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Messaging Service ChannelSender Resource

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Public Beta

The Service Resource is currently available as a Public Beta product. This means that some features for configuring your Messaging Service via the REST API are not yet implemented, and others may be changed before the product is declared Generally Available. Messaging Service Configuration through the Twilio Console is Generally Available.

Public Beta products are not covered by a Twilio SLA.

The resources for sending Messages with a Messaging Service are Generally Available.

The ChannelSender subresource of a Service Resource represents a channel sender that is associated with a Messaging Service, such as WhatsApp.

When sending a message with your Messaging Service to a channel destination, Twilio will select a channel sender of that corresponding channel from the service for delivery.

See Twilio Channels: A New Way Reach Customers in Apps They Already Use for more information on Twilio Channels.

ChannelSender Properties

Property nameTypeRequiredDescriptionChild properties

account_sidSID<AC>

Optional

The SID of the Account that created the ChannelSender resource.

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

messaging_service_sidSID<MG>

Optional

The SID of the Service the resource is associated with.

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

sidSID<XE>

Optional

The unique string that we created to identify the ChannelSender resource.

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

senderstring

Optional

The unique string that identifies the sender e.g whatsapp:+123456XXXX.

sender_typestring

Optional

A string value that identifies the sender type e.g WhatsApp, Messenger.

country_codestring

Optional

The 2-character ISO Country Code of the number.

date_createdstring<date-time>

Optional

The date and time in GMT when the resource was created specified in ISO 8601 format.

date_updatedstring<date-time>

Optional

The date and time in GMT when the resource was last updated specified in ISO 8601 format.

urlstring<uri>

Optional

The absolute URL of the ChannelSender resource.

Create a ChannelSender resource (Add a Channel Sender to a Messaging Service)

POST https://messaging.twilio.com/v1/Services/{MessagingServiceSid}/ChannelSenders

Path parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

MessagingServiceSidSID<MG>required

The SID of the Service to create the resource under.

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

Request body parameters

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

SchemaExample

Property nameTypeRequiredDescriptionChild properties

SidSID<XE>required

The SID of the Channel Sender being added to the Service.

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

Add a Channel Sender to a Messaging Service

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 createChannelSender() {
11  const channelSender = await client.messaging.v1
12    .services("MGaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")
13    .channelSenders.create({ sid: "XEaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" });
14
15  console.log(channelSender.accountSid);
16}
17
18createChannelSender();

Output

1{
2  "account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
3  "messaging_service_sid": "MGaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
4  "sid": "XEaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
5  "sender": "whatsapp:+12487960483",
6  "sender_type": "WhatsApp",
7  "country_code": "US",
8  "date_created": "2023-07-30T20:12:31Z",
9  "date_updated": "2023-07-30T20:12:33Z",
10  "url": "https://messaging.twilio.com/v1/Services/MGaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/ChannelSenders/XEaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
11}

Fetch a ChannelSender resource

GET https://messaging.twilio.com/v1/Services/{MessagingServiceSid}/ChannelSenders/{Sid}

Path parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

MessagingServiceSidSID<MG>required

The SID of the Service to fetch the resource from.

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

Sidstringrequired

The SID of the ChannelSender resource to fetch.

Fetch a Channel Sender from a Messaging Service

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 fetchChannelSender() {
11  const channelSender = await client.messaging.v1
12    .services("MGaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")
13    .channelSenders("XEaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")
14    .fetch();
15
16  console.log(channelSender.accountSid);
17}
18
19fetchChannelSender();

Output

1{
2  "account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
3  "messaging_service_sid": "MGaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
4  "sid": "XEaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
5  "sender": "whatsapp:+12487960483",
6  "sender_type": "WhatsApp",
7  "country_code": "US",
8  "date_created": "2023-07-30T20:12:31Z",
9  "date_updated": "2023-07-30T20:12:33Z",
10  "url": "https://messaging.twilio.com/v1/Services/MGaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/ChannelSenders/XEaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
11}

Read multiple ChannelSender resources

GET https://messaging.twilio.com/v1/Services/{MessagingServiceSid}/ChannelSenders

Path parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

MessagingServiceSidSID<MG>required

The SID of the Service to read the resources from.

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

Query parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

PageSizeinteger

Optional

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

Minimum: 1Maximum: 1000

Pageinteger

Optional

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

Minimum: 0

PageTokenstring

Optional

The page token. This is provided by the API.

Read Channel Senders of a Messaging Service

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 listChannelSender() {
11  const channelSenders = await client.messaging.v1
12    .services("MGaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")
13    .channelSenders.list({ limit: 20 });
14
15  channelSenders.forEach((c) => console.log(c.accountSid));
16}
17
18listChannelSender();

Output

1{
2  "meta": {
3    "page": 0,
4    "page_size": 20,
5    "first_page_url": "https://messaging.twilio.com/v1/Services/MGaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/ChannelSenders?PageSize=20&Page=0",
6    "previous_page_url": null,
7    "next_page_url": null,
8    "key": "senders",
9    "url": "https://messaging.twilio.com/v1/Services/MGaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/ChannelSenders?PageSize=20&Page=0"
10  },
11  "senders": [
12    {
13      "account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
14      "messaging_service_sid": "MGaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
15      "sid": "XEaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
16      "sender": "whatsapp:+12487960483",
17      "sender_type": "WhatsApp",
18      "country_code": "US",
19      "date_created": "2023-07-30T20:12:31Z",
20      "date_updated": "2023-07-30T20:12:33Z",
21      "url": "https://messaging.twilio.com/v1/Services/MGaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/ChannelSenders/XEaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
22    },
23    {
24      "account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
25      "messaging_service_sid": "MGaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
26      "sid": "XEaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaab",
27      "sender": "messenger:104794531907950",
28      "sender_type": "Messenger",
29      "country_code": "US",
30      "date_created": "2023-07-30T20:12:31Z",
31      "date_updated": "2023-07-30T20:12:33Z",
32      "url": "https://messaging.twilio.com/v1/Services/MGaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/ChannelSenders/XEaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaab"
33    },
34    {
35      "account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
36      "messaging_service_sid": "MGaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
37      "sid": "XEaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaac",
38      "sender": "rcs:ms_dev_ttatqler_agent",
39      "sender_type": "RCS",
40      "country_code": "US",
41      "date_created": "2023-07-30T20:12:31Z",
42      "date_updated": "2023-07-30T20:12:33Z",
43      "url": "https://messaging.twilio.com/v1/Services/MGaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/ChannelSenders/XEaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaac"
44    }
45  ]
46}

Delete a ChannelSender resource

DELETE https://messaging.twilio.com/v1/Services/{MessagingServiceSid}/ChannelSenders/{Sid}

Returns "204 NO CONTENT" if the channel sender was successfully removed from the Service.

Path parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

MessagingServiceSidSID<MG>required

The SID of the Service to delete the resource from.

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

Sidstringrequired

The SID of the Channel Sender resource to delete.

Remove a Channel Sender from a Messaging Service

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 deleteChannelSender() {
11  await client.messaging.v1
12    .services("MGaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")
13    .channelSenders("XEaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")
14    .remove();
15}
16
17deleteChannelSender();