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Create a Conversation, Add a Participant, and Send a Message

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Recipe · 3 steps

Create a Conversation, Add a Participant, and Send a Message

with Twilio

Create a conversation, add an SMS participant, and send the first message.

  1. Create the conversation thread that will hold the participant and messages.
  2. Add a participant to the conversation, bound to their messaging address and the Twilio proxy address.
  3. Post the opening message into the conversation.
What you'll need to have ready
  • friendlyName: Optional human-readable name for the conversation.
  • participantAddress: The participant's address (e.g. their phone number in E.164).
  • proxyAddress: The Twilio phone number used as the proxy for the participant.
  • author: Optional author identity for the opening message.
  • body: The text content of the opening message.
For your developer

Arazzo workflow twilio:create-conversation-add-participant-send-message, 3 operations: CreateConversation → CreateConversationParticipant → CreateConversationMessage. Specs on APIs.io.

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