DataFlex

Twilio: Send SMS using Basic Authentication

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

Use ChilkatAx-win32.pkg

Procedure Test
    Boolean iSuccess
    Handle hoRest
    Boolean iBTls
    Integer iPort
    Boolean iBAutoReconnect
    String sResponseJson
    Handle hoJson
    String sTemp1
    Integer iTemp1
    Boolean bTemp1

    Move False To iSuccess

    // 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.

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatRest)) To hoRest
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoRest))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoRest
    End

    // Use Basic Authentication.
    // Your Twilio Account SID is the username.
    // Your Twilio Auth Token is the password.
    Get ComSetAuthBasic Of hoRest "TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID" "TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN" To iSuccess

    // Make the initial connection (without sending a request yet) to Twilio.
    Move True To iBTls
    Move 443 To iPort
    Move True To iBAutoReconnect
    Get ComConnect Of hoRest "api.twilio.com" iPort iBTls iBAutoReconnect To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess <> True) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoRest To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    // Provide the information for the SMS text message:
    Get ComAddQueryParam Of hoRest "To" "+16518675309" To iSuccess
    Get ComAddQueryParam Of hoRest "From" "+15005550006" To iSuccess
    Get ComAddQueryParam Of hoRest "Body" "Hey Jenny! Good luck on the bar exam!" To iSuccess
    Get ComAddQueryParam Of hoRest "MediaUrl" "http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1075/1404618563_3ed9a44a3a.jpg" To iSuccess

    // Send the SMS text message.
    // Your Twilio Account SID is part of the URI path:
    Get ComFullRequestFormUrlEncoded Of hoRest "POST" "/2010-04-01/Accounts/TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID/Messages.json" To sResponseJson
    Get ComLastMethodSuccess Of hoRest To bTemp1
    If (bTemp1 <> True) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoRest To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    // When successful, the response status code will equal 201.
    Get ComResponseStatusCode Of hoRest To iTemp1
    If (iTemp1 <> 201) Begin
        // Examine the request/response to see what happened.
        Get ComResponseStatusCode Of hoRest To iTemp1
        Showln "response status code = " iTemp1
        Get ComResponseStatusText Of hoRest To sTemp1
        Showln "response status text = " sTemp1
        Get ComResponseHeader Of hoRest To sTemp1
        Showln "response header: " sTemp1
        Showln "response body (if any): " sResponseJson
        Showln "---"
        Get ComLastRequestStartLine Of hoRest To sTemp1
        Showln "LastRequestStartLine: " sTemp1
        Get ComLastRequestHeader Of hoRest To sTemp1
        Showln "LastRequestHeader: " sTemp1
        Procedure_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..

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatJsonObject)) To hoJson
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoJson))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoJson
    End
    Set ComEmitCompact Of hoJson To False
    Get ComLoad Of hoJson sResponseJson To iSuccess

    // First show the entire JSON.
    Get ComEmit Of hoJson To sTemp1
    Showln sTemp1

    // Now get some individual pieces of information:
    Get ComStringOf Of hoJson "sid" To sTemp1
    Showln "sid: " sTemp1
    Get ComStringOf Of hoJson "body" To sTemp1
    Showln "body: " sTemp1
    Get ComStringOf Of hoJson "subresource_uris.media" To sTemp1
    Showln "media: " sTemp1

    Showln "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"
    //   }
    // }


End_Procedure