Twilio + SpringBoot: How to send SMS and voice calls using Twilio and SpringBoot?
Hello everyone, today we will learn how to send SMS/voice calls using TWILIO and SPRING BOOT. We know, with the increase in the number of mobile devices around the globe today, and numerous mobile applications available to us, SMS is becoming the de facto standard for verification.
Let's begin our hunt by creating a free account on Twilio, click here
After successful registration go to your dashboard, there you can find your ACCOUNT SID and AUTH TOKEN,
It is quite simple, right? 👍 Next, we are going to explore how to use Twilio for sending SMS in a Spring Boot application.
Prerequisites
- Twilio account
- Springboot
- Maven/Gradle
- Postman for testing
- Eclipse
Project structure:
Project Dependency - pom.xml(maven):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0
https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<parent>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<version>2.1.1.RELEASE</version>
<relativePath /> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
</parent>
<groupId>com.knf.sibin.dev</groupId>
<artifactId>twilio_springboot_demo</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<name>twilio_springboot_demo</name>
<description>Demo project for Spring Boot</description>
<properties>
<java.version>1.8</java.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.twilio.sdk</groupId>
<artifactId>twilio</artifactId>
<version>7.16.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.junit.vintage</groupId>
<artifactId>junit-vintage-engine</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
application.properties
twilio_account_sid=<YOUR ACCOUNT SID>
twilio_auth_token=<YOUR AUTH TOKEN>
twilioPhoneNumber=<YOUR TWILIO NUMBER>
MessageController
package com.knf.sibin.dev.controller;
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URISyntaxException;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PostMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestBody;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseStatus;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
import com.twilio.Twilio;
import com.twilio.rest.api.v2010.account.Call;
import com.twilio.rest.api.v2010.account.Message;
import com.twilio.type.PhoneNumber;
/**
* @author KNF
*
*/
@RestController
public class MessageController {
@Value("${twilioPhoneNumber}")
private String twilioPhoneNumber;
@Autowired
public MessageController(@Value("${twilio_account_sid}")
String twilio_account_sid,
@Value("${twilio_auth_token}") String twilio_auth_token) {
Twilio.init(twilio_account_sid, twilio_auth_token);
}
@PostMapping("/send-message")
@ResponseStatus(HttpStatus.ACCEPTED)
public String sendMessage(@RequestBody MessageDetails messageDetails) {
Message.creator(new PhoneNumber(messageDetails.number),
new PhoneNumber(twilioPhoneNumber),
messageDetails.message).create();
return "message is inbound!";
}
@PostMapping("/send-voicemessage")
@ResponseStatus(HttpStatus.ACCEPTED)
public String sendVoiceCall(@RequestBody MessageDetails messageDetails)
throws URISyntaxException {
Message.creator(new PhoneNumber(messageDetails.number),
new PhoneNumber(twilioPhoneNumber),
messageDetails.message).create();
Call.creator(new PhoneNumber(messageDetails.number),
new PhoneNumber(twilioPhoneNumber),
new URI("http://demo.twilio.com/docs/voice.xml")).create();
return "call incoming";
}
public static class MessageDetails {
public String number;
public String message;
}
}
Driver class
package com.knf.sibin.dev;
import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
@SpringBootApplication
public class TwilioSpringbootDemoApplication {
public static void main(String[] args) {
SpringApplication.run(TwilioSpringbootDemoApplication.class, args);
}
}
Run:
spring-boot:run
Test our application using postman or any other API tester
localhost:8080/send-message
