A module for using the Twilio REST API and generating valid TwiML.
As of release 6.5.0, Beta and Developer Preview products are now exposed
via the main twilio-python artifact. Releases of the alpha
branch have been discontinued.
If you were using the alpha release line, you should be able to
switch back to the normal release line without issue.
If you were using the normal release line, you should now see several new product lines that were historically hidden from you due to their Beta or Developer Preview status. Such products are explicitly documented as Beta/Developer Preview both in the Twilio docs and console, as well as through in-line code documentation here in the library.
Install from PyPi using pip, a package manager for Python.
pip install twilio
Don't have pip installed? Try installing it, by running this from the command line:
$ curl https://raw.github.com/pypa/pip/master/contrib/get-pip.py | python
Or, you can download the source code
(ZIP) for
twilio-python, and then run:
python setup.py install
You may need to run the above commands with sudo.
Please consult the official migration guide for information on upgrading your application using twilio-python 5.x to 6.x
Report any feedback or problems with this Release Candidate to the Github Issues for twilio-python.
Getting started with the Twilio API couldn't be easier. Create a
Client and you're ready to go.
The Twilio needs your Twilio credentials. You can either pass these
directly to the constructor (see the code below) or via environment
variables.
from twilio.rest import Client
account = "ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
token = "YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY"
client = Client(account, token)Alternately, a Client constructor without these parameters will look
for TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID and TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN variables inside
the current environment.
We suggest storing your credentials as environment variables. Why? You'll never have to worry about committing your credentials and accidentally posting them somewhere public.
from twilio.rest import Client
client = Client()from twilio.rest import Client
account = "ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
token = "YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY"
client = Client(account, token)
call = client.calls.create(to="9991231234",
from_="9991231234",
url="http://twimlets.com/holdmusic?Bucket=com.twilio.music.ambient")
print(call.sid)from twilio.rest import Client
account = "ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
token = "YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY"
client = Client(account, token)
message = client.messages.create(to="+12316851234", from_="+15555555555",
body="Hello there!")To control phone calls, your application needs to output
TwiML. Use
twilio.twiml.Response to easily create such responses.
from twilio.twiml.voice_response import VoiceResponse
r = VoiceResponse()
r.say("Welcome to twilio!")
print(str(r))<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Response><Say>Welcome to twilio!</Say></Response>The Dockerfile present in this repository and its respective twilio/twilio-python Docker image are currently used by Twilio for testing purposes only.