Question

The only reference to SMS on the readme file is regarding sending SMS messages.

# send an sms
@client.account.sms.messages.create(
  :from => '[phone]',
  :to => '[phone]',
  :body => 'Hey there!'
)

I’m wondering if the twilio-ruby gem provides visibility to SMS responses? I want to do some keyword response logic like the example they give here in PHP.

Answer 1

When you get an SMS on your Twilio number, Twilio will make an HTTP request to your server. You can respond to the incoming SMS by responding to the request with XML, like this:

<Response>
    <Sms>This is my response</Sms>
</Response>

You can either generate the XML response yourself, or the helper libraries contain methods that help you return XML to the client. I would suggest taking a look at the Twilio Ruby SMS quickstart for a simple example, and then going from there.