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Test User

Test Users are the contact addresses (e.g. phone numbers, Chat identities) who can test the latest drafts of a Flow even if they aren't yet published.

Update the Test User resource of a Flow to allow the contacts that need to perform tests of unpublished drafts.

TestUser Properties

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Property nameTypeRequiredDescriptionChild properties
sidSID<FW>

Optional

Not PII

Unique identifier of the flow.

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

Optional

Not PII

List of test user identities that can test draft versions of the flow.

urlstring<uri>

Optional

Not PII

The URL of this resource.

Fetch a TestUser resource

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GET https://studio.twilio.com/v2/Flows/{Sid}/TestUsers

Path parameters

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Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription
sidSID<FW>
required
Not PII

Unique identifier of the flow.

Pattern: ^FW[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34
Fetch Test UsersLink to code sample: Fetch Test Users
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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 fetchTestUser() {

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  const testUser = await client.studio.v2

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    .flows("FWXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX")

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    .testUsers()

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    .fetch();

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  console.log(testUser.sid);

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}

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fetchTestUser();

Response

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{

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  "sid": "FWXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",

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  "test_users": [

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    "user1",

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    "user2"

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  ],

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  "url": "https://studio.twilio.com/v2/Flows/FWaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/TestUsers"

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}

Update a TestUser resource

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POST https://studio.twilio.com/v2/Flows/{Sid}/TestUsers

Each Test User identity can be up to 300 bytes.

Path parameters

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Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription
sidSID<FW>
required
Not PII

Unique identifier of the flow.

Pattern: ^FW[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 nameTypeRequiredDescriptionChild properties
testUsersarray[string]
required
Not PII

List of test user identities that can test draft versions of the flow.

Update Test UsersLink to code sample: Update Test Users
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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 updateTestUser() {

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  const testUser = await client.studio.v2

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    .flows("FWXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX")

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    .testUsers()

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    .update({ testUsers: ["+14155551212", "+14155551213"] });

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  console.log(testUser.sid);

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}

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updateTestUser();

Response

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{

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  "sid": "FWXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",

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  "test_users": [

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    "user1",

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    "user2"

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  ],

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  "url": "https://studio.twilio.com/v2/Flows/FWaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/TestUsers"

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}