Using Twilio with Classic ASP and VBScript

Using Twilio with Classic ASP and VBScript

Placing a Call via the REST API with Classic ASP

Let’s start off with an example for placing a call via the REST API. Initiating a call requires making a simple POST request. Let’s take a look at the code to make that happen.

<%
' replace with your account's settings
' available in the Dashboard
accountSid = "ACxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
authToken = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"

' setup the URL
baseUrl = "https://api.twilio.com"
callUrl = baseUrl & "/2008-08-01/Accounts/" & accountSid & "/Calls"

' setup the request and authorization
Set http = Server.CreateObject("MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP")
http.open "POST", callUrl, False, accountSid, authToken
http.setRequestHeader "Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"

' call parameters
caller = "your-number-here" ' the number to call from
called = "recipient-number-here" ' the number to dial
url = "call-handler-url-here" ' URL handler for the call, should return TwiML

postData = "Caller=" & Server.URLEncode(caller)
postData = postData & "&Called=" & Server.URLEncode(called)
postData = postData & "&Url=" & Server.URLEncode(url) 

' send the POST data
http.send postData

' optionally write out the response if you need to check if it worked
' Response.Write http.responseText

' clean up
Set http = Nothing
%>

Sending an SMS text message via the REST API

Sending an SMS is straightforward as well:

<%
' replace with your account's settings
' available in the Dashboard
accountSid = "ACxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
authToken = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
' setup the URL
baseUrl = "https://api.twilio.com"
smsUrl = baseUrl & "/2008-08-01/Accounts/" & accountSid & "/SMS/Messages"
' setup the request and authorization
Set http = Server.CreateObject("MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP")
http.open "POST", smsUrl, False, accountSid, authToken
http.setRequestHeader "Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
' message parameters
from = "your-number-here" ' the number to send the message from
recipient = "recipient-number-here" ' the number to send the message to
body = "Sending SMS is easy with Twilio!" ' message contents
postData = "From=" & Server.URLEncode(from)
postData = postData & "&To=" & Server.URLEncode(recipient)
postData = postData & "&Body=" & Server.URLEncode(body) 
' send the POST data
http.send postData
' optionally write out the response if you need to check if it worked
' Response.Write http.responseText
' clean up
Set http = Nothing
%>

There you have it! If you have any questions about these examples, head on over to our forums or send us an email at help@twilio.com and we’ll be glad to help!