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Twilio Send SMS (using Chilkat HTTP)

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Perl
use chilkat();

$success = 0;

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

$http = chilkat::CkHttp->new();

# 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->put_Login("TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID");
$http->put_Password("TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN");

$req = chilkat::CkHttpRequest->new();
$req->put_HttpVerb("POST");
$req->put_Path("/2010-04-01/Accounts/TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID/Messages.json");
$req->put_ContentType("application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
$req->AddParam("From","+15005550006");
$req->AddParam("Body","body");
$req->AddParam("To","+15005551212");

$resp = chilkat::CkHttpResponse->new();
$success = $http->HttpReq("https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID/Messages.json",$req,$resp);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$sbResponseBody = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$resp->GetBodySb($sbResponseBody);
$jResp = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$jResp->LoadSb($sbResponseBody);
$jResp->put_EmitCompact(0);

print "Response Body:" . "\r\n";
print $jResp->emit() . "\r\n";

# A 201 status code indicates success.
$respStatusCode = $resp->get_StatusCode();
print "Response Status Code = " . $respStatusCode . "\r\n";
if ($respStatusCode >= 400) {
    print "Response Header:" . "\r\n";
    print $resp->header() . "\r\n";
    print "Failed." . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# 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

$account_sid = $jResp->stringOf("account_sid");
$api_version = $jResp->stringOf("api_version");
$body = $jResp->stringOf("body");
$date_created = $jResp->stringOf("date_created");
$date_sent = $jResp->stringOf("date_sent");
$date_updated = $jResp->stringOf("date_updated");
$direction = $jResp->stringOf("direction");
$error_code = $jResp->stringOf("error_code");
$error_message = $jResp->stringOf("error_message");
$from = $jResp->stringOf("from");
$messaging_service_sid = $jResp->stringOf("messaging_service_sid");
$num_media = $jResp->stringOf("num_media");
$num_segments = $jResp->stringOf("num_segments");
$price = $jResp->stringOf("price");
$price_unit = $jResp->stringOf("price_unit");
$sid = $jResp->stringOf("sid");
$status = $jResp->stringOf("status");
$subresource_urisMedia = $jResp->stringOf("subresource_uris.media");
$v_to = $jResp->stringOf("to");
$uri = $jResp->stringOf("uri");