Twilio

Your app sends SMS and WhatsApp messages, or verifies a phone number with a one-time code, from its server with your Twilio account credentials.

Category : Messaging · Service website : www.twilio.com

What you can do with it

• Confirm a booking or an order by SMS
• Appointment reminder the day before
• Sign-in with a code received by SMS
• Notify your team of a new request

What the agent can do

• Send SMS and WhatsApp messages from your Twilio number
• Send and check one-time codes
• Test the credentials by reading your account details, without sending anything

What it never does

• Send from a number that isn’t yours
• Send anything while testing the credentials
• Show your key in the chat, in browser code or in logs
• Use it outside of this project’s app

Values to provide

• Account SID (TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID, public value: it may appear in the site’s code) : Your Twilio account identifier (starts with AC): console.twilio.com, on the account home page. Where to find it
• Auth Token (TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN, secret: encrypted, read only by the app’s server) : Your Twilio account’s secret token: console.twilio.com, next to the Account SID (“Auth Token”). Where to find it
• Sender number (TWILIO_FROM_NUMBER, public value: it may appear in the site’s code) : Your Twilio number that sends the messages, in international format (+1…): console.twilio.com → Phone Numbers. Where to find it

Add this connector

1. Mention it in your request (the + menu of the input → Connectors, or type @), for example: “Add a contact form with @Twilio”.
2. The agent adds the app server if needed, writes the code and asks you for missing values with a card in the chat.
3. You can also save it once on the Highwind Connectors page: the connection then links to any project in one click. Technical id: twilio.

Billing

By Twilio, on your account, per message

Learn more: Connectors overview and App secrets.