Twilio is the leading cloud communications platform providing SMS, voice, video, and WhatsApp APIs. Offers programmable messaging, phone number provisioning, carrier lookups, and conversation intelligence. The industry standard for communication APIs.
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# Get instructions for Twilio
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_PINCER_KEY" \
https://pincerapi.com/api/v1/apis/twilio/instructions
# Call through PincerAPI proxy
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_PINCER_KEY" \
"https://pincerapi.com/api/v1/connect/twilio/your/endpoint/here"Direct Setup
Endpoints
/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Messages.jsonSend an SMS or MMS message.
💡 Use form-encoded POST. Auth is Basic (AccountSid:AuthToken). Status webhook via StatusCallback param.
/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Messages.jsonList sent and received messages with filtering.
💡 Use to check message delivery status or retrieve conversation history.
/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Calls.jsonInitiate an outbound voice call.
💡 Either Url (TwiML webhook) or Twiml (inline XML) is required. Call progresses through queued→ringing→in-progress→completed.
/v2/PhoneNumbers/{PhoneNumber}Look up phone number information (carrier, caller name, line type).
💡 Base URL for lookups is https://lookups.twilio.com. Use to validate phone numbers before sending SMS.
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