Twilio SMS API (NodeJS snippet)

twilio.sample.js

// To send sms message with Twilio SMS API in Node.js.

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// .env
// TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID='ACde4b5sample3cc1fb166ef26bd83e8'
// TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN='4f631903940sample06869e988'
// TWILIO_NUMBER='+162822XXXXXX'

// init twilio
var twilio = require('twilio')(process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID, process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN);

router.post('/sentMessage', function(req, res) {
  // prepare content
  var receiver_num = req.body.phoneNumber
  var receiver_name = req.body.name

  // trigger twilio to send message  
  twilio.sendMessage({
      to: receiver_num,
      from: process.env.TWILIO_NUMBER,
      body: `Hi ${receiver_name}`
  }, function(err, good){
      if (err) {
          console.log('err when send twilio SMS: ', err);
          return res.status(500).send('fail to send')
      }
      // successful
      console.log(`send message to ${receiver_num}`)
      res.status(200).send('message sent')
  })
});


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get SID and Token here: https://www.twilio.com/console