Use Cases

How to build: Account Notifications

Add custom SMS notifications for customers based on certain events.

Adding Account Notifications to your existing software is simple and uses programming languages you already know.

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Create custom notifications based on pre-defined events.

Step 1
Create an event
To initiate an account notification, first write a program to identify events where you want to notify customers with an SMS.

Step 2
Create SMS message
For every event status or change, create an SMS message body (ex “Hi [Name]! Your payment of $xx has been received.”). Then, add the phone number to eachSMS message body to be sent FROM and TO.

Step 3
Post SMS to Twilio's API
Using the helper library for your programming language, POST the information from Step 2 to Twilio’s API.

Step 4
Confirm SMS status
Use Twilio’s SMS Dashboard to confirm message delivery status or identify any errors.

Diagram showing how a message body moves from an app server to a customer through a central intermediary service.

Want to learn more?

SMS notifications docs

Check out the docs to learn how to setup automated account notifications for your existing workflows.

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Getting started with SMS docs

Read the docs to learn how to send, track, receive, and reply to SMS messages with Twilio.

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Notifications Quickstart

Learn how to add additional notification channels to your applications.

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