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Twilio Messages API

Send and manage SMS and MMS messages

Twilio Messages API is one of 115 APIs that Twilio publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification.

Tagged areas include Message. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, pricing, and an AsyncAPI specification.

This API exposes 5 operations across 2 paths, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01, https://messaging.twilio.com/v1.

5 operations 2 paths 3 schemas 1 DELETE2 GET2 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2.0
Servers
https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01
https://messaging.twilio.com/v1
Authentication
HTTP Basic
License
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Twilio Messages API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (accountSid_authToken). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • accountSid_authToken — Use your Twilio Account SID as the username and Auth Token as the password for HTTP Basic authentication.

Paths & Operations 5

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Messages 5

Send and manage SMS and MMS messages

GET
/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Messages.json
Twilio List Messages
listMessages 6 params → 200401404
POST
/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Messages.json
Twilio Send a Message
createMessage 1 param body → 201400401422
GET
/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Messages/{MessageSid}.json
Twilio Fetch a Message
fetchMessage 2 params → 200401404
POST
/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Messages/{MessageSid}.json
Twilio Update a Message
updateMessage 2 params body → 200401404
DELETE
/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Messages/{MessageSid}.json
Twilio Delete a Message
deleteMessage 2 params → 204401404

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Message (20 properties), CreateMessageRequest (12 properties), MessageList (7 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Message
object
20 properties
MessageList
object
7 properties
CreateMessageRequest
object
12 properties 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

twilio-messages-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Twilio publishes across the network.

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Twilio Alerts API
Twilio Alpha Senders API
Twilio Apps API
Twilio Archives API
Twilio Assistants API
Twilio Attempts API
Twilio Auth Tokens API
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