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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. React Native

import { JsonObject, Rest } from '@chilkat/react-native'

async function chilkatExample() {
  // 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.

  const rest = new Rest();

  // Use Basic Authentication.
  // Your Twilio Account SID is the username.
  // Your Twilio Auth Token is the password.
  rest.setAuthBasic('TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID', 'TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN');

  // Make the initial connection (without sending a request yet) to Twilio.
  const bTls = true;
  const port = 443;
  const bAutoReconnect = true;
  try {
    await rest.connectAsync('api.twilio.com', port, bTls, bAutoReconnect);
  } catch {
    console.log(rest.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Provide the information for the SMS text message:
  rest.addQueryParam('To', '+16518675309');
  rest.addQueryParam('From', '+15005550006');
  rest.addQueryParam('Body', 'Hey Jenny! Good luck on the bar exam!');
  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:
  let responseJson: string;
  try {
    responseJson = await rest.fullRequestFormUrlEncodedAsync('POST', '/2010-04-01/Accounts/TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID/Messages.json');
  } catch {
    console.log(rest.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // When successful, the response status code will equal 201.
  if (rest.responseStatusCode !== 201) {
    // Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    console.log(`response status code = ${rest.responseStatusCode}`);
    console.log(`response status text = ${rest.responseStatusText}`);
    console.log(`response header: ${rest.responseHeader}`);
    console.log(`response body (if any): ${responseJson}`);
    console.log('---');
    console.log(`LastRequestStartLine: ${rest.lastRequestStartLine}`);
    console.log(`LastRequestHeader: ${rest.lastRequestHeader}`);
    return;
  }

  // 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..

  const json = new JsonObject();
  json.emitCompact = false;
  json.load(responseJson);

  // First show the entire JSON.
  console.log(json.emit());

  // Now get some individual pieces of information:
  console.log(`sid: ${json.stringOf('sid')}`);
  console.log(`body: ${json.stringOf('body')}`);
  console.log(`media: ${json.stringOf('subresource_uris.media')}`);

  console.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"
  //   }
  // }
}