When your phone number receives an incoming message, Twilio will send an HTTP request to your server at /sms.
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Twilio servers
Your app tells Twilio how to respond with a text message.
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Your app
const MessagingResponse =
require('twilio').twiml.MessagingResponse;
app.post('/sms', (req, res) => {
const twiml = new MessagingResponse();
twiml.message('Thanks for signing up!');
res.send(twiml.toString())
});Twilio gets the instructions from your app and sends the text message.
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Thanks for signing up!
Recipient’s phone
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Carrier complexities handled for you.
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