Twilio

An interface to the Twilio API for R. You'll need to create an account at https://www.twilio.com/, then obtain an Account SID and an Auth Token.

Installation

install.packages("twilio")

Or download the latest development version:

library(ghit)
install_github("seankross/twilio[dev]")

Demos

Set Up Authentication

You should only need to do this once per session.

Sys.setenv(TWILIO_SID = "M9W4Ozq8BFX94w5St5hikg7UV0lPpH8e56")
Sys.setenv(TWILIO_TOKEN = "483H9lE05V0Jr362eq1814Li2N1I424t")

library(twilio)

Send a Text Message

tw_send_message("2125557634", "9178675903", "Hello from R 👋")

Send a Picture Message

tw_send_message("2125557634", "9178675903", media_url = "https://www.r-project.org/logo/Rlogo.png")

Send a Picture Message with Text

tw_send_message("2125557634", "9178675903", "Do you like the new logo?",
  "https://www.r-project.org/logo/Rlogo.png")

Get Messages List

messages <- tw_get_messages_list()

Make a Data Frame from the Messages List

sms_data <- tw_message_tbl(messages)

Get Media from a Message

media <- tw_get_message_media(sms_data$sid[1])
browseURL(media[[1]]$url)