The basics of sending & receiving text messages - Twilio Tip #4

For our fourth Twilio Tip about Twilio development, we dive into the basics of the Twilio Programmable SMS API (twilio.com/sms?.... It all boils down to one simple concept: Send = you make a REST request to Twilio, Receive = Twilio makes a web request (webhook) looking for some TwiML.
Check the docs for more info: twilio.com/docs/sms?...
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[@degraphe8824]

can we set incoming webhooks for all our phone numbers at once globally
instead of one by one?

[@oracle_professor]

I like this tutorial and Tip.

[@ryanloh6260]

is there a way to deploy a web server with twilio api that receives messages to a hosting site like heroku?

[@8ezbngn]

Thanks for more great visuals showing the flow of information into and out of Twilio. I started making my own sketches to help figure out how things work together and where I need to learn more and then I saw these tips. So nice! Thanks again. Do you mind if I ask what tool you use to create them?

[@twilio]

Hi! I used Keynote for the diagrams in these tips videos :)

[@ShubhamRaj-fo5ju]

Hi Team, I am not getting any inbound sms, seems it doesn’t support now. Do you guys have any alternate solution for it (its very urgent for me)
Scenario : My application trigger a sms to my twilio number which I need to fetch and use the content of sms in my code. Please let me know how to handle this?
Thanks in advance!!

[@saadosman3253]

Can I receive confirmation codes through Twilio phone numbers?

[@realyouturealyoutu570]

Is there a way to assign a webhook to "a message comes in" using Rest API?

[@twilio]

Sure thing, it's on the phone number resource in the REST API as smsUrl www.twilio.com/docs/phone-numbers/api/incomingphonenumber-resource

[@dwilson6435]

How do we set the name of the sender for sending messages?

[@shubhapradhan8163]

i am not able to verify my phone number in twilio. I am stuck in verify you are a human page? what can i do?

[@SunshineFromWithin]

Is there a way to forward a SMS that's being received on your Twilio number to several cell phone numbers?

[@twilio]

Sure thing. In the receive code you basically want to do a bulk SMS send. Here’s a guide for that: www.twilio.com/blog/2017/12/send-bulk-sms-twilio-node-js.html

[@WeTheExplorers]

As someone with terrible backend skills, I don't understand why backend development is so much easier than your widget editor in Studio. Seems like the UI-based editor should be more intuitive for people with frontend skills or advanced understanding of other node-based script editors.

[@TukoAlberto]

Is there a way to do all this in a user interfase simple for none coders and people who don’t want to code. Something as simple as how Manychat have done it through bots??? I’m not hating but I don’t like the why I need to learn how to code for something. This text messaging looks so powerful, but this is not well analize. Not having a simple way for every user is leaving money on the table.

[@twilio]

Try Twilio Studio: twilio.com/Studio
It allows to to create Twilio apps with a drag and drop interface. Here’s a full playlist of videos about it: th-cam.com/play/PLqrz4nXepkz5OwmqMONVJGBBa7grym6jx.html

[@energyshops9109]

can't view my sms on twilio

[@shinztest3524]

how to split when your message is more than the limitation

[@kennedys9714]

is this the 'auto miss call text back' service?

[@chihabahmed5207]

How much does it cost to send a message just for verification?, thanks

[@genvalencia1740]

like 1 cent

[@ADULTVIDEOS486]

how can i remove from message body this line " Sent from your Twilio trial account"??

[@asalentstech1767]

by paying for there services lol

[@Livya84]

How many messages can be sent At one time ? Is it possible to send 1000 messages from one twilio phone number?

[@twilio]

support.twilio.com/hc/en-us/articles/115002943027-Understanding-Twilio-Rate-Limits-and-Message-Queues

[@waltage]

how to just get SMS?

[@twilio]

If you’re looking to have SMS sent to your Twilio number and forwarded to your cell phone, this might help: support.twilio.com/hc/en-us/articles/223134287-Forwarding-SMS-messages-to-another-phone-number

[@rociosolis3873]

How to send extra metadata on Twilio SMS?

[@twilio]

What metadata do you want to send?

[@bala-st9cj]

Can I use existing phone number?

[@twilio]

You can port a number into Twilio but it will become a Twilio number.

[@faithfarmer5260]

Does twilio send out multiple text??

[@twilio]

Sure does! www.twilio.com/blog/send-bulk-sms-twilio-programming-languages

[@chrisfaust64]

The code part to me is so annoying.