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Subscription Resource

You can use the Subscriptions API to subscribe to specific Twilio events and versions, and manage your subscriptions.

With the Subscriptions API you can:

Create new Subscriptions.
Fetch a specific Subscription.
Fetch a list of Subscriptions.
Update a Subscription.
Delete a Subscription.

A subscription is comprised of a set of pairs of Event Types and Schema versions that can be modified using the SubscribedEvents API.

Subscription Properties

Property nameTypePIIDescription

account_sidSID<AC>

Not PII

The unique SID identifier of the Account.

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

sidSID<DF>

Not PII

A 34 character string that uniquely identifies this Subscription.

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

date_createdstring<date-time>

Not PII

The date that this Subscription was created, given in ISO 8601 format.

date_updatedstring<date-time>

Not PII

The date that this Subscription was updated, given in ISO 8601 format.

descriptionstring

Not PII

A human readable description for the Subscription

sink_sidSID<DG>

Not PII

The SID of the sink that events selected by this subscription should be sent to. Sink must be active for the subscription to be created.

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

urlstring<uri>

Not PII

The URL of this resource.

linksobject<uri-map>

Not PII

Contains a dictionary of URL links to nested resources of this Subscription.

Create a Subscription

POST https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions

Make a new Subscription.

Request body parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

Descriptionstringrequired

Not PII

A human readable description for the Subscription This value should not contain PII.

SinkSidSID<DG>required

Not PII

The SID of the sink that events selected by this subscription should be sent to. Sink must be active for the subscription to be created.

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

Typesarrayrequired

Not PII

An array of objects containing the subscribed Event Types

Create a new Subscription

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twilio-cli

curl


_28// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
_28const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";
_28
_28// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
_28// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
_28const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
_28const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
_28const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);
_28
_28async function createSubscription() {
_28  const subscription = await client.events.v1.subscriptions.create({
_28    description: '"A subscription"',
_28    sinkSid: "DGaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
_28    types: [
_28      {
_28        type: "com.twilio.messaging.message.delivered",
_28      },
_28      {
_28        type: "com.twilio.messaging.message.sent",
_28        schema_version: 2,
_28      },
_28    ],
_28  });
_28
_28  console.log(subscription.accountSid);
_28}
_28
_28createSubscription();

Output


_12{
_12  "account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
_12  "date_created": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z",
_12  "date_updated": "2015-07-30T20:01:33Z",
_12  "sid": "DFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
_12  "sink_sid": "DGaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
_12  "description": "\"A subscription\"",
_12  "url": "https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions/DFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
_12  "links": {
_12    "subscribed_events": "https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions/DFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/SubscribedEvents"
_12  }
_12}

Fetch a Subscription

GET https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions/{Sid}

Retrieve a specific Subscription using its Subscription ID.

Path parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

SidSID<DF>required

Not PII

A 34 character string that uniquely identifies this Subscription.

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

Fetch Subscription

Node.js

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twilio-cli

curl


_18// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
_18const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";
_18
_18// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
_18// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
_18const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
_18const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
_18const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);
_18
_18async function fetchSubscription() {
_18  const subscription = await client.events.v1
_18    .subscriptions("DFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")
_18    .fetch();
_18
_18  console.log(subscription.accountSid);
_18}
_18
_18fetchSubscription();

Output


_12{
_12  "account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
_12  "date_created": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z",
_12  "date_updated": "2015-07-30T20:01:33Z",
_12  "sid": "DFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
_12  "sink_sid": "DGaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
_12  "description": "A subscription",
_12  "url": "https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions/DFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
_12  "links": {
_12    "subscribed_events": "https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions/DFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/SubscribedEvents"
_12  }
_12}

Get all Subscriptions

GET https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions

Retrieve information on all created subscriptions

Query parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

SinkSidSID<DG>Optional

Not PII

The SID of the sink that the list of Subscriptions should be filtered by.

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

PageSizeintegerOptional

Not PII

How many resources to return in each list page. The default is 50, and the maximum is 1000.

Minimum: 1Maximum: 1000

PageintegerOptional

Not PII

The page index. This value is simply for client state.

Minimum: 0

PageTokenstringOptional

Not PII

The page token. This is provided by the API.

Read Subscriptions

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twilio-cli

curl


_18// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
_18const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";
_18
_18// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
_18// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
_18const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
_18const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
_18const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);
_18
_18async function listSubscription() {
_18  const subscriptions = await client.events.v1.subscriptions.list({
_18    limit: 20,
_18  });
_18
_18  subscriptions.forEach((s) => console.log(s.accountSid));
_18}
_18
_18listSubscription();

Output


_37{
_37  "subscriptions": [
_37    {
_37      "account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
_37      "date_created": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z",
_37      "date_updated": "2015-07-30T20:01:33Z",
_37      "sid": "DFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
_37      "sink_sid": "DGaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
_37      "description": "A subscription",
_37      "url": "https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions/DFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
_37      "links": {
_37        "subscribed_events": "https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions/DFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/SubscribedEvents"
_37      }
_37    },
_37    {
_37      "account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
_37      "date_created": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z",
_37      "date_updated": "2015-07-30T20:01:33Z",
_37      "sid": "DFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaab",
_37      "sink_sid": "DGaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
_37      "description": "Another subscription",
_37      "url": "https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions/DFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaab",
_37      "links": {
_37        "subscribed_events": "https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions/DFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaab/SubscribedEvents"
_37      }
_37    }
_37  ],
_37  "meta": {
_37    "page": 0,
_37    "page_size": 20,
_37    "first_page_url": "https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions?PageSize=20&Page=0",
_37    "previous_page_url": null,
_37    "url": "https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions?PageSize=20&Page=0",
_37    "next_page_url": null,
_37    "key": "subscriptions"
_37  }
_37}

Update a Subscription

POST https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions/{Sid}

Modify an existing Subscription identified by its Subscription ID.

Path parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

SidSID<DF>required

Not PII

A 34 character string that uniquely identifies this Subscription.

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

Request body parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

DescriptionstringOptional

Not PII

A human readable description for the Subscription.

SinkSidSID<DG>Optional

Not PII

The SID of the sink that events selected by this subscription should be sent to. Sink must be active for the subscription to be created.

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

Change subscription description

Node.js

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twilio-cli

curl


_18// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
_18const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";
_18
_18// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
_18// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
_18const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
_18const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
_18const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);
_18
_18async function updateSubscription() {
_18  const subscription = await client.events.v1
_18    .subscriptions("DFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")
_18    .update({ description: '"Updated description"' });
_18
_18  console.log(subscription.accountSid);
_18}
_18
_18updateSubscription();

Output


_12{
_12  "account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
_12  "date_created": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z",
_12  "date_updated": "2020-07-30T20:01:33Z",
_12  "sid": "DFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
_12  "sink_sid": "DGaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaab",
_12  "description": "\"Updated description\"",
_12  "url": "https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions/DFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
_12  "links": {
_12    "subscribed_events": "https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions/DFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/SubscribedEvents"
_12  }
_12}

Delete a Subscription

DELETE https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions/{Sid}

Remove a Subscription identified by its Subscription ID.

Path parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

SidSID<DF>required

Not PII

A 34 character string that uniquely identifies this Subscription.

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

Delete Subscription

Node.js

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twilio-cli

curl


_16// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
_16const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";
_16
_16// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
_16// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
_16const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
_16const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
_16const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);
_16
_16async function deleteSubscription() {
_16  await client.events.v1
_16    .subscriptions("DFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")
_16    .remove();
_16}
_16
_16deleteSubscription();