Introducing Our Ridiculously Simple Twilio SMS API

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Post by johns » Tue, Feb 09, 2010, 3:36 PM UTC

Introducing Our Ridiculously Simple Twilio SMS API
blog.twilio.com

Re: Introducing Our Ridiculously Simple Twilio SMS API

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Post by djb_hackernews » Tue, Feb 09, 2010, 4:03 PM UTC

Am I the only one that thinks someone is going to build a killer service on top of Twilio? Something to become a household name and be totally disruptive.

Re: Introducing Our Ridiculously Simple Twilio SMS API

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Post by ak1394 » Tue, Feb 09, 2010, 4:10 PM UTC

It mentions 3c per message, is it the same price for international messages as well?

Re: Introducing Our Ridiculously Simple Twilio SMS API

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Post by rokhayakebe » Tue, Feb 09, 2010, 4:23 PM UTC

djb_hackernews wrote: post #2

Am I the only one that thinks someone is going to build a killer service on top of Twilio? Something to become a household name and be totally disruptive.

Twilio has by far one of the best APIs out there. Most APIs hands you back data, Twilio does "stuff" so you do not have to.

Re: Introducing Our Ridiculously Simple Twilio SMS API

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Post by jerguismi » Tue, Feb 09, 2010, 4:32 PM UTC

Well, at least here in Finland we have had these sms api services for a while. Not that cheap though.

Re: Introducing Our Ridiculously Simple Twilio SMS API

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Post by jasonlbaptiste » Tue, Feb 09, 2010, 4:32 PM UTC

On a scale of one to fucking nuts, this is fucking nuts.

Re: Introducing Our Ridiculously Simple Twilio SMS API

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Post by d4ft » Tue, Feb 09, 2010, 4:33 PM UTC

Apropos of this, are there any decent sms payment services out there? What about sms payment api's? I know they are pretty popular in europe, but seemingly have not caught on in the states. thoughts?

Re: Introducing Our Ridiculously Simple Twilio SMS API

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Post by kgosser » Tue, Feb 09, 2010, 4:34 PM UTC

A race to the bottom in prices. Model might be in trouble when Google gets in the game. Great company, though.

Re: Introducing Our Ridiculously Simple Twilio SMS API

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Post by jasonlbaptiste » Tue, Feb 09, 2010, 4:37 PM UTC

djb_hackernews wrote: post #2

Am I the only one that thinks someone is going to build a killer service on top of Twilio? Something to become a household name and be totally disruptive.

I think i might base my next startup entirely off of using some twilio functions after this price lowering and some research. It's a business app, but it would trickle down to interact with a lot of consumers.

Re: Introducing Our Ridiculously Simple Twilio SMS API

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Post by mrduncan » Tue, Feb 09, 2010, 4:37 PM UTC

An example from the API page for the curious:

Sending an SMS from 415-555-1212 to 555-867-5309 asking Jenny if she wants to get dinner:

  POST /2008-08-01/Accounts/AC309475e5fede1b49e100272a8640f438/SMS/Messages HTTP/1.1
  From=415-555-1212&To=555-867-5309&Body=Hi+Jenny%21+want+to+grab+dinner%3F

http://www.twilio.com/docs/api/2008-08-01/rest/sending-sms