Use Twilio to Send Text Messages
Twilio is a service that provides powerful API access to send and receive phone calls and text messages. The possibilities for group calls and texts, scripted answering services, and voicemail recording are quite broad. Even non-developers are likely to encounter Twilio-based products, though they might not realize it.
Any sort of phone automation you can imagine is plausible with Twilio—from robocalling to answering to recording to re-routing to messaging; it’s all in the API. In this section, you get your feet wet by sending text messages through the service. The first step is signing up for a new account at http://twilio.com.
Twilio signup is straightforward—you need an email address and a credit card. Don’t ...
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