Objective-C

Twilio: Send SMS using Basic Authentication

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Demonstrates how to use Twilio to send an SMS message using Basic authentication. Objective-C

#import <CkoRest.h>
#import <NSString.h>
#import <CkoJsonObject.h>

BOOL success = NO;

//  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.

CkoRest *rest = [[CkoRest alloc] init];

//  Use Basic Authentication.
//  Your Twilio Account SID is the username.
//  Your Twilio Auth Token is the password.
success = [rest SetAuthBasic: @"TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID" password: @"TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN"];

//  Make the initial connection (without sending a request yet) to Twilio.
BOOL bTls = YES;
int port = 443;
BOOL bAutoReconnect = YES;
success = [rest Connect: @"api.twilio.com" port: [NSNumber numberWithInt: port] tls: bTls autoReconnect: bAutoReconnect];
if (success != YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@",rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Provide the information for the SMS text message:
success = [rest AddQueryParam: @"To" value: @"+16518675309"];
success = [rest AddQueryParam: @"From" value: @"+15005550006"];
success = [rest AddQueryParam: @"Body" value: @"Hey Jenny! Good luck on the bar exam!"];
success = [rest AddQueryParam: @"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:
NSString *responseJson = [rest FullRequestFormUrlEncoded: @"POST" uriPath: @"/2010-04-01/Accounts/TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID/Messages.json"];
if (rest.LastMethodSuccess != YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@",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.
    NSLog(@"%@%d",@"response status code = ",[rest.ResponseStatusCode intValue]);
    NSLog(@"%@%@",@"response status text = ",rest.ResponseStatusText);
    NSLog(@"%@%@",@"response header: ",rest.ResponseHeader);
    NSLog(@"%@%@",@"response body (if any): ",responseJson);
    NSLog(@"%@",@"---");
    NSLog(@"%@%@",@"LastRequestStartLine: ",rest.LastRequestStartLine);
    NSLog(@"%@%@",@"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..

CkoJsonObject *json = [[CkoJsonObject alloc] init];
json.EmitCompact = NO;
success = [json Load: responseJson];

//  First show the entire JSON.
NSLog(@"%@",[json Emit]);

//  Now get some individual pieces of information:
NSLog(@"%@%@",@"sid: ",[json StringOf: @"sid"]);
NSLog(@"%@%@",@"body: ",[json StringOf: @"body"]);
NSLog(@"%@%@",@"media: ",[json StringOf: @"subresource_uris.media"]);

NSLog(@"%@",@"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"
//    }
//  }