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# Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/python/install import os from twilio.rest import Client # Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console # and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure account_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 C# / .NET helper library from twilio.com/docs/csharp/install using System; using Twilio; using Twilio.Rest.Api.V2010.Account; class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { // Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console // and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure string accountSid = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID"); string authToken = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN"); TwilioClient.Init(accountSid, authToken); var message = MessageResource.Create( body: "Hi there", from: new Twilio.Types.PhoneNumber("+15017122661"), to: new Twilio.Types.PhoneNumber("+15558675310") ); Console.WriteLine(message.Sid); } }
<?php // Update the path below to your autoload.php, // see https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md require_once '/path/to/vendor/autoload.php'; use Twilio\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"); $twilio = new Client($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/install require 'rubygems' require 'twilio-ruby' # Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console # and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure account_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' ) puts message.sid
// Install the Java helper library from twilio.com/docs/java/install import com.twilio.Twilio; import com.twilio.rest.api.v2010.account.Message; import com.twilio.type.PhoneNumber; public class Example { // Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console // and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure public static final String ACCOUNT_SID = System.getenv("TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID"); public static final String AUTH_TOKEN = System.getenv("TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN"); public static void main(String[] args) { Twilio.init(ACCOUNT_SID, AUTH_TOKEN); Message message = Message.creator( new com.twilio.type.PhoneNumber("+15558675310"), new com.twilio.type.PhoneNumber("+15017122661"), "Hi there") .create(); System.out.println(message.getSid()); } }
// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install // Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console // and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID; const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN; const client = require('twilio')(accountSid, authToken); client.messages .create({body: 'Hi there', from: '+15017122661', to: '+15558675310'}) .then(message => console.log(message.sid));
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
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