There are plenty of examples you see today of applications using text messages. Multi-factor authentication for example. We've used it recently in an application tied to a webhook. When a certain event happens, a text is sent to let a user know. If you're reading this, It's pretty likely you already know what you're going to do with it. So let's get to work.
We're assuming you're using Python 3
First, let's install the Twilio helper library
pip install twilio
Next, let's create a file called text_example.py. And we'll enter the following:
from twilio.rest import Client # Fill this with your Account SID you get from twilio.com/console my_sid = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" # Fill this with your auth token you get from twilio.com/console my_token = "my_token_here" twilioClient = Client(my_sid, my_token) message = twilioClient.messages.create( to="+15551111212", #The number you're sending to. from_="+12088887676", #This is the number you rent from Twilio. body="Hey I sent a text message") print(message.sid)
And then give it a try.
It's just that simple. And remember, in the words of Spiderman's uncle, "with great power comes great responsibility".