Marketplace Add-on Listing Tutorial

Add-on Listings can be installed and enabled through the Twilio Console. Once installed, they enhance specific Twilio APIs, such as Twilio Voice and Programmable Messaging. Two popular features from Marketplace Add-ons are extracting information about a phone number's current owner and ensuring a number is compliant with Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) regulations.

To get information about a phone number's current owner, enable an Add-on called Trestle Reverse Phone. Inside the new Marketplace catalog, all available API Add-ons are listed. Select Trestle Reverse Phone from the catalog.

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Clicking on the Add-on provides additional information, including a description and access to the product's documentation. The two key pieces of information on this screen are:

1. What APIs this can be enabled on — listed under Supported Products
2. Whether or not the Add-on is Installed

Click Install. All installed Marketplace Add-ons can be viewed by clicking on Marketplace > Installed.

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Since the goal is to perform a Lookup on a phone number, check the Lookups box under the Configure tab.

The Trestle Reverse Phone Add-on is now enabled for Lookup. Use the Twilio Lookup API to get data about a target phone number. Replace my_trestle_addon with the value from the UNIQUE NAME field on the Configure tab in the following code example:

curl --location --request GET 'https://lookups.twilio.com/v1/PhoneNumbers/+14155551212?AddOns=my_trestle_addon' -u $TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID:$TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN

Example response:

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{
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   "code": null,
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   "message": null,
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   "results": {
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      "trestle_caller_id": {
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         "code": null,
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         "message": null,
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         "request_sid": "XRc1479687aadf64c62e6ab2b6e0077a1a",
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         "result": {
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            "phone_number": "2069735100",
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            "is_valid": true,
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            "country_calling_code": "1",
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            "line_type": "NonFixedVOIP",
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            "carrier": "tw telecom",
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            "is_prepaid": false,
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            "is_commercial": true,
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            "belongs_to": [
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               {
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                  "name": "Trestle Solutions Inc.",
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                  "age_range": null,
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                  "gender": null
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               }
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            ],
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            "current_addresses": [
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               {
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                  "street_line_1": "12819 SE 38TH ST # 263",
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                  "street_line_2": "",
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                  "city": "Bellevue",
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                  "postal_code": "98006",
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                  "zip4": "1326",
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                  "state_code": "WA",
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                  "country_code": "US",
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                  "lat_long": {
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                     "latitude": 47.608624,
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                     "longitude": -122.334442,
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                     "accuracy": "RoofTop"
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                  },
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                  "is_active": true,
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                  "delivery_point": "MultiUnit"
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               }
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            ],
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            "associated_people": [],
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            "alternate_phones": [
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               "8003361327"
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            ],
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            "warnings": []
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         }
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      },
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      "status": "successful"
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   }
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}

The JSON response provides basic information about the queried phone number. Depending on the type of phone number found, different subsets of information may be returned. These results are organized into a structured format. More information on all potential return values and keys can be found on the Documentation tab of the Listing's details page.

Another Add-on, Prove TCPA Compliance, protects businesses from hefty fines levied under TCPA regulations for texting the wrong number. It can quickly verify if the number to which an SMS is about to be sent is active and still owned by the customer, with 100% reliability.

To use this Add-on, install it just like Trestle Reverse Phone. Go to the Add-on catalog, locate and click on Prove TCPA Compliance, and click Install.

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Since the goal is to leverage the Twilio Lookup API to find TCPA compliance information for a phone number, check the Lookups box under the Configure tab of the Prove TCPA Compliance Add-on. Afterwards, query for the TCPA compliance information on the target phone number using the following code:

curl --location --request GET 'https://lookups.twilio.com/v1/PhoneNumbers/+16505399600/?AddOns=prove_tcpa_compliance&AddOns.prove_tcpa_compliance.RightPartyContactedDate=20160101' -u $TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID:$TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN

Example response:

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{
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    "Status": 0,
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    "Description": "Success",
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    "RequestId": "7f83-b0c4-90e0-90b3-11e10800200c9a66",
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    "Response": {
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        "VerifyNumberTransactionId": "144356671",
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        "PayfoneAlias": "C24C4C54DR10481C4E0U44ERMVUP9S1TUNXPLA2T753ETMCFOA086TYMCAQL00B4E0CLC4C24BHZPO4QWPN68EAV14ERTVPMMEP7OCXTRBQR17YERTMK749",
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        "MSISDNType": "Mobile",
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        "NumberMatch": "Y"
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    }
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}

The results from the TCPA Compliance Lookup are organized into a structured format. The key NumberMatch indicates Y for a compliant number, N for a non-compliant number, and I for an indeterminate number. The response also includes keys related to the identification of the device claiming ownership of the number. For demographic and carrier information, use the Trestle Reverse Phone Add-on.

For more information on using Marketplace Add-ons, refer to the How to use Add-on Listings Guide.