I need to have the exact request URL that Twilio makes when sending an SMS. Is there a way to print/log it? When I use the Message.getUri method, it gives me something that ends with .json which I think is the response from Twilio after making the request. From what I've read, it should look something like "https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/<Account_SID>/Messages".
I'm using the Java API:
com.twilio.rest.api.v2010.account.Message
.creator(new PhoneNumber(toNumber), // to
new PhoneNumber(twilioFromNumber), // from
textMessage)
.create();
The URL is indeed
https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/Messages.json
where ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX is the account SID which you can find on your dashboard if you login in your Twilio account console at https://www.twilio.com/console
See more docs at (https://www.twilio.com/docs/sms/send-messages?code-sample=code-send-an-sms-message&code-language=curl&code-sdk-version=json#linkcode)
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I'd like the following functionality with Twilio/Node: either
my server receives incoming call and the call rings on our custom client; at some point during the call (ideally can work before answering or after answering) or if no one answers on the client, the call is transferred to a webhook on a different server (my CRM provider) so the CRM can deal with it. OR
same as above, but the incoming call posts the incoming call request to both my server & my CRM webhook for the incoming call; I think this might not be possible though, not sure
I'm able to receive a Twilio call on my server without problem, and able to receive Twilio calls in my CRM without problem. However, when I tried to forward a call to the CRM after first receiving it on my custom server/client, it seems to always disconnect abrubtly. Pls help!
The code I'm using to update the call is below. The url works normally if sending the call directly to the CRM webhook. The CallSid is from my custom client from the incoming call
client.calls(req.body.CallSid)
.update({method: 'POST', url: 'https://crm.crmprovider.com/ctiapi/xml/cticall/twilio?authtoken=abc'})
Appreciate any help!
Think I figured out the proper way to do this. Should be using an "action" with "dial" and then checking "DialCallStatus" in the action endpoint and dealing with various statuses as appropriate. Sample code:
// On server, receive call. This is the url Twilio is
// set to post webhook to when call comes in
app.post('/incomingCall', (req, res) => {
const twiml = new VoiceResponse();
// Dial client first; after, call /callAction
// I believe this will call /callAction if call is unanswered for 10 seconds or after a completed call or if there's no client open
const dial = twiml.dial({timeout:10, action: '/callAction'});
const client = 'whateverClientName'
dial.client(client)
res.type('text/xml')
res.send(twiml.toString())
})
app.post('/callAction',(req,res)=>{
const twiml = new VoiceResponse();
// Can set below if for other things like if call not completed, answered, or cancelled
// In this example we say if call's not completed, route call to 3rd party site's webhook to further deal with the ongoing call
if(req.body.DialCallStatus!=='completed'){
twiml.redirect({method: 'POST'},'https://thirdpartywebhook.com/abc')}
else {twiml.hangup()}
res.type('text/xml')
res.send(twiml.toString())
})
I didn't find Twilio docs super straightforward on this so hopefully this helps someone in the future!
I want to get the status of my call while using twilio.
I am configuring a status call back url for the same which is accepting a Post verb. But not sure What should the method of the REST webservices have in its POST method? If Twilio is posting back the status, then what should the POST method of the webservices do? Not able to get a idea on this, please help..
I am programming it in .net
Twilio developer evangelist here.
The status callback requests will send all the regular parameters that any Twilio Voice webhook sends as well as a few extra parameters that you can find in the documentation here.
Finally I found a solution how to get back status from twilio. Just design an Http Handler and use the context property to get back the parameters. The handler should look like this:
Public Sub ProcessRequest(ByVal context As HttpContext) Implements IHttpHandler.ProcessRequest
Dim callsid = context.Request.Params.Get("CallSid")
Dim FromNumber = context.Request.Params.Get("From")
Dim ToNumber = context.Request.Params.Get("To")
Dim callStatus = context.Request.Params.Get("CallStatus")
' ...
End Sub
We have a callback url in place that is correctly capturing the failed status of a call.
Our code then fetches from twilio the details of the call by doing the following:
$call = $twilio_client->calls($sid)->fetch();
Within the call details returned there is no 5 digit error code listed, even though the failed status is present.
How do we get the 5 digit error code that caused the failure?
Twilio developer evangelist here.
Thanks to #miknik for the answer, however that is actually a deprecated resource (which is why you can't currently find any documentation on the matter). It's taken me a while to find the answer as I've been chasing down where the notifications have gone.
The Notifications API was deprecated in favour of the Monitor Alerts API. This API can give you all the details about an alert, including the 5 digit code.
The best way to receive these alerts for your application is to set up a webhook in your account console which will send all the parameters about the alert as part of the request.
You can also list your alerts which will allow you to find alerts from a specific resource SID (in your case, a call SID).
Let me know if this helps at all.
Make an authenticated GET request to
/2010-04-01/Accounts/{AccountNumber}/Calls/{CallSid}/Notifications
So in PHP the following will retrieve the notification info for your call
$json = file_get_contents('https://{AccountNumber}:{AuthToken}#api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/{AccountNumber}/Calls/{CallSid}/Notifications.json');
Then use this line to get the returned JSON into an associative array
$obj = json_decode($json, true);
Now if all you want is the error code its stored as the following variable
echo $obj[notifications][0][error_code];
However, the full error info is also returned as a URL encoded string. You can access this by first urldecoding it, and then parsing the query string into an array with the following line
parse_str(urldecode($obj[notifications][0][message_text]), $output);
And you can now access the variables within like this
echo $output[Msg]; // Error text for failure eg invalid phone number
echo $output[phonenumber]; // Phone number for failed call
echo $output[ErrorCode]; // 5 digit error code
echo $output[LogLevel];` // Log level of error eg WARN
As far as I know this is not implemented in the PHP helper library, so you have to code for it manually
We are trying to implement simple P2P VoIP connection between iOS devices. We picked Twilio to handle calls and using Parse to interact with Twilio.
We are successfully generating capability tokens per user and initiate a call. However call is hanging up instantly after successful connection.
Receiver is receiving the call successfully and hearing the trial message.
Initiator is hearing the trial message and also "Application error occurred.".
We are suspecting that there may be something wrong at our call method on Parse Cloud Code.
app.get('/call', function(request, response) {
var client = require('twilio')('ACC_ID', 'AUTH_ID');
// Create a TwiML response generator object
var fromName = 'client:' + request.query.from;
var toName = 'client:' + request.query.to;
client.makeCall({
to:toName, // Any number Twilio can call
from: fromName,
url: 'http://xxxyyzz.parseapp.com/consult' // A URL that produces an XML document (TwiML) which contains instructions for the call
}, function(err, responseData) {
//executed when the call has been initiated.
console.log(responseData.from); // outputs "+14506667788"
});
});
We are not sure about what should url parameter supposed to do.
app.post('/consult', function(request, response) {
response.send();
});
Thanks.
You are almost there, but there seems to be a problem in your /call service (you also don't need any other urls, /call' should be enough).
What Twilio expects as a response from /call is a TwiML message (https://www.twilio.com/docs/api/twiml). Your server here should respond proper TwiML so that Twilio will know what to do.
If you want to connect two clients then /call should return the Dial TwiML message. The documentation (https://www.twilio.com/docs/api/twiml/dial) can let you know about the details of the Dial message. There are some interesting options such as limiting the phone call to 40 seconds for example.
If you want to dial a client called 'Jenna', then the response from your /call service should be:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Response>
<Dial>
<Client>Jenna</Number>
</Dial>
</Response>
Good luck with your application, hope this helps!
Overview:
I am working on a VB.NET application that places a call into Twilio, the number is not a test number. I am using the C# library with the code written in VB.Net.
When I use this line of code:
Console.WriteLine(account.SendSmsMessage(Caller, to1, strBody))
I receive a text message on my phone however the post back is never posted to my website. I have included the URL of the site on the account under Messaging > Request URL.
When I reply to the message, Twilio does make a post to my site. From what I understand, a POST should have been made when Twilio was first sent a message from my application, however this is not the case.
When using this code, I do not get any text message and no POST is made.
Console.WriteLine(account.SendMessage(Caller, to1, strBody, PostBackURL))
I have tried SendSMSMessage, I have tried it with the URL on my account and without it,
nothing seems to effect the behavior.
I need the SmsMessageSid at the time the message is sent. From everything I have seen, Twilio does not provide a response other then what is sent to the PostBackURL, I could parse a response for the
SmsMessageSid however since there is no response that is not an option. If I am mistaken on that point that would be great, however it looks like the only way to get a reply is with the post back URL. Thanks for your help with this! Below you will find an excerpt of the code I am working with:
PostBackURL = "http%3A%2F%2F173.111.111.110%3A8001/XMLResponse.aspx"
' Create Twilio REST account object using Twilio account ID and token
account = New Twilio.TwilioRestClient(SID, Token)
message = New Twilio.Message
Try
'WORKS
'Console.WriteLine(account.SendSmsMessage(Caller, to1, strBody))
'DOES NOT WORK
Console.WriteLine(account.SendMessage(Caller, to1, strBody, PostBackURL))
Catch e As Exception
Console.WriteLine("An error occurred: {0}", e.Message)
End Try
Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue")
Console.ReadKey()
I'm doing something similar with C# and like you, I'm not getting the POST to the callback URL. I don't know why that's not working, but if all you need is the sid when you send the message, you should be able to do this:
message = SendSmsMessage(Caller, to1, strBody))
and message.Sid will give you what you need, assuming no exceptions.