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API - Your AccountSid or AuthToken was incorrect

I am trying to send an SMS message using Twilio API in Windows 10. I enter the following request in CMD:

curl "https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACAccount SID/Messages.json" -X POST \
--data-urlencode "To=+Phone number" \
--data-urlencode "From=+Phone number" \
--data-urlencode "Body=Ahoy" \
-u Account SID:Auth Token

And I encounter:

{"code": 20003, "detail": "Your AccountSid or AuthToken was incorrect.", "message": "Authentication Error - No credentials provided", "more_info": "https://www.twilio.com/docs/errors/20003", "status": 401}curl: (6) Could not resolve host: \

I looked up the error message from the url provided but I couldn't get much information. I verified the Auth token and SID are correct. I am using Twilio free trial account if that makes a difference. I have given up troubleshooting. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Solution

  • The error message says curl: (6) Could not resolve host: \ indicating that the backslash was interpreted as the URL.

    You said you're on Windows 10 in the command prompt, the backslash \ is used in Bash in Linux to split long commands over multiple lines. If you're on Windows you would need to replace \ with ^, see this SO question.

    So this should work under Windows 10 in the command prompt:

    curl "https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACAccount SID/Messages.json" -X POST ^
  --data-urlencode "To=+Phone number" ^
  --data-urlencode "From=+Phone number" ^
  --data-urlencode "Body=Ahoy" ^
  -u Account SID:Auth Token