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twilio - Sends a text message to a mobile phone through Twilio.¶

New in version 1.6.

Synopsis
Options
Examples
Notes
- Status

Synopsis ¶

Sends a text message to a phone number through the Twilio messaging API.

Options ¶

parameter	required	default	choices	comments
account_sid	yes			user's Twilio account token found on the account page
auth_token	yes			user's Twilio authentication token
from_number	yes			the Twilio number to send the text message from, format +15551112222
media_url	no			a URL with a picture, video or sound clip to send with an MMS (multimedia message) instead of a plain SMS
msg	yes			the body of the text message
to_number	yes			one or more phone numbers to send the text message to, format +15551112222

Examples ¶

# send an SMS about the build status to (555) 303 5681
# note: replace account_sid and auth_token values with your credentials
# and you have to have the 'from_number' on your Twilio account
- twilio:
    msg: All servers with webserver role are now configured.
    account_sid: ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
    auth_token: ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
    from_number: +15552014545
    to_number: +15553035681
  delegate_to: localhost

# send an SMS to multiple phone numbers about the deployment
# note: replace account_sid and auth_token values with your credentials
# and you have to have the 'from_number' on your Twilio account
- twilio:
    msg: This server configuration is now complete.
    account_sid: ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
    auth_token: ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
    from_number: +15553258899
    to_number:
      - +15551113232
      - +12025551235
      - +19735559010
  delegate_to: localhost

# send an MMS to a single recipient with an update on the deployment
# and an image of the results
# note: replace account_sid and auth_token values with your credentials
# and you have to have the 'from_number' on your Twilio account
- twilio:
    msg: Deployment complete!
    account_sid: ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
    auth_token: ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
    from_number: +15552014545
    to_number: +15553035681
    media_url: https://demo.twilio.com/logo.png
  delegate_to: localhost

Notes ¶

Note

This module is non-idempotent because it sends an email through the external API. It is idempotent only in the case that the module fails.
Like the other notification modules, this one requires an external dependency to work. In this case, you’ll need a Twilio account with a purchased or verified phone number to send the text message.

Status ¶

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

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