If you want to read incoming SMS messages sent to your Twilio number in your email then do I have a neat solution for you today. We're going to use...
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Love the simplicity of this solution, but I am not able to get it to work. Could something have changed since you published this article? With everything set I am getting a 11200 - HTTP retrieval failure error every time I send an SMS to my twilio number. Any changes needed to your original post? If it still works for you, what would you need to help point me in the right direction? I am not sure if something changed on Twilio or on Sendgrid. I have quadruple checked the code and don't see any differences from yours.
I appreciate any help you can offer in addition to your very helpful original post!
Dave
Oh, this might be because the
gotmodule doesn't come installed by default any more. Try going to the config section and addinggotto the npm module dependency.That was it! Thanks!
Oh good! Iām out at a conference right now, but I will update this when I get the chance.
Yes! Another cover image gif! Or just cover gif?
Twilio Functions looks great. I think it'll work for one of my little ideas I had, where my phone sends an automated message if the battery is dead and the message hasn't been delivered. Thanks for the post!
Hey Phil, awesome post! This is a great write-up, and really captures the magic of Twilio's platform. For such a long time, SMS felt like it's own black box, but with the API and new Twilio Functions it seems like it's becoming increasingly accessible to leverage that protocol in new and interesting ways.
The metaphor of Twilio Functions as "plumbing" definitely lands -- it's like a more-technical but more-powerful version of Zapier for messaging.
I think that two additional ideas for future example Twilio Functions (and just valuable to use) would be:
Thanks as always for sharing!