Register a Twilio account to send SMS

published by: Tyler Lu

When a chat is started between two users in the application, the app will send an SMS to notify the user the message was sent to them.

This app uses a Twilio trial account to send SMS.

If you wish to enable the SMS capabilities in the application you must create a Twilio trial account and register and verify a phone number to send SMS.

Create and configure a Twilio trial account

  1. Register a trial account

    • Open https://www.twilio.com/, then click Get a free API key.
    • You will be redirected to Sign up for free page. Fill in the form, then click Get Started.
    • Twilio will show a page verify you’re a human. Finish it.

  2. Create a project

    After the human verification is complete, you will be redirected to a page to let you create a project.

    • Input a name, for example: Developer Finder, then click Create Project.

    • After the project is created, copy aside the ACCOUNT ID and AUTH TOKEN values.

      Note: These 2 values will be used for the Twilio Account SID and Twilio Auth Token ARM template parameters.

  3. Get a phone number:

    • In the Phone Numbers section, click Manage Numbers.
    • Twilio will redirect you to the Phone Numbers Dashboard.
    • Click Get Started.

    • Click Get you first Twilio phone number.

      Note: Twilio will pre-select a phone number. Use the number it gives you.

    • Click Choose this number:

    • Copy aside the phone number.

      Note: This phone number will be used for the Twilio From Phone Number ARM template parameter.

Verify a phone number

  1. Click Verified Caller IDs on the Phone Numbers page:

  2. Click the red ⊕:

  3. Follow the instructions to verify the phone number.