Deliver at scale with proven APIs for SMS
Send and receive text messages with just a few lines of code on MessagingX, the trusted platform for cross-channel messaging.

Engage customers globally
with reliable SMS messaging
Launching a trusted SMS solution is easy with MessagingX. Twilio gives you developer-friendly APIs, scalability, and built-in software for compliance, routing, and advanced use cases. All to help you get to market faster, and with unmatched deliverability.
APIs
Scale from concept to global
solution with flexible SMS APIs

Programmable Messaging API
Send transactional SMS, MMS, and WhatsApp messages with a single API.
- Reach 180+ countries reliably with localized senders, compliance tools, and global guidelines.
- Manage compliance, deliverability, replies, and more with Twilio’s programmable software.
- Monitor and troubleshoot message delivery and engagement with real-time analytics.

Conversations API
Drive two-way engagement over SMS and other preferred channels with a single API.
- Power commerce and support on SMS, MMS, chat, Facebook Messenger, Google’s Business Messages, and WhatsApp.
- Manage participants, archive messages, and orchestrate workflows without additional code.
- Get to market faster with quick-starts, sample apps, and SDKs.
Use cases
Start and scale
customer relationships
Notifications
Send personalized alerts, reminders, and notifications for appointments, deliveries, and more with the Programmable Messaging API.
Verifications
Deliver one-time passwords for fast onboarding that reduces support costs and fraud at once.
Promotions
Distribute marketing messages and offers with the Programmable Messaging API to drive leads, sales, and loyalty.
Conversational care and commerce
Support the full customer journey with two-way, SMS for support, sales, and lead generation with the Conversations API.
Developer resources
- Node.js
- C#
- PHP
- Ruby
- Python
- Java
- curl
- twilio-cli
//Downloadthehelperlibraryfromhttps://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install//FindyourAccountSIDandAuthTokenattwilio.com/console//andsettheenvironmentvariables.Seehttp://twil.io/secureconstaccountSid=process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;constauthToken=process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;constclient=require('twilio')(accountSid,authToken);client.messages.create({from:'+15017122661',body:'Hi there',to:'+15558675310'}).then(message=>console.log(message.sid));
// Install the C# / .NET helper library from twilio.com/docs/csharp/installusingSystem;usingTwilio;usingTwilio.Rest.Api.V2010.Account;classProgram{staticvoidMain(string[]args){// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/securestringaccountSid=Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID");stringauthToken=Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN");TwilioClient.Init(accountSid,authToken);varmessage=MessageResource.Create(from:newTwilio.Types.PhoneNumber("+15017122661"),body:"Hi there",to:newTwilio.Types.PhoneNumber("+15558675310"));Console.WriteLine(message.Sid);}}
<?php// Update the path below to your autoload.php,// see https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.mdrequire_once'/path/to/vendor/autoload.php';useTwilio\Rest\Client;// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure$sid=getenv("TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID");$token=getenv("TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN");$twilio=newClient($sid,$token);$message=$twilio->messages->create("+15558675310",// to["from"=>"+15017122661","body"=>"Hi there"]);print($message->sid);
# Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/ruby/installrequire'rubygems'require'twilio-ruby'# Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console# and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secureaccount_sid=ENV['TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID']auth_token=ENV['TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN']@client=Twilio::REST::Client.new(account_sid,auth_token)message=@client.messages.create(from:'+15017122661',body:'Hi there',to:'+15558675310')putsmessage.sid
# Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/python/installimportosfromtwilio.restimportClient# Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console# and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secureaccount_sid=os.environ['TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID']auth_token=os.environ['TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN']client=Client(account_sid,auth_token)message=client.messages.create(from_='+15017122661',body='Hi there',to='+15558675310')print(message.sid)
// Install the Java helper library from twilio.com/docs/java/installimportcom.twilio.Twilio;importcom.twilio.rest.api.v2010.account.Message;importcom.twilio.type.PhoneNumber;publicclassExample{// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/securepublicstaticfinalStringACCOUNT_SID=System.getenv("TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID");publicstaticfinalStringAUTH_TOKEN=System.getenv("TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN");publicstaticvoidmain(String[]args){Twilio.init(ACCOUNT_SID,AUTH_TOKEN);Messagemessage=Message.creator(newcom.twilio.type.PhoneNumber("+15558675310"),newcom.twilio.type.PhoneNumber("+15017122661"),"Hi there").create();System.out.println(message.getSid());}}
curl -X POST https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/$TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID/Messages.json \--data-urlencode "From=+15017122661"\--data-urlencode "Body=Hi there"\--data-urlencode "To=+15558675310"\-u $TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID:$TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN
# Install the twilio-cli from https://twil.io/cli
twilio api:core:messages:create \
--from +15017122661 \
--body "Hi there" \
--to +15558675310
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with MessagingX
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