@twilio/plugin-sms

Quick access to SMS API and bulk sending messages.

• Usage
• Commands

Setup

Short version

Prerequisites: NodeJS, Twilio CLI

1. Clone this repo
2. Install dependencies with:

$ npm i

3. Go into the cloned repo and run:

$ twilio plugins:link .

4. Now you can run the following command to get help

$ twilio help sms:send 

5. To try sending a single test SMS

$ twilio sms:send -t=XXXXXXXXX -b="This is a test message"

Long version (explained)

Head over to the twilio-cli documentation.

Usage

$ twilio help sms:send
Send SMS single or in batch with a CSV file

USAGE
  $ twilio sms:send

OPTIONS
OPTIONAL FLAGS
  -b, --body=body                  [default: This is a test message] Body of the
                                   SMS message

  -f, --from=from                  [default: TWLO] Origin in E.164 format (can
                                   be alpha)

  -l=(debug|info|warn|error|none)  [default: info] Level of logging messages.

  -o=(columns|json|tsv|none)       [default: columns] Format of command output.

  -p, --pause=pause                Time in milliseconds between sends

  -p, --profile=profile            Shorthand identifier for your profile.

  -t, --to=to                      Destination in E.164 format

  -v, --verbose                    Produce verbose output

  --csv=csv                        Path to the CSV containing the SMS info
                                   (format: phone number to | body)

  --silent                         Suppress output and logs. This is a shorthand
                                   for "-l none -o none".
...

Commands

• twilio sms:send

twilio sms:send

Used to send single or multiple test messages using Twilio's SMS API. If it is a single message the to and from parameters will be required. For multiple you will need to run a batch using a CSV file. That file has the format:

Phone Number	Body
XXXXXXX	This is a test message

where XXXXXXX is the destination number in E.164 format

See code: src/commands/sms/send.js