TwiML™ SMS: <Redirect>

The <Redirect> verb transfers control of a Message response to the TwiML at a different URL. All verbs after <Redirect> are unreachable and ignored.

Verb Attributes

The <Redirect> verb supports the following attributes that modify its behavior:

Attribute Name	Allowed Values	Default Value
method	GET, POST	POST

method

The 'method' attribute takes the value 'GET' or 'POST'. This tells Twilio whether to request the <Redirect> URL via HTTP GET or POST. 'POST' is the default.

Nouns

The "noun" of a TwiML verb is the stuff nested within the verb that's not a verb itself; it's the stuff the verb acts upon. These are the nouns for <Redirect>:

Noun	TwiML Interpretation
plain text	An absolute or relative URL for a different TwiML document.

Nesting Rules

No verbs can be nested within <Redirect> and <Redirect> can't be nested in any other verbs.

Examples

Example 1: Absolute URL redirect

In this example, we have a <Redirect> verb. <Redirect> makes a request to http://www.foo.com/nextInstructions and transfers control to the TwiML returned from that request.

Absolute URL redirect

SDK Version:

Format:

TwiML

const VoiceResponse = require('twilio').twiml.VoiceResponse;

const response = new VoiceResponse();
response.redirect('http://www.foo.com/nextInstructions');

console.log(response.toString());

using Twilio.TwiML;
using System;


class Example
{
    static void Main()
    {
        var response = new VoiceResponse();
        response.Redirect(new Uri("http://www.foo.com/nextInstructions"));

        Console.WriteLine(response.ToString());;
    }
}

<?php
require_once './vendor/autoload.php';
use Twilio\Twiml;

$response = new Twiml();
$response->redirect('http://www.foo.com/nextInstructions');

echo $response;

require 'twilio-ruby'

response = Twilio::TwiML::VoiceResponse.new
response.redirect('http://www.foo.com/nextInstructions')

puts response

from twilio.twiml.voice_response import Redirect, VoiceResponse

response = VoiceResponse()
response.redirect('http://www.foo.com/nextInstructions')

print(response)

import com.twilio.twiml.voice.Redirect;
import com.twilio.twiml.VoiceResponse;
import com.twilio.twiml.TwiMLException;


public class Example {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Redirect redirect = new Redirect.Builder("http://www.foo.com/nextInstructions")
            .build();
        VoiceResponse response = new VoiceResponse.Builder().redirect(redirect)
            .build();

        try {
            System.out.println(response.toXml());
        } catch (TwiMLException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Response>
    <Redirect>
        http://www.foo.com/nextInstructions
    </Redirect>
</Response>

Absolute URL redirect

Example 2: Relative URL redirect

Redirects flow control to a TwiML at a URL relative to the current URL.

Relative URL redirect

SDK Version:

Format:

TwiML

const VoiceResponse = require('twilio').twiml.VoiceResponse;

const response = new VoiceResponse();
response.redirect('../nextInstructions');

console.log(response.toString());

using Twilio.TwiML;
using System;


class Example
{
    static void Main()
    {
        var response = new VoiceResponse();
        response.Redirect(new Uri("../nextInstructions"));

        Console.WriteLine(response.ToString());;
    }
}

<?php
require_once './vendor/autoload.php';
use Twilio\Twiml;

$response = new Twiml();
$response->redirect('../nextInstructions');

echo $response;

require 'twilio-ruby'

response = Twilio::TwiML::VoiceResponse.new
response.redirect('../nextInstructions')

puts response

from twilio.twiml.voice_response import Redirect, VoiceResponse

response = VoiceResponse()
response.redirect('../nextInstructions')

print(response)

import com.twilio.twiml.voice.Redirect;
import com.twilio.twiml.VoiceResponse;
import com.twilio.twiml.TwiMLException;


public class Example {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Redirect redirect = new Redirect.Builder("../nextInstructions")
            .build();
        VoiceResponse response = new VoiceResponse.Builder().redirect(redirect)
            .build();

        try {
            System.out.println(response.toXml());
        } catch (TwiMLException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Response>
    <Redirect>
        ../nextInstructions
    </Redirect>
</Response>

Relative URL redirect

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using Twilio.TwiML; using System; class Example { static void Main() { var response = new VoiceResponse(); response.Redirect(new Uri("http://www.foo.com/nextInstructions")); Console.WriteLine(response.ToString());; } }

import com.twilio.twiml.voice.Redirect; import com.twilio.twiml.VoiceResponse; import com.twilio.twiml.TwiMLException; public class Example { public static void main(String[] args) { Redirect redirect = new Redirect.Builder("http://www.foo.com/nextInstructions") .build(); VoiceResponse response = new VoiceResponse.Builder().redirect(redirect) .build(); try { System.out.println(response.toXml()); } catch (TwiMLException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } }

using Twilio.TwiML; using System; class Example { static void Main() { var response = new VoiceResponse(); response.Redirect(new Uri("../nextInstructions")); Console.WriteLine(response.ToString());; } }

import com.twilio.twiml.voice.Redirect; import com.twilio.twiml.VoiceResponse; import com.twilio.twiml.TwiMLException; public class Example { public static void main(String[] args) { Redirect redirect = new Redirect.Builder("../nextInstructions") .build(); VoiceResponse response = new VoiceResponse.Builder().redirect(redirect) .build(); try { System.out.println(response.toXml()); } catch (TwiMLException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } }