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Azure Functions Twilio binding
Understand how to use Twilio bindings with Azure Functions.
craigshoemaker
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07/09/2018
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H1Hack27Feb2017

Twilio binding for Azure Functions

This article explains how to send text messages by using Twilio bindings in Azure Functions. Azure Functions supports output bindings for Twilio.

[!INCLUDE intro]

Packages - Functions 1.x

The Twilio bindings are provided in the Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Extensions.Twilio NuGet package, version 1.x. Source code for the package is in the azure-webjobs-sdk GitHub repository.

[!INCLUDE functions-package]

Packages - Functions 2.x and higher

The Twilio bindings are provided in the Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Extensions.Twilio NuGet package, version 3.x. Source code for the package is in the azure-webjobs-sdk GitHub repository.

[!INCLUDE functions-package-v2]

Example - Functions 2.x and higher

C#

The following example shows a C# function that sends a text message when triggered by a queue message.

using Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
using Twilio.Rest.Api.V2010.Account;
using Twilio.Types;
namespace TwilioQueueOutput
{
    public static class QueueTwilio
    {
        [FunctionName("QueueTwilio")]
        [return: TwilioSms(AccountSidSetting = "TwilioAccountSid", AuthTokenSetting = "TwilioAuthToken", From = "+1425XXXXXXX")]
        public static CreateMessageOptions Run(
        [QueueTrigger("myqueue-items", Connection = "AzureWebJobsStorage")] JObject order,
        ILogger log)
        {
            log.LogInformation($"C# Queue trigger function processed: {order}");

            var message = new CreateMessageOptions(new PhoneNumber(order["mobileNumber"].ToString()))
            {
                Body = $"Hello {order["name"]}, thanks for your order!"
            };

            return message;
        }
    }
}

This example uses the TwilioSms attribute with the method return value. An alternative is to use the attribute with an out CreateMessageOptions parameter or an ICollector<CreateMessageOptions> or IAsyncCollector<CreateMessageOptions> parameter.

C# Script

The following example shows a Twilio output binding in a function.json file and a C# script function that uses the binding. The function uses an out parameter to send a text message.

Here's binding data in the function.json file:

Example function.json:

{
  "type": "twilioSms",
  "name": "message",
  "accountSidSetting": "TwilioAccountSid",
  "authTokenSetting": "TwilioAuthToken",
  "from": "+1425XXXXXXX",
  "direction": "out",
  "body": "Azure Functions Testing"
}

Here's C# script code:

#r "Newtonsoft.Json"
#r "Twilio"
#r "Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Extensions.Twilio"

using System;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
using Newtonsoft.Json;
using Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Extensions.Twilio;
using Twilio.Rest.Api.V2010.Account;
using Twilio.Types;

public static void Run(string myQueueItem, out CreateMessageOptions message,  ILogger log)
{
    log.LogInformation($"C# Queue trigger function processed: {myQueueItem}");

    // In this example the queue item is a JSON string representing an order that contains the name of a
    // customer and a mobile number to send text updates to.
    dynamic order = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(myQueueItem);
    string msg = "Hello " + order.name + ", thank you for your order.";

    // You must initialize the CreateMessageOptions variable with the "To" phone number.
    message = new CreateMessageOptions(new PhoneNumber("+1704XXXXXXX"));

    // A dynamic message can be set instead of the body in the output binding. In this example, we use
    // the order information to personalize a text message.
    message.Body = msg;
}

You can't use out parameters in asynchronous code. Here's an asynchronous C# script code example:

#r "Newtonsoft.Json"
#r "Twilio"
#r "Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Extensions.Twilio"

using System;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
using Newtonsoft.Json;
using Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Extensions.Twilio;
using Twilio.Rest.Api.V2010.Account;
using Twilio.Types;

public static async Task Run(string myQueueItem, IAsyncCollector<CreateMessageOptions> message,  ILogger log)
{
    log.LogInformation($"C# Queue trigger function processed: {myQueueItem}");

    // In this example the queue item is a JSON string representing an order that contains the name of a
    // customer and a mobile number to send text updates to.
    dynamic order = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(myQueueItem);
    string msg = "Hello " + order.name + ", thank you for your order.";

    // You must initialize the CreateMessageOptions variable with the "To" phone number.
    CreateMessageOptions smsText = new CreateMessageOptions(new PhoneNumber("+1704XXXXXXX"));

    // A dynamic message can be set instead of the body in the output binding. In this example, we use
    // the order information to personalize a text message.
    smsText.Body = msg;

    await message.AddAsync(smsText);
}

JavaScript

The following example shows a Twilio output binding in a function.json file and a JavaScript function that uses the binding.

Here's binding data in the function.json file:

Example function.json:

{
  "type": "twilioSms",
  "name": "message",
  "accountSidSetting": "TwilioAccountSid",
  "authTokenSetting": "TwilioAuthToken",
  "from": "+1425XXXXXXX",
  "direction": "out",
  "body": "Azure Functions Testing"
}

Here's the JavaScript code:

module.exports = function (context, myQueueItem) {
    context.log('Node.js queue trigger function processed work item', myQueueItem);

    // In this example the queue item is a JSON string representing an order that contains the name of a
    // customer and a mobile number to send text updates to.
    var msg = "Hello " + myQueueItem.name + ", thank you for your order.";

    // Even if you want to use a hard coded message in the binding, you must at least
    // initialize the message binding.
    context.bindings.message = {};

    // A dynamic message can be set instead of the body in the output binding. The "To" number 
    // must be specified in code. 
    context.bindings.message = {
        body : msg,
        to : myQueueItem.mobileNumber
    };

    context.done();
};

Python

The following example shows how to send an SMS message using the output binding as defined in the following function.js.

    {
      "type": "twilioSms",
      "name": "twilioMessage",
      "accountSidSetting": "TwilioAccountSID",
      "authTokenSetting": "TwilioAuthToken",
      "from": "+1XXXXXXXXXX",
      "direction": "out",
      "body": "Azure Functions Testing"
    }

You can pass a serialized JSON object to the func.Out parameter to send the SMS message.

import logging
import json
import azure.functions as func

def main(req: func.HttpRequest, twilioMessage: func.Out[str]) -> func.HttpResponse:

    message = req.params.get('message')
    to = req.params.get('to')

    value = {
      "body": message,
      "to": to
    }

    twilioMessage.set(json.dumps(value))

    return func.HttpResponse(f"Message sent")

Java

The following example shows how to use the TwilioSmsOutput annotation to send an SMS message. Values for to, from, and body are required in the attribute definition even if you override them programmatically.

package com.function;

import java.util.*;
import com.microsoft.azure.functions.annotation.*;
import com.microsoft.azure.functions.*;

public class TwilioOutput {

    @FunctionName("TwilioOutput")
    public HttpResponseMessage run(
            @HttpTrigger(name = "req", methods = { HttpMethod.GET, HttpMethod.POST },
                authLevel = AuthorizationLevel.FUNCTION) HttpRequestMessage<Optional<String>> request,
            @TwilioSmsOutput(
                name = "twilioMessage",
                accountSid = "AzureWebJobsTwilioAccountSID",
                authToken = "AzureWebJobsTwilioAuthToken",
                to = "+1XXXXXXXXXX",
                body = "From Azure Functions",
                from = "+1XXXXXXXXXX") OutputBinding<String> twilioMessage,
            final ExecutionContext context) {

        String message = request.getQueryParameters().get("message");
        String to = request.getQueryParameters().get("to");

        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder()
            .append("{")
            .append("\"body\": \"%s\",")
            .append("\"to\": \"%s\"")
            .append("}");

        final String body = String.format(builder.toString(), message, to);

        twilioMessage.setValue(body);

        return request.createResponseBuilder(HttpStatus.OK).body("Message sent").build();
    }
}

Attributes and annotations

C#

In C# class libraries, use the TwilioSms attribute.

For information about attribute properties that you can configure, see Configuration. Here's a TwilioSms attribute example in a method signature:

[FunctionName("QueueTwilio")]
[return: TwilioSms(AccountSidSetting = "TwilioAccountSid", AuthTokenSetting = "TwilioAuthToken", From = "+1425XXXXXXX")]
public static CreateMessageOptions Run(
[QueueTrigger("myqueue-items", Connection = "AzureWebJobsStorage")] JObject order, ILogger log)
{
    ...
}

For a complete example, see C# example.

C# Script

Attributes are not supported by C# Script.

JavaScript

Attributes are not supported by JavaScript.

Python

Attributes are not supported by Python.

Java

Place TwilioSmsOutput annotation on an OutputBinding<T> parameter where T may be any native Java type such as int, String, byte[], or a POJO type.

Configuration

The following table explains the binding configuration properties that you set in the function.json file and the TwilioSms attribute.

v1 function.json property v2 function.json property Attribute property Description
type type must be set to twilioSms.
direction direction must be set to out.
name name Variable name used in function code for the Twilio SMS text message.
accountSid accountSidSetting AccountSidSetting This value must be set to the name of an app setting that holds your Twilio Account Sid (TwilioAccountSid). If not set, the default app setting name is "AzureWebJobsTwilioAccountSid".
authToken authTokenSetting AuthTokenSetting This value must be set to the name of an app setting that holds your Twilio authentication token (TwilioAccountAuthToken). If not set, the default app setting name is "AzureWebJobsTwilioAuthToken".
to N/A - specify in code To This value is set to the phone number that the SMS text is sent to.
from from From This value is set to the phone number that the SMS text is sent from.
body body Body This value can be used to hard code the SMS text message if you don't need to set it dynamically in the code for your function.

[!INCLUDE app settings to local.settings.json]

Next steps

[!div class="nextstepaction"] Learn more about Azure functions triggers and bindings