Code Along: Twilio SMS API

Code Along: Twilio SMS API

We’ll be using the Twilio API to build a small app that sends text messages.

1) Sign up for a free Twilio account

2) Verify your Personal Number - trial accounts are only allowed to send SMS messages to “verified numbers”, follow this process and add your mobile phone number as a “verified number”

You can optionally set up a Google Voice number as an alternative to using your own mobile number

3) Get the starter code*: It’s hosted on Github, see the url below:

4) Navigate to this guide: Sending Outbound SMS with Nodejs - we’ll be following along with this guide to build the application