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Conversation Resource

A Conversation is a unique message thread that contains Participants and the Messages they have sent.

Do not use Personally Identifiable Information (PII) for the friendlyName field.

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API Base URL

All URLs in the reference documentation use the following base URL:

https://conversations.twilio.com/v1

Using the shortened base URL

Using the REST API, you can interact with Conversation resources in the default Conversation Service instance via a "shortened" URL that does not include the Conversation Service instance SID ("ISXXX..."). If you are only using one Conversation Service (the default), you do not need to include the Conversation Service SID in your URL, e.g.

GET /v1/Conversations

For Conversations applications that build on more than one Conversation Service instance, you will need to specify the Conversation Service SID in the REST API call:

GET /v1/Services/ISxx/Conversations

Conversation properties

Resource Properties in REST API format
account_sid
sid<AC> Not PII

The unique ID of the Account responsible for this conversation.

chat_service_sid
sid<IS> Not PII

The unique ID of the Conversation Service this conversation belongs to.

messaging_service_sid
sid<MG> Not PII

The unique ID of the Messaging Service this conversation belongs to.

sid
sid<CH> Not PII

A 34 character string that uniquely identifies this resource.

friendly_name

The human-readable name of this conversation, limited to 256 characters. Optional.

unique_name

An application-defined string that uniquely identifies the resource. It can be used to address the resource in place of the resource's sid in the URL.

attributes

An optional string metadata field you can use to store any data you wish. The string value must contain structurally valid JSON if specified. Note that if the attributes are not set "{}" will be returned.

state
enum:state Not PII

Current state of this conversation. Can be either active, inactive or closed and defaults to active

date_created
date_time<iso8601> Not PII

The date that this resource was created.

date_updated
date_time<iso8601> Not PII

The date that this resource was last updated.

timers
object Not PII

Timer date values representing state update for this conversation.

url
url Not PII

An absolute API resource URL for this conversation.

links
uri_map Not PII

Contains absolute URLs to access the participants, messages and webhooks of this conversation.

bindings
object Not PII

Create a Conversation resource

post
https://conversations.twilio.com/v1/Conversations
Parameters
Parameters in REST API format
friendly_name
Optional
post string PII MTL: 30 DAYS

The human-readable name of this conversation, limited to 256 characters. Optional.

unique_name
Optional
post string PII MTL: 30 DAYS

An application-defined string that uniquely identifies the resource. It can be used to address the resource in place of the resource's sid in the URL.

date_created
Optional
post date_time<iso8601> Not PII

The date that this resource was created.

date_updated
Optional
post date_time<iso8601> Not PII

The date that this resource was last updated.

messaging_service_sid
Optional
post sid<MG> Not PII

The unique ID of the Messaging Service this conversation belongs to.

attributes
Optional
post string PII MTL: 30 DAYS

An optional string metadata field you can use to store any data you wish. The string value must contain structurally valid JSON if specified. Note that if the attributes are not set "{}" will be returned.

state
Optional
post ienum:state Not PII

Current state of this conversation. Can be either active, inactive or closed and defaults to active

timers.inactive
Optional
post string Not PII

ISO8601 duration when conversation will be switched to inactive state. Minimum value for this timer is 1 minute.

timers.closed
Optional
post string Not PII

ISO8601 duration when conversation will be switched to closed state. Minimum value for this timer is 10 minutes.

x_twilio_webhook_enabled
Header
post ienum:webhook_enabled_type Not PII

The X-Twilio-Webhook-Enabled HTTP request header

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        Create Conversation

        Fetch a Conversation resource

        get
        https://conversations.twilio.com/v1/Conversations/{Sid}

        You can fetch a Conversation by providing your account credentials and the conversation SID (provided when the Conversation is created).

        The most valuable part of the Conversation resource itself is the attributes key, which includes metadata attached to the conversation from the moment of its creation.

        The other relevant parts of a Conversation include its Participants (the entities who are currently conversing) and the Messages they've sent. Both of these are linked directly from the top-level url key.

        Parameters
        Parameters in REST API format
        sid
        Path
        get sid_like<CH> Not PII

        A 34 character string that uniquely identifies this resource. Can also be the unique_name of the Conversation.

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              Fetch Conversation by SID

              Fetch Conversation

              Fetch Conversation by SID

              Read multiple Conversation resources

              get
              https://conversations.twilio.com/v1/Conversations

              Returns a list of conversations sorted by recent message activity.

              Parameters
              Parameters in REST API format
              start_date
              Optional
              get string Not PII

              Start date or time in ISO8601 format for filtering list of Conversations. If a date is provided, the start time of the date is used (YYYY-MM-DDT00:00:00Z). Can be combined with other filters.

              end_date
              Optional
              get string Not PII

              End date or time in ISO8601 format for filtering list of Conversations. If a date is provided, the end time of the date is used (YYYY-MM-DDT23:59:59Z). Can be combined with other filters.

              state
              Optional
              get ienum:state Not PII

              State for sorting and filtering list of Conversations. Can be active, inactive or closed

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                    Read multiple Conversation resources

                    Update Conversation

                    post
                    https://conversations.twilio.com/v1/Conversations/{Sid}

                    The core definition of any Conversation can be modified on the fly. Update a Conversation to attach metadata that you extract on the fly (e.g. "customer-loyalty-status": "gold", or "aml-risk-level": "heightened"), or to correct mistakes manually.

                    Parameters
                    Parameters in REST API format
                    sid
                    Path
                    post sid_like<CH> Not PII

                    A 34 character string that uniquely identifies this resource. Can also be the unique_name of the Conversation.

                    friendly_name
                    Optional
                    post string PII MTL: 30 DAYS

                    The human-readable name of this conversation, limited to 256 characters. Optional.

                    date_created
                    Optional
                    post date_time<iso8601> Not PII

                    The date that this resource was created.

                    date_updated
                    Optional
                    post date_time<iso8601> Not PII

                    The date that this resource was last updated.

                    attributes
                    Optional
                    post string PII MTL: 30 DAYS

                    An optional string metadata field you can use to store any data you wish. The string value must contain structurally valid JSON if specified. Note that if the attributes are not set "{}" will be returned.

                    messaging_service_sid
                    Optional
                    post sid<MG> Not PII

                    The unique ID of the Messaging Service this conversation belongs to.

                    state
                    Optional
                    post ienum:state Not PII

                    Current state of this conversation. Can be either active, inactive or closed and defaults to active

                    timers.inactive
                    Optional
                    post string Not PII

                    ISO8601 duration when conversation will be switched to inactive state. Minimum value for this timer is 1 minute.

                    timers.closed
                    Optional
                    post string Not PII

                    ISO8601 duration when conversation will be switched to closed state. Minimum value for this timer is 10 minutes.

                    unique_name
                    Optional
                    post string PII MTL: 30 DAYS

                    An application-defined string that uniquely identifies the resource. It can be used to address the resource in place of the resource's sid in the URL.

                    x_twilio_webhook_enabled
                    Header
                    post ienum:webhook_enabled_type Not PII

                    The X-Twilio-Webhook-Enabled HTTP request header

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                          Update a Conversation's property

                          Update Conversation

                          Update a Conversation's property

                          Delete a Conversation resource

                          delete
                          https://conversations.twilio.com/v1/Conversations/{Sid}
                          Parameters
                          Parameters in REST API format
                          sid
                          Path
                          delete sid_like<CH> Not PII

                          A 34 character string that uniquely identifies this resource. Can also be the unique_name of the Conversation.

                          x_twilio_webhook_enabled
                          Header
                          delete ienum:webhook_enabled_type Not PII

                          The X-Twilio-Webhook-Enabled HTTP request header

                          Example 1
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                                Delete Conversation

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