I am trying to use Twilio free trial to accept a message from one number and send it to another. The issue is that I cannot send a message from my bot to another number, only my own. Is this inaccessible by the free trial or am I doing something wrong? I am using the flow chart method to create my application.
When in trial mode you can only send messages to numbers that you have verified.
You have two options:
Verify the number you are trying to send to
Upgrade your account
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I have a Twilio account with a several numbers, and I have a Java back-end with Postgres DB. Is it possible to subscribe with twilio-api to get errors of this numbers on the date or in real time?
The best way to capture SMS errors such as Error 30005 Message Delivery - Unknown destination handset, and other 3000x errors is using Message Status Callbacks. You can find more details below. It is an additional URL you point Twilio to when making a request to the /Messages resource. These types of errors don't appear in the debugger because they can be quite a few of them, based on the customers use case. The new Message Insights tool allows you to visually filter on these errors from the Twilio Console (but there is no API).
A way to mitigate 30005 errors is using the Twilio Lookup API, to confirm the number is a mobile number and capable of receiving an SMS before sending the message.
Track Delivery Status of Messages
When my friends text my Twilio bot, Twilio responds from another number which is not even Twilio's and is named "SMSInfo". I expect the bot to respond from the same number. I assure you that I haven't set any logic there that a response should come from another number. Also, note that "SMSInfo" is a number which often sends them verification codes for Fiverr or other things.
I just submitted a ticket to Twilio support and a bot automatically suggested me few articles. One of them solved the issue.
Sender ID change may occur when you send messages from a Twilio number
that is not local to your recipients, for example using a US Twilio
number to send SMS to Polish mobile users. This is often done to
comply with local regulations, or to ensure the highest possible
delivery rate for your messages.
I'm trying to set up our app to send SMS with Twilio. The person who does a lot of our testing lives overseas, so I need to obtain a US phone number that she can use so she can do her testing. I got a number via TextMagic, but when I try to add it to the list of verified numbers on my Twilio dashboard, the verification code (seemingly) never gets sent to the TextMagic number. Is there some sort of restriction on Twilio's side regarding numbers generated from services like TextMagic? Any info would be greatly appreciated!
Twilio developer evangelist here.
I'm not aware of anything that would necessarily restrict things between Twilio and TextMagic.
Can I suggest using another Twilio number to test things? It does work to send between Twilio numbers and you'll need the same knowledge to setup the Twilio number as to use it as a test number.
Is there anyway to send the same text to multiple contacts not as a group text. I have been told that it would need a server to accomplish this. If that is the case I would like to be able to still send texts from my current number not a new number. I have checked out Twilio but have not gotten very far.
Twilio developer evangelist here.
You cannot send mass text messages using Twilio and your existing phone number.
One option you might have is, if you have a Mac you can control the SMS app programmatically to send lots of SMS messages. Here's a blog post with some example code to do that: https://www.twilio.com/blog/2017/06/drawing-pixel-art-text-messages-signal-video-wall.html
That might not be of much help, but while you can send lots of SMS messages with Twilio, you cannot do so using your existing number.
Yes you could send mass texts out to different numbers using twilio. No you could not use your current number.
You would have to purchase a new twilio number that has SMS messaging enabled.
Look at the Twilio documentation and their get started guide, figure out the language you want to create your server in and you will be sending texts in no time. https://www.twilio.com/docs/quickstart/node/programmable-sms You would run the webserver. Twilio does not offer a swift or ios based SMS solution.
https://www.twilio.com/docs/quickstart?filter-language=swift
I want to integrate Twilio in my iOS app. I read Twilio documentation but I am getting confused on some points. I have few questions:
Q 1) Can Twilio number receive messages from Mobile numbers (non twilio numbers)? Is it possible on trial Twilio number?
I am trying to send SMS from Twilio verified Indian number(e.g.+919435XXXXXX) to my trial Twilio number. My message was not delivered to trial Twilio number. While I am able to send SMS form trial Twilio no. to my mobile number. Is reason is trial account or anything else?
Q 2) Can we get two trial Twilio numbers for single account?
Q 3) How can send message using “Application url: https://hardw.herokuapp.com/"?
This url got when we created app using following way https://www.twilio.com/docs/quickstart/php/ios-client/setup
I have trial account. I am able to call using this app url with the help of BasicPhone app. Now I want to send SMS using app url.
Currently I am sending sms as described here Case 1: This is my native objective-c working code..
Please help me.Thanks...
Twilio Developer Evangelist here.
I'll try to answer your questions below:
Yes, a Twilio number is a number like any other, so you can send and receive SMS messages from any other number as well as making telephone calls. However, because you mentioned you're in India, it's worth reading about the limitations in India.
No, you can only have one number under a trial account, so in order to get more numbers you will need to upgrade your account, and put at least enough money to allow you to purchase a second number.
If all you want is to send SMS messages, all you need to have is a backend application that you can invoke via an HTTP request. That application will then make an API request to Twilio and send the SMS message. An example of how to send an SMS message can be found here.
Let me know if you have any other questions.