API Builder Plugin for Twilio
Axway API Builder flow-node that implements Twilio cloud communication platform methods (e.g. SMS): api-builder-plugin-twilio
Methods Implemented:
About flow-nodes
Flow-nodes are used within Axway API Builder's flow editor that is a low-code / no-code solution to designing and developing services
that integrate to many different connected components, such as databases and APIs.
Install
After creating your API Builder Project, you can install this plugin using npm:
npm install api-builder-plugin-twilio
Note that this command will install from npm. If you want to install locally, then provide the full path to the plugin folder
Before launching your API Builder app that uses this plugin, you must set the following two environment variables as per your Twilio account:
- TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID
- TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN
Use
Find the plugin in the Messaging group in the Flow-Nodes panel. Drag onto the canvas and select the desired method and provide the input and wire up to the rest of your flow as shown below:
![](https://i.imgur.com/LyoPuKP.png)
Methods
The currently implemented methods are described below.
messages.create()
Twilio docs are here
Provide the to and from phone numbers and the SMS message body as input and the output will be similar to below:
- from = '+15017122661'
- to = '+15558675310'
- body = 'Hi there'
{
"account_sid": "ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
"api_version": "2010-04-01",
"body": "Hi there",
"date_created": "Thu, 30 Jul 2015 20:12:31 +0000",
"date_sent": "Thu, 30 Jul 2015 20:12:33 +0000",
"date_updated": "Thu, 30 Jul 2015 20:12:33 +0000",
"direction": "outbound-api",
"error_code": null,
"error_message": null,
"from": "+14155552345",
"messaging_service_sid": null,
"num_media": "0",
"num_segments": "1",
"price": null,
"price_unit": null,
"sid": "SMXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
"status": "sent",
"subresource_uris": {
"media": "/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/Messages/SMXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/Media.json"
},
"to": "+14155552345",
"uri": "/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/Messages/SMXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.json"
}