Swift

Twilio: Send SMS using Basic Authentication

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

func chilkatTest() {
    var success: Bool = 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.

    let rest = CkoRest()!

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

    // Make the initial connection (without sending a request yet) to Twilio.
    var bTls: Bool = true
    var port: Int = 443
    var bAutoReconnect: Bool = true
    success = rest.connect(hostname: "api.twilio.com", port: port, tls: bTls, autoReconnect: bAutoReconnect)
    if success != true {
        print("\(rest.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

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

    // Send the SMS text message.
    // Your Twilio Account SID is part of the URI path:
    var responseJson: String? = rest.fullRequestFormUrlEncoded(httpVerb: "POST", uriPath: "/2010-04-01/Accounts/TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID/Messages.json")
    if rest.lastMethodSuccess != true {
        print("\(rest.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    // When successful, the response status code will equal 201.
    if rest.responseStatusCode.intValue != 201 {
        // Examine the request/response to see what happened.
        print("response status code = \(rest.responseStatusCode.intValue)")
        print("response status text = \(rest.responseStatusText!)")
        print("response header: \(rest.responseHeader!)")
        print("response body (if any): \(responseJson!)")
        print("---")
        print("LastRequestStartLine: \(rest.lastRequestStartLine!)")
        print("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..

    let json = CkoJsonObject()!
    json.emitCompact = false
    success = json.load(json: 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"
    //   }
    // }

}