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Published inJun 2020

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Praveen Kumar Sreeram

Sending an SMS notification to the end user using the Twilio service

In most of the previous recipes of this chapter, we have worked with SendGrid triggers to send emails in different scenarios. In this recipe, you will learn how to send notifications via text messages, using one of the leading cloud communication platforms, named Twilio.

Note

Twilio is a cloud communication platform-as-a-service platform. Twilio allows software developers to programmatically make and receive phone calls, send and receive text messages, and perform other communication functions using its web service APIs. Learn more about Twilio at https://www.twilio.com/.

Getting ready

In order to use the Twilio SMS output (objsmsmessage) binding, you need to do the following:

Create a trial Twilio account at https://www.twilio.com/try-twilio.
Following the successful creation of the account, grab the ACCOUNT SID and AUTH TOKEN from the Twilio Dashboard and save it for future reference, as...

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Praveen Kumar Sreeram

Praveen Kumar Sreeram is an author, Microsoft Certified Trainer, and certified Azure Solutions Architect. He has over 15 years of experience in the field of development, analysis, design, and the delivery of applications of various technologies. His projects range from custom web development using ASP.NET and MVC to building mobile apps using the cross-platform Xamarin technology for domains such as insurance, telecom, and wireless expense management. He has been given the Most Valuable Professional award twice by one of the leading social community websites, CSharpCorner, for his contributions to the Microsoft Azure community through his articles. Praveen is highly focused on learning about technology, and blogs about his learning regularly. You can also follow him on Twitter at @PrawinSreeram. Currently, his focus is on analyzing business problems and providing technical solutions for various projects related to Microsoft Azure and .NET Core.
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