Question. We want to associate our twitter account with a Twilio number. The program has been written to accept and send SMS messages to a group of people - and it works. But we can't we can't activate the number with our Twitter account, because Twilio can't send to short codes? Is there any way to go around this? Or make it work? Thanks!
Twilio doesn't work with short codes unfortunately. See their documentation on this here.
https://www.twilio.com/help/faq/sms/can-my-twilio-number-send-sms-to-a-non-twilio-short-code
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Hey Guys I have an upgraded paid Twilio account and I'd like to send SMS without phone number verification through my Rails app.
Is there a way to do this?
Please advise
Thank you
Twilio developer evangelist here.
The phone number verification for SMS is only a restriction to trial accounts. Once you have upgraded your account you will be able to send SMS messages to any number (though we recommend you get consent for that activity from the end user, of course).
If you are finding that you can't send messages without verifying the number and you have upgraded the app, then please get in touch with Twilio support and they will figure out what is wrong with your account.
I've been testing Twilio SMS and can only get it to send texts to myself. I've heard this is a common issue but I can't seem to find the workaround for this. Any advice would be helpful. (I'm trying to set it up to send client automated notifications from within a simple Zapier integration).
Thanks
You are most likely using a Trial account, you should move to Paid account.
https://support.twilio.com/hc/en-us/articles/223136107-How-does-Twilio-s-Free-Trial-work-
my client has registered to Twilio from US. I am developer and using Twilio service for testing purpose in India. I am sending text message to send One time password(OTP) to a mobile no in India for which DND is activated. I am not able to receive OPT via text message. Help me.
Twilio developer evangelist here.
I'm afraid the DND list is the top limitation of Twilio in India right now. You can check the details here.
You could, if you were interested, try using Authy (a different Twilio service) to send OTPs to your users. If they have a smart phone, they can then install the Authy application and generate their OTPs on their devise without the need for an SMS. Check out the Authy documentation for how to get started.
I've seen several applications that use Twilio for SMS verification go from:
Sending the user a 4-5 digit code to enter on their handset
to
Pre-filling a 32+ character SMS message that the user sends from their device to the services Twilio number.
Is there any documentation out there on how to implement an approach like this?
Twilio evangelist here.
It sounds like your asking two different questions, one regarding two factor authentication and one regarding autocreating an SMS message on the device for the user to sent to Twilio.
If I've got that correct, then I'd start be working through the Two-Factor Authentication How To article that walks through setting up SMS-bsased two factor authentication.
Another resource to check out is the Add Two-Factor Authentication to your Website with Google Authenticator and Twilio SMS blog post.
As far as generating a text message on a device, I think that is going to greatly depend on what kind of mobile device you are targeting.
Hope that helps.
I have a ruby on rails app that I would like to send and receive SMS from.
It looks like Twilio's service has some support https://www.twilio.com/sms/pricing/ug
However I cannot verify my Ugandan phone number.
Any ideas on how to programatically send SMS using Twilio in Uganda?
Twilio Developer Evangelist here,
If I understand correctly, your main issue is verifying your number? Contact help#twilio.com and they should be able to help you out with that.
I think all you need is in their blog post about setting up Twilio for Rails. And for the verification of your phone number, you should ask their support.