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Messaging Service PhoneNumber 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 PhoneNumber subresource of a Service instance represents a phone number you have associated to the Service.

When sending a message with your Messaging Service, Twilio will select a phone number from the service for delivery.

Inbound messages received on any phone number associated to a Messaging Service are passed to the inbound request URL of the Service with the TwiML parameters that describe the message.

PhoneNumber Properties

Property nameTypeRequiredDescriptionChild properties

sidSID<PN>

Optional

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

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

account_sidSID<AC>

Optional

The SID of the Account that created the PhoneNumber resource.

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

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

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.

phone_numberstring<phone-number>

Optional

The phone number in E.164 format, which consists of a + followed by the country code and subscriber number.

country_codestring

Optional

The 2-character ISO Country Code of the number.

capabilitiesarray[string]

Optional

An array of values that describe whether the number can receive calls or messages. Can be: Voice, SMS, and MMS.

urlstring<uri>

Optional

The absolute URL of the PhoneNumber resource.

Create a PhoneNumber resource (Add a Phone Number to a Messaging Service)

POST https://messaging.twilio.com/v1/Services/{ServiceSid}/PhoneNumbers

Add a Phone Number to your Messaging Service by creating a PhoneNumber resource.

Each Service can have no more than 400 phone numbers by default. If you think you might need a higher limit, contact Twilio Support about a Messaging Service number limit increase, and include an explanation of your use case.

Path parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

ServiceSidSID<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

PhoneNumberSidSID<PN>required

The SID of the Phone Number being added to the Service.

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

Add a Phone Number 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 createPhoneNumber() {
11  const phoneNumber = await client.messaging.v1
12    .services("MGaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")
13    .phoneNumbers.create({
14      phoneNumberSid: "PNaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
15    });
16
17  console.log(phoneNumber.sid);
18}
19
20createPhoneNumber();

Output

1{
2  "sid": "PNaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
3  "account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
4  "service_sid": "MGaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
5  "date_created": "2015-07-30T20:12:31Z",
6  "date_updated": "2015-07-30T20:12:33Z",
7  "phone_number": "+987654321",
8  "country_code": "US",
9  "capabilities": [],
10  "url": "https://messaging.twilio.com/v1/Services/MGaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/PhoneNumbers/PNaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
11}

Fetch a PhoneNumber resource

GET https://messaging.twilio.com/v1/Services/{ServiceSid}/PhoneNumbers/{Sid}

Path parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

ServiceSidSID<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 PhoneNumber resource to fetch.

Fetch a Phone Number 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 fetchPhoneNumber() {
11  const phoneNumber = await client.messaging.v1
12    .services("MGaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")
13    .phoneNumbers("PNaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")
14    .fetch();
15
16  console.log(phoneNumber.sid);
17}
18
19fetchPhoneNumber();

Output

1{
2  "sid": "PNaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
3  "account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
4  "service_sid": "MGaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
5  "date_created": "2015-07-30T20:12:31Z",
6  "date_updated": "2015-07-30T20:12:33Z",
7  "phone_number": "12345",
8  "country_code": "US",
9  "capabilities": [],
10  "url": "https://messaging.twilio.com/v1/Services/MGaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/PhoneNumbers/PNaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
11}

Read multiple PhoneNumber resources

GET https://messaging.twilio.com/v1/Services/{ServiceSid}/PhoneNumbers

Path parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

ServiceSidSID<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 Phone Numbers 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 listPhoneNumber() {
11  const phoneNumbers = await client.messaging.v1
12    .services("MGaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")
13    .phoneNumbers.list({ limit: 20 });
14
15  phoneNumbers.forEach((p) => console.log(p.sid));
16}
17
18listPhoneNumber();

Output

1{
2  "meta": {
3    "page": 0,
4    "page_size": 20,
5    "first_page_url": "https://messaging.twilio.com/v1/Services/MGaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/PhoneNumbers?PageSize=20&Page=0",
6    "previous_page_url": null,
7    "next_page_url": null,
8    "key": "phone_numbers",
9    "url": "https://messaging.twilio.com/v1/Services/MGaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/PhoneNumbers?PageSize=20&Page=0"
10  },
11  "phone_numbers": [
12    {
13      "account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
14      "service_sid": "MGaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
15      "sid": "PNaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
16      "date_created": "2015-07-30T20:12:31Z",
17      "date_updated": "2015-07-30T20:12:33Z",
18      "phone_number": "+987654321",
19      "country_code": "US",
20      "capabilities": [],
21      "url": "https://messaging.twilio.com/v1/Services/MGaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/PhoneNumbers/PNaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
22    }
23  ]
24}

Delete a PhoneNumber resource

DELETE https://messaging.twilio.com/v1/Services/{ServiceSid}/PhoneNumbers/{Sid}

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Warning

Removing a phone number from the Service does not release the number from your account. You must release a phone number from your Account to disassociate and delete the phone number from the Service.

Returns a "204 NO CONTENT" if the phone number was successfully removed from the service.

Path parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

ServiceSidSID<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 PhoneNumber resource to delete.

Delete a Phone Number 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 deletePhoneNumber() {
11  await client.messaging.v1
12    .services("MGaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")
13    .phoneNumbers("PNaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")
14    .remove();
15}
16
17deletePhoneNumber();