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Subscription Resource

You can use the Subscriptions API to subscribe to specific Twilio events and versions, and manage your subscriptions.

With the Subscriptions API you can:

Create new Subscriptions.
Fetch a specific Subscription.
Fetch a list of Subscriptions.
Update a Subscription.
Delete a Subscription.

A subscription is comprised of a set of pairs of Event Types and Schema versions that can be modified using the SubscribedEvents API.

Subscription Properties

Property nameTypeRequiredDescriptionChild properties

account_sidSID<AC>

Optional

Not PII

The unique SID identifier of the Account.

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

sidSID<DF>

Optional

Not PII

A 34 character string that uniquely identifies this Subscription.

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

date_createdstring<date-time>

Optional

Not PII

The date that this Subscription was created, given in ISO 8601 format.

date_updatedstring<date-time>

Optional

Not PII

The date that this Subscription was updated, given in ISO 8601 format.

descriptionstring

Optional

Not PII

A human readable description for the Subscription

sink_sidSID<DG>

Optional

Not PII

The SID of the sink that events selected by this subscription should be sent to. Sink must be active for the subscription to be created.

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

urlstring<uri>

Optional

Not PII

The URL of this resource.

linksobject<uri-map>

Optional

Not PII

Contains a dictionary of URL links to nested resources of this Subscription.

Create a Subscription

POST https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions

Make a new Subscription.

Request body parameters

Encoding type:application/x-www-form-urlencoded

SchemaExample

Property nameTypeRequiredDescriptionChild properties

Descriptionstringrequired

Not PII

A human readable description for the Subscription This value should not contain PII.

SinkSidSID<DG>required

Not PII

The SID of the sink that events selected by this subscription should be sent to. Sink must be active for the subscription to be created.

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

Typesarrayrequired

Not PII

An array of objects containing the subscribed Event Types

Create a new Subscription

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 createSubscription() {
11  const subscription = await client.events.v1.subscriptions.create({
12    description: '"A subscription"',
13    sinkSid: "DGaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
14    types: [
15      {
16        type: "com.twilio.messaging.message.delivered",
17      },
18      {
19        type: "com.twilio.messaging.message.sent",
20        schema_version: 2,
21      },
22    ],
23  });
24
25  console.log(subscription.accountSid);
26}
27
28createSubscription();

Output

1{
2  "account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
3  "date_created": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z",
4  "date_updated": "2015-07-30T20:01:33Z",
5  "sid": "DFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
6  "sink_sid": "DGaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
7  "description": "\"A subscription\"",
8  "url": "https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions/DFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
9  "links": {
10    "subscribed_events": "https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions/DFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/SubscribedEvents"
11  }
12}

Fetch a Subscription

GET https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions/{Sid}

Retrieve a specific Subscription using its Subscription ID.

Path parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

SidSID<DF>required

Not PII

A 34 character string that uniquely identifies this Subscription.

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

Fetch Subscription

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 fetchSubscription() {
11  const subscription = await client.events.v1
12    .subscriptions("DFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")
13    .fetch();
14
15  console.log(subscription.accountSid);
16}
17
18fetchSubscription();

Output

1{
2  "account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
3  "date_created": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z",
4  "date_updated": "2015-07-30T20:01:33Z",
5  "sid": "DFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
6  "sink_sid": "DGaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
7  "description": "A subscription",
8  "url": "https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions/DFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
9  "links": {
10    "subscribed_events": "https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions/DFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/SubscribedEvents"
11  }
12}

Get all Subscriptions

GET https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions

Retrieve information on all created subscriptions

Query parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

SinkSidSID<DG>

Optional

Not PII

The SID of the sink that the list of Subscriptions should be filtered by.

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

PageSizeinteger

Optional

Not PII

How many resources to return in each list page. The default is 50, and the maximum is 1000.

Minimum: 1Maximum: 1000

Pageinteger

Optional

Not PII

The page index. This value is simply for client state.

Minimum: 0

PageTokenstring

Optional

Not PII

The page token. This is provided by the API.

Read Subscriptions

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 listSubscription() {
11  const subscriptions = await client.events.v1.subscriptions.list({
12    limit: 20,
13  });
14
15  subscriptions.forEach((s) => console.log(s.accountSid));
16}
17
18listSubscription();

Output

1{
2  "subscriptions": [
3    {
4      "account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
5      "date_created": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z",
6      "date_updated": "2015-07-30T20:01:33Z",
7      "sid": "DFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
8      "sink_sid": "DGaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
9      "description": "A subscription",
10      "url": "https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions/DFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
11      "links": {
12        "subscribed_events": "https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions/DFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/SubscribedEvents"
13      }
14    },
15    {
16      "account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
17      "date_created": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z",
18      "date_updated": "2015-07-30T20:01:33Z",
19      "sid": "DFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaab",
20      "sink_sid": "DGaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
21      "description": "Another subscription",
22      "url": "https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions/DFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaab",
23      "links": {
24        "subscribed_events": "https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions/DFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaab/SubscribedEvents"
25      }
26    }
27  ],
28  "meta": {
29    "page": 0,
30    "page_size": 20,
31    "first_page_url": "https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions?PageSize=20&Page=0",
32    "previous_page_url": null,
33    "url": "https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions?PageSize=20&Page=0",
34    "next_page_url": null,
35    "key": "subscriptions"
36  }
37}

Update a Subscription

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

Modify an existing Subscription identified by its Subscription ID.

Path parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

SidSID<DF>required

Not PII

A 34 character string that uniquely identifies this Subscription.

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

Request body parameters

Encoding type:application/x-www-form-urlencoded

SchemaExample

Property nameTypeRequiredDescriptionChild properties

Descriptionstring

Optional

Not PII

A human readable description for the Subscription.

SinkSidSID<DG>

Optional

Not PII

The SID of the sink that events selected by this subscription should be sent to. Sink must be active for the subscription to be created.

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

Change subscription description

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 updateSubscription() {
11  const subscription = await client.events.v1
12    .subscriptions("DFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")
13    .update({ description: '"Updated description"' });
14
15  console.log(subscription.accountSid);
16}
17
18updateSubscription();

Output

1{
2  "account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
3  "date_created": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z",
4  "date_updated": "2020-07-30T20:01:33Z",
5  "sid": "DFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
6  "sink_sid": "DGaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaab",
7  "description": "\"Updated description\"",
8  "url": "https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions/DFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
9  "links": {
10    "subscribed_events": "https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions/DFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/SubscribedEvents"
11  }
12}

Delete a Subscription

DELETE https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions/{Sid}

Remove a Subscription identified by its Subscription ID.

Path parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

SidSID<DF>required

Not PII

A 34 character string that uniquely identifies this Subscription.

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

Delete Subscription

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 deleteSubscription() {
11  await client.events.v1
12    .subscriptions("DFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")
13    .remove();
14}
15
16deleteSubscription();