Lua

Twilio: Send SMS using Basic Authentication

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

local chilkat = require("chilkat")

-- 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.

local rest = chilkat.Rest.new()

-- Use Basic Authentication.
-- Your Twilio Account SID is the username.
-- Your Twilio Auth Token is the password.
local success = rest:set_auth_basic("TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID", "TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN")

-- Make the initial connection (without sending a request yet) to Twilio.
local bTls = true
local port = 443
local bAutoReconnect = true
success = rest:connect("api.twilio.com", port, bTls, bAutoReconnect)
if not success then
    print(rest.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- Provide the information for the SMS text message:
success = rest:add_query_param("To", "+16518675309")
success = rest:add_query_param("From", "+15005550006")
success = rest:add_query_param("Body", "Hey Jenny! Good luck on the bar exam!")
success = rest:add_query_param("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:
local responseJson = rest:full_request_form_url_encoded("POST", "/2010-04-01/Accounts/TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID/Messages.json")
if not rest.last_method_success then
    print(rest.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- When successful, the response status code will equal 201.
if rest.response_status_code ~= 201 then
    -- Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    print("response status code = " .. rest.response_status_code)
    print("response status text = " .. rest.response_status_text)
    print("response header: " .. rest.response_header)
    print("response body (if any): " .. responseJson)
    print("---")
    print("LastRequestStartLine: " .. rest.last_request_start_line)
    print("LastRequestHeader: " .. rest.last_request_header)
    return
end

-- 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..

local json = chilkat.JsonObject.new()
json.emit_compact = false
success = json:load(responseJson)

-- First show the entire JSON.
print(json:emit())

-- Now get some individual pieces of information:
print("sid: " .. json:string_of("sid"))
print("body: " .. json:string_of("body"))
print("media: " .. json:string_of("subresource_uris.media"))

print("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"
--   }
-- }