Need an elixir function that sends a message to a phone number

Question

I am new to programming in general and currently learning Elixir.

How do I write a function that sends message to a phone number? I would love to see the syntax. I'm using the Phoenix framework.

I saw this, but its not exactly what I want:

def tell(receiver, message) do
  IO.puts "[#{inspect self}] Sending #{message} to #{inspect receiver}"
  send receiver, {:ok, self, message}
end

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 08 '18 at 09:04

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Assuming you are talking about SMS, the easiest way to do that is to first subscribe to a messaging provider like Twilio and get yourself an API key. Then you can utilize their REST API for sending text messages.

answered Mar 08 '18 at 09:04

Lee

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thanks Lee. my confusion now is that twilio don't support elixir so how do i go about it – udehben Mar 08 '18 at 09:24
They have RESTful API which means you can call them using HTTPoison or HTTPotion thru HTTP. – Lee Mar 08 '18 at 09:32

Need an elixir function that sends a message to a phone number

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