ColdFusion and the Twilio REST API

Several people have asked for an example for initiating a call using ColdFusion and the Twilio REST API. Here you go! Replace the parameters in the cfset statements, of course.  <!— Start a call from coldfusion —> <!— enter your … Continue reading

Posted by twilio on November 23, 2008 Tagged , ,

Simple informational line using Twilio

One of the very simplest things to do with Twilio is to provide simple static audio messages to callers. You could use this for things like a Dial-a-song, or business hours, or daily work site instructions. All you need is … Continue reading

Posted by twilio on November 20, 2008 Tagged ,

Welcome to the Twilio Blog

Welcome to Twilio’s blog! Everyone likes blogs. What are we going to talk about here? Almost certainly us, our products and features, advice and tutorials, service announcements, and musings on the relevant topics of the day. We’ll do our best … Continue reading

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How Did Twilio RickRoll TechCrunch?

Our simple API lets you build voice applications using basic web development skills. The Rick Roller was something we built for kicks using Twilio and PHP. You can learn all about it and some more, shall we say, productive uses … Continue reading

Posted by twilio on November 18, 2008 Tagged , ,