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Send SMS using Twilio

Note: This task is applicable only to Zoho Creator.

Overview

The twilio.sms.send task is used to send messages through your Twilio account using Deluge. For example, imagine you have a Zoho Creator application to track your inventory. You can use this syntax to send SMS notification to the specified phone number through your Twilio account, whenever your inventory runs low on stock.

Syntax

<variable> = twilio.sms.send(<twilio_connection>, <to_number><message>);

where,

ParameterData typeDescription
<variable> KEY-VALUEis the variable which will hold the response returned by Twilio.
<twilio_connection> TEXTis the name of the Twilio connection.
<to_number>TEXT

is the phone number to which the message will be sent.

The phone number must be in the format: +<country_code><phone_number>

<message>TEXTContents of the message

Send an SMS using Twilio

The following snippet sends the specified message to the specified number. 

response = twilio.sms.send("Twilio", "+91XXXXXXXXXX", "Thank you for subscribing");

where,

ParamExplanation
"Twilio"is the name of the Twilio Connection
"+91XXXXXXXXXX"is the phone number to which the message will be sent
"Thank you for subscribing"is the message which will be sent
responseis response returned as KEY-VALUE by Twilio

Response Format

Following is a sample success response returned by Twilio:

{"status":"Success"}

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