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+ + Twilio Call +
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The twilio notification platform enables sending notifications via Voice, powered by Twilio.
+Passed message will be read by Text-To-Speech service.
This component is just an adaptation from the Twilio SMS notification platform and won’t exist without it.
+ +Free trial account is available at Twilio website providing free calls to verified phone numbers. +Calls are limited to 10 minutes and will play a short trial message before your message runs.
+ +Upgraded accounts have no limitation.
+ +To use this notification platform in your installation, add the following to your configuration.yaml file:
# Example configuration.yaml entry
+notify:
+ - name: NOTIFIER_NAME
+ platform: twilio_call
+ account_sid: ACCOUNT_SID_FROM_TWILIO
+ auth_token: AUTH_TOKEN_FROM_TWILIO
+ from_number: E164_PHONE_NUMBER
+Configuration variables:
+ +-
+
- account_sid (Required): Your Twilio Account SID which can be found in your console. It starts with the letters
AC.
+ - auth_token (Required): Your Twilio Account SID which can be found in your console. It should be directly under where you found the
account_sid.
+ - from_number (Required): An E.164 formatted phone number, like +14151234567. See Twilio’s guide to formatting phone numbers for more information. +
- name (Optional): Setting the optional parameter
nameallows multiple notifiers to be created. The default value isnotify. The notifier will bind to the servicenotify.NOTIFIER_NAME.
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Usage
+ +Twilio is a notify platform and thus can be controlled by calling the notify service as described here. It will send a notification to all E.164 phone numbers in the notification target. See the notes above regarding the from_number configuration variable for information about formatting phone numbers.
# Example automation notification entry
+automation:
+ - alias: The sun has set
+ trigger:
+ platform: sun
+ event: sunset
+ action:
+ service: notify.twilio_sms
+ data:
+ message: 'The sun has set'
+ target:
+ - +14151234567
+ - +15105555555
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