Sending SMS, MMS using Twilio.

Twilio is a cloud communications platform. you can send text or pictures around the world. here is simple demo how to send sms using python

Install Twilio python packege

pip install twilio

Sending a Text Message:

from twilio.rest import TwilioRestClient
    account_sid = "your_twilio_account_sid"
    auth_token = "your_twilio_auth_token"
    # initialising twilio rest client
    client = TwilioRestClient(account_sid, auth_token)
    # sending your messge to twilio que
    msg = client.messages.create(body="Test message", to="reciever_number", from_="your_twilio_mobile_number")

Get last sent message status:

client = TwilioRestClient(account_sid, auth_token)
    last_sms = client.messages.list()[0]
    print last_sms.status
    'delivered'
    print last_sms.body
    'Test message'

Sending a Picture Message:

client = TwilioRestClient(account_sid, auth_token)
    message = client.messages.create(
        body="Test mms",  # Message body
        to="reciever_number",
        from_="your_twilio_mobile_number",
        media_url="http://micropyramid.com/logo.png"
    )

The article was originally published at MicroPyramid blog