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Credentials Resource

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This is reference documentation for the v1 REST API, which has been deprecated. You should use the current v2 REST API.

The Credential resource represents one credential record for a particular push notifications channel, either Apple Push Notification service (APNS)(link takes you to an external page) or Google Cloud Messaging (GCM)(link takes you to an external page). Credentials are different per push vendor and are issued by the vendors themselves. This resource allows you to send Twilio credentials that should be used for push notifications.

Twilio Console

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You can manage the Credentials for use with Programmable Chat using your Twilio console when logged in to the console.

Properties

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Each credential resource has these properties:

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescriptionChild properties
sidSID<CR>

Optional

Not PII

The unique string that we created to identify the Credential resource.

Pattern: ^CR[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34
accountSidSID<AC>

Optional

Not PII

The SID of the Account that created the Credential resource.

Pattern: ^AC[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34
friendlyNamestring

Optional

PII MTL: 30 days

The string that you assigned to describe the resource.

typeenum<string>

Optional

Not PII

The type of push-notification service the credential is for. Can be: gcm, fcm, or apn.

Possible values:
gcmapnfcm
sandboxstring

Optional

Not PII

[APN only] Whether to send the credential to sandbox APNs. Can be true to send to sandbox APNs or false to send to production.

dateCreatedstring<date-time>

Optional

Not PII

The date and time in GMT when the resource was created specified in RFC 2822(link takes you to an external page) format.

dateUpdatedstring<date-time>

Optional

Not PII

The date and time in GMT when the resource was last updated specified in RFC 2822(link takes you to an external page) format.

urlstring<uri>

Optional

Not PII

The absolute URL of the Credential resource.

List All Credentials

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GET /Credentials
List all CredentialsLink to code sample: List all Credentials
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// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install

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const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";

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// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console

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// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure

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const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;

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const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;

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const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);

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async function listCredential() {

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  const credentials = await client.chat.v1.credentials.list({ limit: 20 });

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  credentials.forEach((c) => console.log(c.sid));

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}

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listCredential();

Response

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{

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  "credentials": [

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    {

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      "sid": "CRaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",

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      "account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",

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      "friendly_name": "Test slow create",

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      "type": "apn",

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      "sandbox": "False",

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      "date_created": "2015-10-07T17:50:01Z",

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      "date_updated": "2015-10-07T17:50:01Z",

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      "url": "https://chat.twilio.com/v1/Credentials/CRaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"

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    }

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  ],

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  "meta": {

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    "page": 0,

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    "page_size": 50,

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    "first_page_url": "https://chat.twilio.com/v1/Credentials?PageSize=50&Page=0",

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    "previous_page_url": null,

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    "url": "https://chat.twilio.com/v1/Credentials?PageSize=50&Page=0",

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    "next_page_url": null,

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    "key": "credentials"

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  }

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}

Create a Credential

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POST /Credentials

Request body parameters

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Encoding type:application/x-www-form-urlencoded
SchemaExample
Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescriptionChild properties
typeenum<string>
required
Not PII

The type of push-notification service the credential is for. Can be: gcm, fcm, or apn.

Possible values:
gcmapnfcm
friendlyNamestring

Optional

PII MTL: 30 days

A descriptive string that you create to describe the new resource. It can be up to 64 characters long.

certificatestring

Optional

Not PII

[APN only] The URL encoded representation of the certificate. For example, -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- MIIFnTCCBIWgAwIBAgIIAjy9H849+E8wDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEFBQAwgZYxCzAJBgNV.....A== -----END CERTIFICATE-----

privateKeystring

Optional

Not PII

[APN only] The URL encoded representation of the private key. For example, -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----- MIIEpQIBAAKCAQEAuyf/lNrH9ck8DmNyo3fGgvCI1l9s+cmBY3WIz+cUDqmxiieR. -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----

sandboxboolean

Optional

Not PII

[APN only] Whether to send the credential to sandbox APNs. Can be true to send to sandbox APNs or false to send to production.

apiKeystring

Optional

Not PII

[GCM only] The API key for the project that was obtained from the Google Developer console for your GCM Service application credential.

secretstring

Optional

Not PII

[FCM only] The Server key of your project from the Firebase console, found under Settings / Cloud messaging.

Create a CredentialLink to code sample: Create a Credential
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// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install

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const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";

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// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console

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// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure

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const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;

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const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;

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const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);

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async function createCredential() {

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  const credential = await client.chat.v1.credentials.create({

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    apiKey: "apiKey",

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    friendlyName: "Friendly Name",

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    type: "gcm",

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  });

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  console.log(credential.sid);

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}

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createCredential();

Response

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{

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  "sid": "CRaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",

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  "account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",

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  "friendly_name": "Friendly Name",

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  "type": "gcm",

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  "sandbox": "False",

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  "date_created": "2015-10-07T17:50:01Z",

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  "date_updated": "2015-10-07T17:50:01Z",

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  "url": "https://chat.twilio.com/v1/Credentials/CRaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"

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}

Retrieve a Credential

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GET /Credentials/{Credential SID}

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Retrieve a CredentialLink to code sample: Retrieve a Credential
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// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install

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const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";

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// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console

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// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure

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const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;

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const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;

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const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);

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async function fetchCredential() {

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  const credential = await client.chat.v1

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    .credentials("CRXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX")

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    .fetch();

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  console.log(credential.sid);

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}

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fetchCredential();

Response

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{

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  "sid": "CRXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",

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  "account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",

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  "friendly_name": "Test slow create",

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  "type": "apn",

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  "sandbox": "False",

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  "date_created": "2015-10-07T17:50:01Z",

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  "date_updated": "2015-10-07T17:50:01Z",

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  "url": "https://chat.twilio.com/v1/Credentials/CRaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"

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}

Update a Credential

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POST /Credentials/{Credential SID}

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Path parameters

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Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription
sidSID<CR>
required
Not PII

The Twilio-provided string that uniquely identifies the Credential resource to update.

Pattern: ^CR[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

Request body parameters

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Encoding type:application/x-www-form-urlencoded
SchemaExample
Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescriptionChild properties
friendlyNamestring

Optional

PII MTL: 30 days

A descriptive string that you create to describe the resource. It can be up to 64 characters long.

certificatestring

Optional

Not PII

[APN only] The URL encoded representation of the certificate. For example, -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- MIIFnTCCBIWgAwIBAgIIAjy9H849+E8wDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEFBQAwgZYxCzAJBgNV.....A== -----END CERTIFICATE-----

privateKeystring

Optional

Not PII

[APN only] The URL encoded representation of the private key. For example, -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----- MIIEpQIBAAKCAQEAuyf/lNrH9ck8DmNyo3fGgvCI1l9s+cmBY3WIz+cUDqmxiieR. -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----

sandboxboolean

Optional

Not PII

[APN only] Whether to send the credential to sandbox APNs. Can be true to send to sandbox APNs or false to send to production.

apiKeystring

Optional

Not PII

[GCM only] The API key for the project that was obtained from the Google Developer console for your GCM Service application credential.

secretstring

Optional

Not PII

[FCM only] The Server key of your project from the Firebase console, found under Settings / Cloud messaging.

Update a CredentialLink to code sample: Update a Credential
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// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install

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const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";

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// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console

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// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure

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const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;

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const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;

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const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);

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async function updateCredential() {

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  const credential = await client.chat.v1

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    .credentials("CRXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX")

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    .update({

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      apiKey: "xxxxxx",

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      friendlyName: "MyCredential",

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    });

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  console.log(credential.sid);

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}

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updateCredential();

Response

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{

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  "sid": "CRXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",

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  "account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",

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  "friendly_name": "MyCredential",

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  "type": "apn",

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  "sandbox": "False",

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  "date_created": "2015-10-07T17:50:01Z",

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  "date_updated": "2015-10-07T17:50:01Z",

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  "url": "https://chat.twilio.com/v1/Credentials/CRaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"

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}

Delete a Credential

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DELETE /Credentials/{Credential SID}

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Delete a CredentialLink to code sample: Delete a Credential
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// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install

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const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";

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// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console

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// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure

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const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;

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const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;

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const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);

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async function deleteCredential() {

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  await client.chat.v1

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    .credentials("CRXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX")

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    .remove();

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}

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deleteCredential();