Building & DebuggingTools that Communicate

Tim MillironDirector of Engineering twilio @timmilliron

twilio: an API for Phones

Outgoing

using Twilio;var twilio = new TwilioRestClient("accountSid", "authToken");

var call = twilio.InitiateOutboundCall("+1555456790", "+15551112222", "http://example.com/handleCall");var msg = twilio.SendSmsMessage("+15551112222", "+15553334444", "Hi BizSpark!");

Incoming

<Response> <Say>Welcome to the biz-spark meetup. Huzzah!</Say> <Sms>Thanks for calling the biz-spark meetup line.</Sms></Response>

Call: (415) 723-4BIZ

Incoming

<Response> <Say>Welcome to the biz-spark meetup. Huzzah!</Say> <Sms>Thanks for calling the biz-spark meetup line.</Sms></Response>

Call: (415) 723-4BIZ

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How it works

How it works

<Response> ... </Response>

Debugging the Phone Grid

“We’re sorry, an application error

occurred.”

It’s just the internet

When in doubt, curl

curl http://demo.twilio.com/tim/bizsparkVoice.xml

When in doubt, curl

curl http://demo.twilio.com/tim/bizsparkVoice.xml

curl –u AC123:abcd -d “From:+14155551111” -d “To:+14158675309” -d “Body:Hi, Jenny” https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/AC123/Calls

Debugging Tools

Debugging Tools

Debugging Tools

Debugging Tools

Eavesdropping on Yourself

var call = twilio.InitiateOutboundCall(”+14157234249”,”+14158675309”,"http://

example.com/eavesdrop.xml");

Calling our twilio number

(415) 723-4BIZ<Response>

<Say>…</Say></Response>

Eavesdropping on Yourself

var call = twilio.InitiateOutboundCall(”+14157234249”,”+14158675309”,"http://

example.com/eavesdrop.xml");

Calling our twilio number

eavesdrop.xml

(415) 723-4BIZ<Response>

<Say>…</Say></Response>

<Response> <Dial record=“true”>+14157234249</Dial></Response>

Entering Data at Yourself

(415) 723-4BIZ

var call = twilio.InitiateOutboundCall(”+14157234249”,”+14158675309”,"http://

example.com/senddata.xml");

Calling our twilio number

<Response><Gather

numDigits=4>…</Gather></Response>

Entering Data at Yourself

(415) 723-4BIZ

<Response> <Dial sendDigits=“1234”>+14157234249</Dial></Response>

var call = twilio.InitiateOutboundCall(”+14157234249”,”+14158675309”,"http://

example.com/senddata.xml");

Calling our twilio number

senddata.xml

<Response><Gather

numDigits=4>…</Gather></Response>

twilio: an API for Phones

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