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Integrate a multichannel API to send and receive transactional SMS, MMS, and WhatsApp messages.

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Software for transactional messaging at any scale
Send alerts and notifications, promotions, and marketing messages on your customers’ favorite channels with one API. The Programmable Messaging API includes software for managing phone numbers, deliverability, compliance, replies, and more.
Use cases
Reliable, global business
messaging for any use case
Appointment reminders
Reduce no-shows by reminding customers of upcoming appointments to either confirm or reschedule over their preferred channels.
Lifecycle marketing
Increase customer conversion and retention with marketing messages sent over their preferred channels.
Account notifications
Keep customers updated on time-sensitive information with relevant, personalized account notifications.
Delivery notifications
Update customers on their delivery progress and offer two-way, self-service notifications.
Emergency alerts
Quickly send warning alerts, public safety advisories, event cancellations, and more to message recipients’ preferred channels.
Verifications and one-time passcodes
Verify users’ phone number at sign up or login to prevent bots, ensure customer trust, and guarantee accurate deliverability.
Channels
Send and receive transactional messages
on the most popular channels
Developer resources
- Node.js
- C#
- PHP
- Ruby
- Python
- Java
- curl
- twilio-cli
//Downloadthehelperlibraryfromhttps://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install//FindyourAccountSIDandAuthTokenattwilio.com/console//andsettheenvironmentvariables.Seehttp://twil.io/secureconstaccountSid=process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;constauthToken=process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;constclient=require('twilio')(accountSid,authToken);client.messages.create({body:'Hi there',from:'+15017122661',to:'+15558675310'}).then(message=>console.log(message.sid));
// Install the C# / .NET helper library from twilio.com/docs/csharp/installusingSystem;usingTwilio;usingTwilio.Rest.Api.V2010.Account;classProgram{staticvoidMain(string[]args){// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/securestringaccountSid=Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID");stringauthToken=Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN");TwilioClient.Init(accountSid,authToken);varmessage=MessageResource.Create(body:"Hi there",from:newTwilio.Types.PhoneNumber("+15017122661"),to:newTwilio.Types.PhoneNumber("+15558675310"));Console.WriteLine(message.Sid);}}
<?php// Update the path below to your autoload.php,// see https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.mdrequire_once'/path/to/vendor/autoload.php';useTwilio\Rest\Client;// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure$sid=getenv("TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID");$token=getenv("TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN");$twilio=newClient($sid,$token);$message=$twilio->messages->create("+15558675310",// to["body"=>"Hi there","from"=>"+15017122661"]);print($message->sid);
# Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/ruby/installrequire'rubygems'require'twilio-ruby'# Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console# and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secureaccount_sid=ENV['TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID']auth_token=ENV['TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN']@client=Twilio::REST::Client.new(account_sid,auth_token)message=@client.messages.create(body:'Hi there',from:'+15017122661',to:'+15558675310')putsmessage.sid
# Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/python/installimportosfromtwilio.restimportClient# Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console# and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secureaccount_sid=os.environ['TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID']auth_token=os.environ['TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN']client=Client(account_sid,auth_token)message=client.messages.create(body='Hi there',from_='+15017122661',to='+15558675310')print(message.sid)
// Install the Java helper library from twilio.com/docs/java/installimportcom.twilio.Twilio;importcom.twilio.rest.api.v2010.account.Message;importcom.twilio.type.PhoneNumber;publicclassExample{// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/securepublicstaticfinalStringACCOUNT_SID=System.getenv("TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID");publicstaticfinalStringAUTH_TOKEN=System.getenv("TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN");publicstaticvoidmain(String[]args){Twilio.init(ACCOUNT_SID,AUTH_TOKEN);Messagemessage=Message.creator(newcom.twilio.type.PhoneNumber("+15558675310"),newcom.twilio.type.PhoneNumber("+15017122661"),"Hi there").create();System.out.println(message.getSid());}}
curl -X POST https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/$TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID/Messages.json \--data-urlencode "Body=Hi there"\--data-urlencode "From=+15017122661"\--data-urlencode "To=+15558675310"\-u $TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID:$TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN
# Install the twilio-cli from https://twil.io/cli
twilio api:core:messages:create \
--body "Hi there" \
--from +15017122661 \
--to +15558675310
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