Twilio-Messaging

Messaging your phone number from the Twilio api using Javscript

• This assumes that you know how to use the cli/terminal in GNU/Linux
• This also assumes that you use vscode as your IDE
• Finally, this assumes that you already have obtained your TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID and AUTH_TOKEN

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• Install nodejs

sudo apt install nodejs -y

 

• Install npm

sudo apt install npm -y

 

• Install Twilio

npm install twilio

 

• Create a folder in the terminal

mkdir folder name

 

• CD into that folder

cd folder name

 

• Make sure to input your twilio_sid_token and auth_token

const client = new Twilio("TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID", "AUTH_TOKEN");

 

• Open up vscode in the terminal

code .

 

• Then run the command

node explore.js

 

• This will gather your most recent sent messages in Twilio

client.messages
.list()
    .then(messages => console.log(`The most recent message is ${messages[0].body}`)
    ).catch(err => console.error(err));

 

• You are done