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Twilio: Send SMS using Basic Authentication

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Demonstrates how to use Twilio to send an SMS message using Basic authentication. B4X

Dim success As Boolean = False

'  Demonstrates how to use Basic Authentication in a REST API call for Twilio.
'  Sends an SMS text message..

'  This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
'  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

Dim rest As ChilkatRest
rest.Initialize("rest")

'  Use Basic Authentication.
'  Your Twilio Account SID is the username.
'  Your Twilio Auth Token is the password.
success = rest.SetAuthBasic("TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID", "TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN")

'  Make the initial connection (without sending a request yet) to Twilio.
Dim bTls As Boolean = True
Dim port As Int = 443
Dim bAutoReconnect As Boolean = True
success = rest.Connect("api.twilio.com", port, bTls, bAutoReconnect)
If success <> True Then
    Log(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Provide the information for the SMS text message:
success = rest.AddQueryParam("To", "+16518675309")
success = rest.AddQueryParam("From", "+15005550006")
success = rest.AddQueryParam("Body", "Hey Jenny! Good luck on the bar exam!")
success = rest.AddQueryParam("MediaUrl", "http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1075/1404618563_3ed9a44a3a.jpg")

'  Send the SMS text message.
'  Your Twilio Account SID is part of the URI path:
Dim responseJson As String = rest.FullRequestFormUrlEncoded("POST", "/2010-04-01/Accounts/TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID/Messages.json")
If rest.LastMethodSuccess <> True Then
    Log(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  When successful, the response status code will equal 201.
If rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 201 Then
    '  Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    Log("response status code = " & rest.ResponseStatusCode)
    Log("response status text = " & rest.ResponseStatusText)
    Log("response header: " & rest.ResponseHeader)
    Log("response body (if any): " & responseJson)
    Log("---")
    Log("LastRequestStartLine: " & rest.LastRequestStartLine)
    Log("LastRequestHeader: " & rest.LastRequestHeader)
    Return
End If


'  The response is JSON.  We'll show how to get a few bits of information from it.
'  A full sample JSON response is shown below..

Dim json As ChilkatJsonObject
json.Initialize
json.EmitCompact = False
success = json.Load(responseJson)

'  First show the entire JSON.
Log(json.Emit)

'  Now get some individual pieces of information:
Log("sid: " & json.StringOf("sid"))
Log("body: " & json.StringOf("body"))
Log("media: " & json.StringOf("subresource_uris.media"))

Log("Success.")

'  Sample JSON response:

'  {
'    "sid": "MM97ecfd43e9f24e99b0c2c6ee016949e3",
'    "date_created": null,
'    "date_updated": null,
'    "date_sent": null,
'    "account_sid": "112e1111e0151133d11112101111d1111",
'    "to": "+16518675309",
'    "from": "+15005550006",
'    "messaging_service_sid": null,
'    "body": "Sent from your Twilio trial account - Hey Jenny! Good luck on the bar exam!",
'    "status": "queued",
'    "num_segments": "1",
'    "num_media": "0",
'    "direction": "outbound-api",
'    "api_version": "2010-04-01",
'    "price": null,
'    "price_unit": "USD",
'    "error_code": null,
'    "error_message": null,
'    "uri": "/2010-04-01/Accounts/AC2e9b6bc0f51133df24926f07341d3824/Messages/MM97ecfd43e9f24e99b0c2c6ee016949e3.json",
'    "subresource_uris": {
'      "media": "/2010-04-01/Accounts/AC2e9b6bc0f51133df24926f07341d3824/Messages/MM97ecfd43e9f24e99b0c2c6ee016949e3/Media.json"
'    }
'  }