Twilio SMS working code and question.

[Gatorfan]

I use Twilio to send SMS. This is the code and it works. You have to provide the following: Twilio SID, Token and a message. Does anyone know how to add the StatusCallback parameter and how to setup an a5w page to handle the response?

Thank you.

Rick Reeves
941-737-9299


dim cf_1 as extension::CurlFile
dim flag_1 as l
dim ce as extension::Curl

vTwilioURLPre="https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/"
vSID =""
vTwilioURL=vTwilioURLPre+vSID+"/Messages"
vToken = ""
vPassword=vSID+":"+vToken
vMessage="This is a test SMS."

vToNumber="9415551212"
vTo="&To=+1"+vToNumber

vFromNumber="9415551212"
vFrom="&From=+1"+vFromNumber

vBody = "Body="+urlencode(vMessage)
vPostFields=vBody+vTo+vFrom

ce = extension::Curl.Init()
ce.setOpt("URL",vTwilioURL)
ce.setOpt("NOPROGRESS",1)
ce.setOpt("USERPWD",vPassword)
ce.setOpt("POSTFIELDS",vPostFields)
ce.setOpt("POSTFIELDSIZE_LARGE",85)
ce.setOpt("USERAGENT","curl/7.34.0")
ce.setOpt("MAXREDIRS",50)
ce.setOpt("CAINFO","C:\\Program Files (x86)\\a5V12\\CARoot\\ca-cert.pem")
ce.setOpt("CAPATH","C:\\Program Files (x86)\\a5V12\\CARoot")
ce.setOpt("CUSTOMREQUEST","POST")
ce.setOpt("TCP_KEEPALIVE",1)
ce.SetOpt("FILE",cf_1)
flag_1 = ce.Exec()

if flag_1 then
showvar( "Headers: "+crlf()+cf_1.GetHeaders()+crlf()+"Content:"+crlf()+cf_1.GetContent())
else
showvar("error: " + ce.Error() )
end if
ce.close()

[Davidk]

Re: Twilio SMS working code and question.

Hey Rick,

This is a tough one because you'd have to know, or get to know, Twilio in order to help. I've read a bit of the docs in Twilio... really interesting stuff, by the way... and it seems when you set up your account you can establish a StatusCallback URL... is that right? If you have that in place, and you include StatusCallback in your Twilio call, the StatusCallback in your call will be ignored.

StatusCallback is simply set to a URL... is that right?

Do you have StatusCallback set up in your account?

If you don't... have you tried including StatusCallback in your call? With StatusCallback set to a valid URL... pointing to an a5w page you have? I would first create an a5w page with just a title and see it that gets called when Twilio is done... which is when the callback call is made.

I'm probably just talking in the dark here... but that's my understanding so far.

[ssmoore1]

Re: Twilio SMS working code and question.

Hi Rick,

Great work on the Twillio integration, this is something I have been looking into as well but did not get that far. Quick question, can this code be executed in an Xbasic function via Ajax call back or does it need to sit on a standalone .a5w page?

Cheers,

Scott

[Gatorfan]

Re: Twilio SMS working code and question.

I use a xbasic function.

[Ken Tjia]

Re: Twilio SMS working code and question.

The phonegap SMS plugin is working well within the UX component.
This was implemented by Mr. Moore last week. FYI

I have tested and is working, meaning utilizing your own android/iphone sms plan.
this is good for small job, like single or less than 100 recipient ? in my opinion.

Why not give it a try ....

[ssmoore1]

Re: Twilio SMS working code and question.

Hi Everyone,

The solution from Rick works great but FYI it wouldn't work for me until I commented out this line:

ce.setOpt("POSTFIELDSIZE_LARGE",85)

Cheers,

Scott

[Davidk]

Re: Twilio SMS working code and question.

Scott,

Maybe this is the same thing I ran into. You no longer have to worry about the "POSTFIELDSIZE_LARGE" setting. That was biting me as well when I was creating new code with the cURL genie. Now, Alpha creates a variable and re-calcs the field size in the code that the genie generates.

[JohnFabrega]

Re: Twilio SMS working code and question.

I'd like to create an Alpha integration with an SMS service we provide (www.BusinessTextBox.com)

I am familiar with Twilio and have had a couple of apps created on their platform. There are some similarities with our API so it would likely be relatively simple for those of you that have already done that.

The key differentiator between Twilio and TextBox is that we can text-enable a business's existing land-line telephone number rather than having to introduce a different number or deal with inbound phone calls as a result of the outbound texts.

And, since we already provide a two-way SMS interface an Alpha app could be limited to only the outbound side. (i.e. automated appointment reminders that fire based on an Alpha scheduling application) If the recipient responds, the conversation would continue in our application.

If interested please PM me. I'd be happy to set up a test account.

[aal_fareed]

Re: Twilio SMS working code and question.

I use Twilio to send SMS. This is the code and it works. You have to provide the following: Twilio SID, Token and a message. Does anyone know how to add the StatusCallback parameter and how to setup an a5w page to handle the response?

Thank you.

Rick Reeves
941-737-9299


dim cf_1 as extension::CurlFile
dim flag_1 as l
dim ce as extension::Curl

vTwilioURLPre="https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/"
vSID =""
vTwilioURL=vTwilioURLPre+vSID+"/Messages"
vToken = ""
vPassword=vSID+":"+vToken
vMessage="This is a test SMS."

vToNumber="9415551212"
vTo="&To=+1"+vToNumber

vFromNumber="9415551212"
vFrom="&From=+1"+vFromNumber

vBody = "Body="+urlencode(vMessage)
vPostFields=vBody+vTo+vFrom

ce = extension::Curl.Init()
ce.setOpt("URL",vTwilioURL)
ce.setOpt("NOPROGRESS",1)
ce.setOpt("USERPWD",vPassword)
ce.setOpt("POSTFIELDS",vPostFields)
ce.setOpt("POSTFIELDSIZE_LARGE",85)
ce.setOpt("USERAGENT","curl/7.34.0")
ce.setOpt("MAXREDIRS",50)
ce.setOpt("CAINFO","C:\\Program Files (x86)\\a5V12\\CARoot\\ca-cert.pem")
ce.setOpt("CAPATH","C:\\Program Files (x86)\\a5V12\\CARoot")
ce.setOpt("CUSTOMREQUEST","POST")
ce.setOpt("TCP_KEEPALIVE",1)
ce.SetOpt("FILE",cf_1)
flag_1 = ce.Exec()

if flag_1 then
showvar( "Headers: "+crlf()+cf_1.GetHeaders()+crlf()+"Content:"+crlf()+cf_1.GetContent())
else
showvar("error: " + ce.Error() )
end if
ce.close()

Hello Gatorfan ,

This code is not working with me


dim cf_1 as extension::CurlFile
dim flag_1 as l
dim ce as extension::Curl

vTwilioURLPre="https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/"
vSID ="AC72f029855993ab124649335691885475"
vTwilioURL=vTwilioURLPre+vSID+"/Messages"
vToken = "57f1b87d2ae8cd2b0ba8de212f9ed1e4"
vPassword=vSID+":"+vToken
vMessage="This is a test SMS."

vToNumber="966545555807"
vTo="&To=+1"+vToNumber

vFromNumber="2014740225"
vFrom="&From=+1"+vFromNumber

vBody = "Body="+urlencode(vMessage)
vPostFields=vBody+vTo+vFrom

ce = extension::Curl.Init()
ce.setOpt("URL",vTwilioURL)
ce.setOpt("NOPROGRESS",1)
ce.setOpt("USERPWD",vPassword)
ce.setOpt("POSTFIELDS",vPostFields)

'ce.setOpt("POSTFIELDSIZE_LARGE",85)

ce.setOpt("USERAGENT","curl/7.34.0")
ce.setOpt("MAXREDIRS",50)
ce.setOpt("CAINFO","C:\\Program Files (x86)\\a5V12\\CARoot\\ca-cert.pem")
ce.setOpt("CAPATH","C:\\Program Files (x86)\\a5V12\\CARoot")
ce.setOpt("CUSTOMREQUEST","POST")
ce.setOpt("TCP_KEEPALIVE",1)
ce.SetOpt("FILE",cf_1)
flag_1 = ce.Exec()

if flag_1 then

showvar( "Headers: "+crlf()+cf_1.GetHeaders()+crlf()+"Content:"+crlf()+cf_1.GetContent())


else
showvar("error: " + ce.Error() )
end if
ce.close()



the error am getting :
Error executing Ajax callback. Error executing Ajax callback function 'sendSMS ': command: showvar( "Headers: "+crlf()+cf_1.GetHeaders()+crlf()+"Content:"+crlf()+cf_1.Ge Function: 'not_valid' was not recognized



do you have any idea or can any one help me solving this ??

Regards

[aal_fareed]

Re: Twilio SMS working code and question.

Hello Gatorfan ,

This code is not working with me


dim cf_1 as extension::CurlFile
dim flag_1 as l
dim ce as extension::Curl

vTwilioURLPre="https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/"
vSID ="AC72f029855993ab124649335691885475"
vTwilioURL=vTwilioURLPre+vSID+"/Messages"
vToken = "57f1b87d2ae8cd2b0ba8de212f9ed1e4"
vPassword=vSID+":"+vToken
vMessage="This is a test SMS."

vToNumber="966545555807"
vTo="&To=+1"+vToNumber

vFromNumber="2014740225"
vFrom="&From=+1"+vFromNumber

vBody = "Body="+urlencode(vMessage)
vPostFields=vBody+vTo+vFrom

ce = extension::Curl.Init()
ce.setOpt("URL",vTwilioURL)
ce.setOpt("NOPROGRESS",1)
ce.setOpt("USERPWD",vPassword)
ce.setOpt("POSTFIELDS",vPostFields)

'ce.setOpt("POSTFIELDSIZE_LARGE",85)

ce.setOpt("USERAGENT","curl/7.34.0")
ce.setOpt("MAXREDIRS",50)
ce.setOpt("CAINFO","C:\\Program Files (x86)\\a5V12\\CARoot\\ca-cert.pem")
ce.setOpt("CAPATH","C:\\Program Files (x86)\\a5V12\\CARoot")
ce.setOpt("CUSTOMREQUEST","POST")
ce.setOpt("TCP_KEEPALIVE",1)
ce.SetOpt("FILE",cf_1)
flag_1 = ce.Exec()

if flag_1 then

showvar( "Headers: "+crlf()+cf_1.GetHeaders()+crlf()+"Content:"+crlf()+cf_1.GetContent())


else
showvar("error: " + ce.Error() )
end if
ce.close()



the error am getting :
Error executing Ajax callback. Error executing Ajax callback function 'sendSMS ': command: showvar( "Headers: "+crlf()+cf_1.GetHeaders()+crlf()+"Content:"+crlf()+cf_1.Ge Function: 'not_valid' was not recognized



do you have any idea or can any one help me solving this ??

Regards

help any one?

[aal_fareed]

Re: Twilio SMS working code and question.

finally its working ,

use this code for twillio integration by using the node.js

but remember you have to install twillio modular in
C:\Program Files (x86)\a5V12\

you can do that by downloading the modular from twillio.com or github.com
after that use the npm install command to install the modular .

then place a button in a dialog
2 text box as one for mobile and the other textbox for the SMS body msg .

ajax call on the button
place this code within your xbasic ajax
simple & clean

debug(1)
dim n as helper::V8
dim p as p
p._id = api_uuidcreate()
p._command = "sendsms"
' \\ you can change the phone number and msg in below line
p.phone = "+966545555807"
p.msg = "Message1"

dim jsoncmd as c
jsoncmd = json_generate(p)
txt = n.NodeRequest(jsoncmd)


also sendSMS.JS is the trick

please click here to download it
and then paste it in this path
C:\Program Files (x86)\a5V12\node_services

it took three working dats to get this working so i thought about sharing it to save someones time
btw this is working with pre release version too & dont forget to enable geo location in your twilio account

good luck all

[mikeallenbrown]

Re: Twilio SMS working code and question.

Anyone here sending batch (multiple) messages at once using Twilio?

[aal_fareed]

Re: Twilio SMS working code and question.

Anyone here sending batch (multiple) messages at once using Twilio?

I have a ready integrated component that achieve this

I'll find it tomorrow and upload it for u

[mikeallenbrown]

Re: Twilio SMS working code and question.

After giving it some more thought I refined my methodology and it looks like I got something that'll work.

I'd still be interested in what you came up with. Thank you very much for your generosity.

[WindForce]

Re: Twilio SMS working code and question.

Tried to send a SMS through Nexmo using the Node method that Ahmed showed here, but didn't work. The sendsms.js file is no longer available for download and i don't know what to change exactly...If anyone has experience with this method and/or with Nexmo please share.
https://www.nexmo.com/blog/2016/10/1...nd-express-dr/