(PowerShell) Twilio: Send SMS using Basic Authentication

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

For more information, see https://www.twilio.com/docs/sms/send-messages

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

# 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.

$rest = New-Object Chilkat.Rest

# Use Basic Authentication.
# Your Twilio Account SID is the username.
# Your Twilio Auth Token is the password.
$success = $rest.SetAuthBasic("TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID","TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN")

# Make the initial connection (without sending a request yet) to Twilio.
$bTls = $true
$port = 443
$bAutoReconnect = $true
$success = $rest.Connect("api.twilio.com",$port,$bTls,$bAutoReconnect)
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($rest.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

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

# Send the SMS text message.
# Your Twilio Account SID is part of the URI path:
$responseJson = $rest.FullRequestFormUrlEncoded("POST","/2010-04-01/Accounts/TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID/Messages.json")
if ($rest.LastMethodSuccess -ne $true) {
    $($rest.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# When successful, the response status code will equal 201.
if ($rest.ResponseStatusCode -ne 201) {
    # Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    $("response status code = " + $rest.ResponseStatusCode)
    $("response status text = " + $rest.ResponseStatusText)
    $("response header: " + $rest.ResponseHeader)
    $("response body (if any): " + $responseJson)
    $("---")
    $("LastRequestStartLine: " + $rest.LastRequestStartLine)
    $("LastRequestHeader: " + $rest.LastRequestHeader)
    exit
}

# 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..

$json = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$json.EmitCompact = $false
$success = $json.Load($responseJson)

# First show the entire JSON.
$($json.Emit())

# Now get some individual pieces of information:
$("sid: " + $json.StringOf("sid"))
$("body: " + $json.StringOf("body"))
$("media: " + $json.StringOf("subresource_uris.media"))

$("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"
#   }
# }