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Sink Test Resource

The Sink Test Resource creates a test event. This test gives you a way to publish to yourself and programmatically ensure that your Sink is ready to receive events.

Test Properties

Property nameTypeRequiredDescriptionChild properties

resultstringOptional

Not PII

Feedback indicating whether the test event was generated.

Create a SinkTest resource

POST https://events.twilio.com/v1/Sinks/{Sid}/Test

Initiates a test event on a Sink.

Path parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

SidSID<DG>required

Not PII

A 34 character string that uniquely identifies the Sink to be Tested.

Pattern: ^DG[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

Create Sink Test

1// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
2const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";
3
4// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
5// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
6const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
7const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
8const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);
9
10async function createSinkTest() {
11  const sinkTest = await client.events.v1
12    .sinks("DGaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")
13    .sinkTest.create();
14
15  console.log(sinkTest.result);
16}
17
18createSinkTest();

Output

1{
2  "result": "submitted"
3}