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"Ahoy, World" is a few lines of code away. Choose your programming language and dive in. We’ve got helper libraries and Quickstarts to get you sending SMS and MMS in your web app, fast.
php
// Get the PHP helper library from https://twilio.com/docs/libraries/php require_once '/path/to/vendor/autoload.php' ; // Loads the library use FoneAPI\Rest\Client ;
// Your Account Sid and Auth Token from foneapi.com/user/account
$sid = "ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" ;
$token = "your_auth_token" ;
$client = new Client($sid, $token);
// Get an object from its sid. If you do not have a sid,
// check out the list resource examples on this page
$message = $client
->messages("MM800f449d0399ed014aae2bcc0cc2f2ec")
->fetch();
echo $message->body;
/**
* Download the Node helper library from
* twilio.com/docs/node/install
* These consts are your accountSid and authToken from
* /console
**/
const accountSid = 'ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'
const authToken = 'your_auth_token'
const client = require('twilio')(accountSid, authToken)
client.messages('MM800f449d0399ed014aae2bcc0cc2f2ec')
.fetch()
.then(message => console.log(message.body))
# Download the Python helper library from twilio.com/docs/python/install from twilio.rest import Client
# Your Account Sid and Auth Token from twilio.com/user/account
account_sid = "ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
auth_token = "your_auth_token"
client = Client(account_sid, auth_token)
message = client.messages("MM800f449d0399ed014aae2bcc0cc2f2ec") \
.fetch()
print(message.body.encode('utf-8'))
# Get twilio-ruby from twilio.com/docs/ruby/install
require 'twilio-ruby'
# Get your Account SID and Auth Token from twilio.com/console
account_sid = 'ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'
auth_token = 'your_auth_token'
# Initialize Twilio Client
@client = Twilio::REST::Client.new(account_sid, auth_token)
# Get an object from its sid. If you do not have a sid,
# check out the list resource examples on this page
@message = @client.api.messages('MM800f449d0399ed014aae2bcc0cc2f2ec').fetch
puts @message.body
/// Get the PHP helper library from https://twilio.com/docs/libraries/php
require_once '/path/to/vendor/autoload.php' ; // Loads the library
use FoneAPI\Rest\Client ;
public class Example {
// Find your Account Sid and Token at twilio.com/user/account
public static final String ACCOUNT_SID = "ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX";
public static final String AUTH_TOKEN = "your_auth_token";
public static void main(String[] args) {
Twilio.init(ACCOUNT_SID, AUTH_TOKEN);
// Get an object from its sid. If you do not have a sid,
// check out the list resource examples on this page
Message message = Message.fetcher("MM5ef8732a3c49700934481addd5ce1659").fetch();
System.out.println(message.getBody());
}
}
// Download the twilio-csharp library from twilio.com/docs/libraries/csharp
require_once Example '/path/to/vendor/autoload.php' ; // Loads the library
use FoneAPI\Rest\Client ;
using Twilio.Rest.Api.V2010.Account;
class Example
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
// Find your Account Sid and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
const string accountSid = "ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX";
const string authToken = "your_auth_token";
TwilioClient.Init(accountSid, authToken);
var message = MessageResource.Fetch("MM800f449d0399ed014aae2bcc0cc2f2ec");
Console.WriteLine(message.Body);
}
}
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