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Twilio: Send SMS using Basic Authentication

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

LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oRest
LOCAL nBTls
LOCAL nPort
LOCAL nBAutoReconnect
LOCAL cResponseJson
LOCAL oJson

nSuccess := 0

//  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.

oRest := CreateObject("Chilkat.Rest")

//  Use Basic Authentication.
//  Your Twilio Account SID is the username.
//  Your Twilio Auth Token is the password.
nSuccess := oRest:SetAuthBasic("TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID", "TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN")

//  Make the initial connection (without sending a request yet) to Twilio.
nBTls := 1
nPort := 443
nBAutoReconnect := 1
nSuccess := oRest:Connect("api.twilio.com", nPort, nBTls, nBAutoReconnect)
IF (nSuccess != 1)
    ? oRest:LastErrorText
    oRest:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Provide the information for the SMS text message:
nSuccess := oRest:AddQueryParam("To", "+16518675309")
nSuccess := oRest:AddQueryParam("From", "+15005550006")
nSuccess := oRest:AddQueryParam("Body", "Hey Jenny! Good luck on the bar exam!")
nSuccess := oRest: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:
cResponseJson := oRest:FullRequestFormUrlEncoded("POST", "/2010-04-01/Accounts/TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID/Messages.json")
IF (oRest:LastMethodSuccess != 1)
    ? oRest:LastErrorText
    oRest:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  When successful, the response status code will equal 201.
IF (oRest:ResponseStatusCode != 201)
    //  Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    ? "response status code = " + Str(oRest:ResponseStatusCode)
    ? "response status text = " + oRest:ResponseStatusText
    ? "response header: " + oRest:ResponseHeader
    ? "response body (if any): " + cResponseJson
    ? "---"
    ? "LastRequestStartLine: " + oRest:LastRequestStartLine
    ? "LastRequestHeader: " + oRest:LastRequestHeader
    oRest:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  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..

oJson := CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
oJson:EmitCompact := 0
nSuccess := oJson:Load(cResponseJson)

//  First show the entire JSON.
? oJson:Emit()

//  Now get some individual pieces of information:
? "sid: " + oJson:StringOf("sid")
? "body: " + oJson:StringOf("body")
? "media: " + oJson: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"
//    }
//  }

oRest:destroy()
oJson:destroy()