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Twilio API

Playing with the Twilio API = very cool. Got the example code working with a free trial, see here.

Two things I ran into:

  • Had to register a +1 number, Spanish number could not send SMS:

    Unable to create record: The From phone number +34... is not a valid, SMS-capable inbound phone number or short code for your account.

  • Might consider upgrade as free trial needs all destination numbers to be validated before use:

    Unable to create record: The number +34... is unverified. Trial accounts cannot send messages to unverified numbers; verify +34... at twilio.com/user/account/phone-numbers/verified, or purchase a Twilio number to send messages to unverified numbers.

Usage

Using click for the cli arg parsing:

$ python send_sms.py --help
Usage: send_sms.py [OPTIONS]

Options:
--phone TEXT    to phone number (trial = needs to be validated)
--message TEXT  SMS text message
--media TEXT    media url (optional)
--help          Show this message and exit.

$ python send_sms.py --phone +34... --message 'Hi from PyBites'
SM0c30db9166704e3cbb3471e567de2cf1

$ python send_sms.py --phone +34... --message 'Hi from PyBites again' --media 'https://pybit.es/theme/img/profile.png'
MM904cda63e1674c7ca69128cf8feb0448

Result

SMS from Twilio:

cat pic