Twilio

Twilio is a cloud communications platform for building SMS, Voice & Messaging applications on an API built for global scale.

Integrate the Twilio API with the Firebase Admin SDK API

Setup the Twilio API trigger to run a workflow which integrates with the Firebase Admin SDK API. Pipedream's integration platform allows you to integrate Twilio and Firebase Admin SDK remarkably fast. Free for developers.

Send SMS with Twilio API on New Child Object in a Realtime Database from Firebase Admin SDK API
Firebase Admin SDK + Twilio
 
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Send SMS with Twilio API on New Document in Firestore Collection from Firebase Admin SDK API
Firebase Admin SDK + Twilio
 
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Make a Phone Call with Twilio API on New Child Object in a Realtime Database from Firebase Admin SDK API
Firebase Admin SDK + Twilio
 
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Make a Phone Call with Twilio API on New Document in Firestore Collection from Firebase Admin SDK API
Firebase Admin SDK + Twilio
 
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Send MMS with Twilio API on New Child Object in a Realtime Database from Firebase Admin SDK API
Firebase Admin SDK + Twilio
 
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New Incoming SMS (Instant) from the Twilio API

Emit new event every time an SMS is sent to the phone number set. Configures a webhook in Twilio, tied to an incoming phone number.

 
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New Child Object in a Realtime Database from the Firebase Admin SDK API

Emit new event when a new child object is discovered within a specific path

 
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New Document in Firestore Collection from the Firebase Admin SDK API

Emit new event when a structured query returns new documents

 
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New Call (Instant) from the Twilio API

Emit new event each time a call to the phone number is completed. Configures a webhook in Twilio, tied to a phone number.

 
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New Phone Number from the Twilio API

Emit new event when you add a new phone number to your account

 
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Send SMS with the Twilio API

Send a simple text-only SMS. See the docs for more information

 
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Create Document with the Firebase Admin SDK API

Creates a New Document. See the docs here

 
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Make a Phone Call with the Twilio API

Make a phone call, passing text that Twilio will speak to the recipient of the call. See the docs for more information

 
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Create Firebase Realtime Database Record with the Firebase Admin SDK API

Creates or replaces a child object within your Firebase Realtime Database. See the docs here

 
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Send MMS with the Twilio API

Send an SMS with text and media files. See the docs for more information

 
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Overview of Twilio

With the Twilio API, you can build telephone applications that make and receive
phone calls, as well astext messaging applications that send and receive text
messages.

Some examples of applications you could build include:

  • A phone call application that allows you to make and receive phone calls over
    the internet
  • A text messaging application that allows you to send and receive text
    messages over the internet
  • A voicemail application that allows you to leave and receive voicemails over
    the internet

Connect Twilio

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import { axios } from "@pipedream/platform"
export default defineComponent({
  props: {
    twilio: {
      type: "app",
      app: "twilio",
    }
  },
  async run({steps, $}) {
    return await axios($, {
      url: `https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts.json`,
      auth: {
        username: `${this.twilio.$auth.AccountSid}`,
        password: `${this.twilio.$auth.AuthToken}`,
      },
    })
  },
})

Overview of Firebase Admin SDK

With the Firebase Admin SDK API, you can build a variety of different
applications and tools. For example, you could build a tool to manage your
Firebase project's users, or a tool to monitor your Firebase project's data
usage. You could also build an app that helps you manage your Firebase
project's settings, or an app that helps you troubleshoot your Firebase
project's data.

Connect Firebase Admin SDK

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module.exports = defineComponent({
  props: {
    firebase_admin_sdk: {
      type: "app",
      app: "firebase_admin_sdk",
    }
  },
  async run({steps, $}) {
    const admin = require('firebase-admin')
    
    // Enter values for the following parameters below this code step,
    // These get passed to the initializeApp method below.
    const { projectId, clientEmail, privateKey } = this.firebase_admin_sdk.$auth
    
    // Before passing the privateKey to the initializeApp constructor,
    // we have to replace newline characters with literal newlines
    const formattedPrivateKey = privateKey.replace(/\\n/g, '\n')
    
    // See https://firebase.google.com/docs/reference/admin/node/admin.credential.html#cert
    if (!admin.apps.length) {
      admin.initializeApp({
        credential: admin.credential.cert({
          projectId,
          clientEmail,
          privateKey: formattedPrivateKey,
        })
      })
    }
  },
})

Community Posts

How Our Family Uses SMS and Smart Picture Frames to Connect During Remote Holidays
How Our Family Uses SMS and Smart Picture Frames to Connect During Remote Holidays
Two days before Thanksgiving, I decided to put together a simple way for our family to share pictures, because we couldn’t be together in person. The idea: smart photo frames that everyone could text pictures to. Here’s how I got it working. tldr; A Pipedream workflow parses SMS messages sent to a Twilio phone number, extracting the pictures and then using SendGrid to email them to the dedicated email addresses used by our Pix-Star photo frames.