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Posted: **Wed Sep 09, 2015 12:01 am**

Hi all, I'm having trouble trying to use the Twilio messaging API. This is my first attempt at this and I'm sure I'm reading other forums posts on how this is done and not comprehending correctly. Here's the CURL sample request that I am trying to convert

curl -X POST 'https://api*twilio*com/2010-04-01/Accounts/AC0afb9e5c70c0fde47904a9a6ff/Messages.json' \
--data-urlencode 'To=5034554562' \
--data-urlencode 'From=+1212022183' \
--data-urlencode 'Body=test message' \
-u AC0afb9e5c70c0fde47904a9a6ff:e6a1bdc2a7a7484d6cdc96e

... and so far I have ...

put urlEncode("To=8086306498") & "&" & \
urlEncode("From=+18082022182") & "&" & \
urlEncode(tMsg) into tParams
put URL "https://api*twilio*com/2010-04-01/Accounts/AC0afb9e5c70c0fde47904a9a6ff/Messages.json" & tParams into tResults

it seems like I am missing the conversion of the line '-u AC0afb9e5c70c0fde47904a9a6ff:e6a1bdc2a7a7484d6cdc96e' that is the account and auth token. Can someone point me in the right direction on how to supply the API with the -u piece? Or if I'm totally off on this, how it can be done? Thanks!

Posted: **Wed Sep 16, 2015 2:55 pm**

here's a few things to try...

first, you might need to use post instead of put, for example:

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     post tPostData to URL (tURL)
     put it into tResults

for the authorization I have 2 suggestions

1st, if this is just a token code you should be able to do this:

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   put "Authorization: Basic AC0afb9e5c70c0fde47904a9a6ff:e6a1bdc2a7a7484d6cdc96e" into tHeaders
   set the httpheaders to tHeaders

2nd, looking at the colon in the middle, it looks as though this is simply a user/password set up so you could try putting it and an "@" before the URL:

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put urlEncode("To=8086306498") & "&" & \
urlEncode("From=+18082022182") & "&" & \
urlEncode(tMsg) into tParams
put URL "https://AC0afb9e5c70c0fde47904a9a6ff:e6a1bdc2a7a7484d6cdc96e@api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/AC0afb9e5c70c0fde47904a9a6ff/Messages.json" & tParams into tResults

if #2 works, and you're security conscious then you can try the following:

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   put "Authorization: Basic"&&base64encode("AC0afb9e5c70c0fde47904a9a6ff:e6a1bdc2a7a7484d6cdc96e") into tHeaders
   set the httpheaders to tHeaders

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