community.general.twilio module – Sends a text message to a mobile phone through Twilio

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 9.4.0).

It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.twilio.

Synopsis

  • Sends a text message to a phone number through the Twilio messaging API.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

account_sid

string / required

User’s Twilio account token found on the account page.

auth_token

string / required

User’s Twilio authentication token.

from_number

string / required

The Twilio number to send the text message from, format +15551112222.

media_url

string

A URL with a picture, video or sound clip to send with an MMS (multimedia message) instead of a plain SMS.

msg

string / required

The body of the text message.

to_numbers

aliases: to_number

list / elements=string / required

One or more phone numbers to send the text message to, format +15551112222.

Attributes

Attribute

Support

Description

check_mode

Support: full

Can run in check_mode and return changed status prediction without modifying target.

diff_mode

Support: none

Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in check_mode), when in diff mode.

Notes

Note

  • This module is non-idempotent because it sends an email through the external API. It is idempotent only in the case that the module fails.

  • Like the other notification modules, this one requires an external dependency to work. In this case, you’ll need a Twilio account with a purchased or verified phone number to send the text message.

Examples

# send an SMS about the build status to (555) 303 5681
# note: replace account_sid and auth_token values with your credentials
# and you have to have the 'from_number' on your Twilio account
- name: Send a text message to a mobile phone through Twilio
  community.general.twilio:
    msg: All servers with webserver role are now configured.
    account_sid: ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
    auth_token: ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
    from_number: +15552014545
    to_number: +15553035681
  delegate_to: localhost

# send an SMS to multiple phone numbers about the deployment
# note: replace account_sid and auth_token values with your credentials
# and you have to have the 'from_number' on your Twilio account
- name: Send a text message to a mobile phone through Twilio
  community.general.twilio:
    msg: This server configuration is now complete.
    account_sid: ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
    auth_token: ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
    from_number: +15553258899
    to_numbers:
      - +15551113232
      - +12025551235
      - +19735559010
  delegate_to: localhost

# send an MMS to a single recipient with an update on the deployment
# and an image of the results
# note: replace account_sid and auth_token values with your credentials
# and you have to have the 'from_number' on your Twilio account
- name: Send a text message to a mobile phone through Twilio
  community.general.twilio:
    msg: Deployment complete!
    account_sid: ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
    auth_token: ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
    from_number: +15552014545
    to_number: +15553035681
    media_url: https://demo.twilio.com/logo.png
  delegate_to: localhost

Authors

  • Matt Makai (@makaimc)