I had purchased a USA number and I am trying to send a programable message to Hong Kong. While I send with a simple Twilio number it works fine and message recieved.
But when I try to add alphanumeric Sender ID it always show error message. The error message is: Message: [HTTP 400] Unable to create record: The 'From' number infoSMS is not a valid phone number, shortcode, or alphanumeric sender ID.
What I had tried is
public function send_sms(){
$msg_to = $_REQUEST['msg_to'];
$msg_body = $_REQUEST['msg_body'];
$twilio = new Client("ACba7f3a6866a23aed021056d3ceaexxxx", "4d7e47e92a8351b7365ed1e3e83dxxxx");
$message = $twilio->messages->create(
$msg_to, // to
[
"body" => $msg_body,
"from" => "infoSMS";
]
);
if($message->sid) {
$this->session->set_flashdata('ok_message', '- SMS successfully sent!');
redirect(AURL . 'Sms/sent_sms_list');
}else {
$this->session->set_flashdata('err_message', '- Error in sending sms please try again!');
redirect(SURL . 'Sms/create_sms');
}
}
I had read the documentation: https://www.twilio.com/docs/sms/send-messages#use-an-alphanumeric-sender-id
What I am doing wrong? Thanks in advance.
Twilio developer evangelist here.
This was a bit hard to track down, but it turns out that there are a few generic alphanumeric sender IDs that may cause delivery failures. I tried to send an SMS using "infoSMS" as the sender ID and was unable to do so as well.
On some of our SMS guideline pages, there is this note about alphanumeric sender IDs:
Generic Alpha Sender IDs like InfoSMS, INFO, Verify, Notify etc should be avoided as they will result in SMS failures
I recommend you try using a different alphanumeric sender ID that more closely represents your business or service.
Related
Here's the code I use to retrieve SMS messages received to a specific number on a specific date:
$receivedMessages = $twilio->messages
->stream(array(
"to" => $activeTwilioNumber,
"dateSent" => $dateToday,
, 50
);
Now, I would like to retrieve only the last message sent from all FROM numbers, not all messages.
Is there any way to do that?
Thanks a lot.
Twilio developer evangelist here.
You can retrieve the latest message sent from a number by filtering the list with the "from" attribute and limiting it to 1 message. Something like:
$receivedMessages = $twilio->messages
->stream(array(
"from" => $fromNumber,
, 1
);
Let me know if that helps.
I need to send SMS messages from a website.
I made an account to Twilio and I wanted to try if I really get a message from them.
I use this code that I founded on the net:
const string accountSid = "....";
const string authToken = "....";
TwilioClient.Init(accountSid, authToken);
var to = new PhoneNumber("+40740539623");
var message = MessageResource.Create(
to,
from: new PhoneNumber("+1402-704-3438"),
body: "This is the ship that made the Kessel Run in fourteen parsecs?");
AccountSid and AuthToken are correct. But I keep getting the error message that the From number is not a valid, SMS-capable inbound phone number or short code for your account.'
I tried to use the number that I have on my Twilio account, I only have a test account, so I thought that I can use this number to send test SMS.
Can you please advise what I'm missing here? How can I send test SMS from Twilio? From Trial Account I can't send messages?
Exception:
pass the phone numbers in as a string in the format "+18001234567", where +1 is the US country code, and whatever after is the 10 digit US phone number.
Also, I have no idea what the +4 area code is you're using in your to number, but you may have a number that doesn't support international SMS. I've only worked with US numbers, both to and from, so can't offer any guidance on how to work with international SMS.
I would like to make my client to check whether end client is received text or not and what reply he/she has sent? I always going through twilio to see whether client received sms or not? Is there any way to check it from twilio?
Twilio developer evangelist here.
You can get both incoming messages to your Twilio numbers and reports on the status of messages after you send them from Twilio using webhooks.
When you send a message you can include a StatusCallback parameter. The parameter should be a URL in your application.
$client->messages
->create(
$to,
array(
"from" => $from,
"body" => "Let's grab lunch at Milliways tomorrow!",
"statusCallback" => "https://example.com/messageStatus"
)
);
Twilio will send a POST request to the statusCallback URL each time your message status changes to one of the following: queued, failed, sent, delivered, or undelivered. It will include the original message's SID, so you can tie these webhooks back to the message you sent.
Similarly, you can get these webhook notifications for incoming messages to your Twilio numbers. For this you need to set up the incoming webhook URL to the number in your Twilio console. Set it to a URL in your application and you will receive a webhook when someone sends a message to your Twilio number. Check out this quickstart guide on receiving messages to your Twilio number with PHP.
Let me know if that helps at all.
[edit]
Thanks for the comment where you made it clear that this is after the fact, not at the time of sending.
In this case, you can absolutely list the messages by the phone number that sent them. A message resource includes a Status attribute that lists the current message state in the Twilio system, anything from "accepted" and "queued" to "sending", "sent", "delivered", "undelivered" and "failed". You can see more about these statuses in the documentation.
To get the list of messages sent from a number you can use the following code:
use Twilio\Rest\Client;
// Your Account Sid and Auth Token from twilio.com/user/account
$sid = "ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX";
$token = "your_auth_token";
$client = new Client($sid, $token);
// Loop over the list of messages and echo a property for each one
foreach ($client->messages->read(array("from" => $FROM_NUMBER) as $message) {
echo $message->status . " - " . $message->to . " = " . $message->body;
}
You can pull data for specific messages https://www.twilio.com/docs/api/messaging/message#delivery-related-errors
or you can simply pull all the logs
I store sent messages in a log table with their unique SIDs. With a periodic console task I iterate over the records having status = undelivered and request the status of it and if it's still undelivered, I'd like to re-send that very message. I don't want a new one as the message contains a verification code and we store only hash of it. Is it possible to re-send the old message having its SID?
Twilio Developer Evangelist here,
There is not a way to automatically resend an undelivered message using the API. You can work around this by grabbing the messages by SID and sending the undelivered ones again to the same number with the same body. When you use the REST API to get a message by SID, you have access to all of the data from that message, including the exact message body.
A quick example using the Twilio PHP Library would look like this:
<?php
$client = new Services_Twilio($AccountSid, $AuthToken);
$messageSIDs = array("Insert", "Array of", "Message SIDs", "here");
foreach ($messageSIDs as $sid) {
$msg = $client->account->messages->get($sid);
if ($msg->status == "undelivered") {
echo "Resending undelivered message for SID: $sid\n";
$sms = $client->account->messages->sendMessage(
// The number we are sending from.
$msg->from,
// The number we are sending to.
$msg->to,
// The sms body.
$msg->body
);
}
}
You can see all of the data that the REST API gives you about messages here
I have implemented test twilio sms application. I have downloaded three files from https://github.com/benedmunds/CodeIgniter-Twilio
I have used my account_sid, auth_token in twilio.php file which is in config folder. I have also used 'from' number as +15005550006 in that file.
I have used following codes in my controller
<?php if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
class Twiliosms extends TL_Controller {
function __construct()
{
parent::__construct();
}
function index()
{
$this->load->library('twilio');
$from = '+15005550006';
$to = '+91xxxxxxxxxx';
$message = 'This is a test...';
$response = $this->twilio->sms($from, $to, $message);
//echo "<pre>";print_r($response);echo "</pre>";
if($response->IsError)
echo 'Error: ' . $response->ErrorMessage;
else
//echo 'Sent message to ' . $to;
echo 'Sent message';
}
}
Now when I run the controller file in the browser(not in my machine but in server), it runs successfully and it shows "Sent message".
But no sms is received. Please help.
My name is Jarod and I work at Twilio. There are multiple reasons this could be failing so lets walk through them one at a time.
1. Sending an sms using Twilio test credentials will not result in an sms being sent.
Test credentials are used for testing and debugging your application. They are "fake" numbers, that do not send any data via carrier, but instead return preset error codes and responses in order to test response-handling in your application. As you experienced this specific test credential +15005550006 will always return NO ERROR, whereas +15005550001 will always respond with "This phone number is invalid".
2. You can only send SMS from a Twilio number or a verified phone number.
You can always send an SMS from a number you bought on Twilio.com, but in order to send an SMS from any other number you must first verify that phone number with Twilio. Read more about the difference here.
These are the most common reasons for not receiving and actual SMS but in the case of the Indian phone numbers it could very well be one of these rare limitations.
If none of these work we probably need to look into your specific account to find out what's happening, in which case you should reach out to support#twilio.com.
Hope this helps.
I banged my head against the walls for three hours and tried to work out with the number Twilio gave me at the time of sign up . But It always gave me the following error
{ "code": 21212, "message": "The 'From' number +234234234 is not a
valid phone number or shortcode.", "more_info":
"https://www.twilio.com/docs/errors/21212", "status": 400 }
At the end i got the exact point from where I got my test phone number for sms / call
Get your test phone number from Here .
You will have to make the from number a number you have verified with Twilio that you own: you can't just pick any number and use it. Do you own +15005550006, and have you verified that number in the Twilio admin console?