B4X

Twilio Send SMS (using Chilkat HTTP)

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Send an outgoing SMS message. B4X

Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim http As ChilkatHttp
http.Initialize("http")

'  Implements the following CURL command:

'  (See information about using test credentials and phone numbers:  https://www.twilio.com/docs/iam/test-credentials)

'  curl -X POST https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID/Messages.json \
'  --data-urlencode "From=+15005550006" \
'  --data-urlencode "Body=body" \
'  --data-urlencode "To=+15005551212" \
'  -u TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID:TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN

'  Use the following online tool to generate HTTP code from a CURL command
'  Convert a cURL Command to HTTP Source Code

http.Login = "TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID"
http.Password = "TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN"

Dim req As ChilkatHttpRequest
req.Initialize
req.HttpVerb = "POST"
req.Path = "/2010-04-01/Accounts/TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID/Messages.json"
req.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
req.AddParam("From", "+15005550006")
req.AddParam("Body", "body")
req.AddParam("To", "+15005551212")

Dim resp As ChilkatHttpResponse
resp.Initialize
success = http.HttpReq("https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID/Messages.json", req, resp)
If success = False Then
    Log(http.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


Dim sbResponseBody As ChilkatStringBuilder
sbResponseBody.Initialize
resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)
Dim jResp As ChilkatJsonObject
jResp.Initialize
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = False

Log("Response Body:")
Log(jResp.Emit)

'  A 201 status code indicates success.
Dim respStatusCode As Int = resp.StatusCode
Log("Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode)
If respStatusCode >= 400 Then
    Log("Response Header:")
    Log(resp.Header)
    Log("Failed.")
    Return
End If


'  Sample JSON response:
'  (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

'  {
'    "account_sid": "ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
'    "api_version": "2010-04-01",
'    "body": "body",
'    "date_created": "Thu, 30 Jul 2015 20:12:31 +0000",
'    "date_sent": "Thu, 30 Jul 2015 20:12:33 +0000",
'    "date_updated": "Thu, 30 Jul 2015 20:12:33 +0000",
'    "direction": "outbound-api",
'    "error_code": null,
'    "error_message": null,
'    "from": "+15017122661",
'    "messaging_service_sid": "MGXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
'    "num_media": "0",
'    "num_segments": "1",
'    "price": null,
'    "price_unit": null,
'    "sid": "MMXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
'    "status": "sent",
'    "subresource_uris": {
'      "media": "/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/Messages/SMXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/Media.json"
'    },
'    "to": "+15558675310",
'    "uri": "/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/Messages/SMXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.json"
'  }

'  Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
'  Use the following online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
'  Generate Parsing Code from JSON



Dim account_sid As String = jResp.StringOf("account_sid")
Dim api_version As String = jResp.StringOf("api_version")
Dim body As String = jResp.StringOf("body")
Dim date_created As String = jResp.StringOf("date_created")
Dim date_sent As String = jResp.StringOf("date_sent")
Dim date_updated As String = jResp.StringOf("date_updated")
Dim direction As String = jResp.StringOf("direction")
Dim error_code As String = jResp.StringOf("error_code")
Dim error_message As String = jResp.StringOf("error_message")
Dim from As String = jResp.StringOf("from")
Dim messaging_service_sid As String = jResp.StringOf("messaging_service_sid")
Dim num_media As String = jResp.StringOf("num_media")
Dim num_segments As String = jResp.StringOf("num_segments")
Dim price As String = jResp.StringOf("price")
Dim price_unit As String = jResp.StringOf("price_unit")
Dim sid As String = jResp.StringOf("sid")
Dim status As String = jResp.StringOf("status")
Dim subresource_urisMedia As String = jResp.StringOf("subresource_uris.media")
Dim v_to As String = jResp.StringOf("to")
Dim uri As String = jResp.StringOf("uri")