SMS Forwarding is so EASY to get up and running!

Have you ever wanted to forward text messages from one phone number to another? A really common use case for this is creating a business phone number or a temporary phone number that you can give out instead of your primary cell phone number.
This is incredibly easy to do with Twilio Programmable Messaging and Twilio CodeExchange Quick Deploy projects. We'll start with nothing and with the click of a few buttons we'll have a Twilio phone number forwarding SMS messages to our phone. It'll be up and running before you know it.
You can find the Quick Deploy here: twil.io/quickdeploy-sms-forwa...
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[@rachelrohr2130]

Can you combine functions for message handling, for example SMS Forwarding plus SMS to Google Sheets?

[@TwilioDevs]

Hi! Thanks for watching. Sorry for the delay in responding but I was out on vacation!
You could either use the Twilio Runtime to fetch the other Function to run it (www.twilio.com/docs/serverless/functions-assets/client#getfunctions) or you could execute the SMS to Google Sheets logic before sending the response.

[@hugheymorrow]

Any idea why image attachments don't get forwarded, but do show up in the message log in Twilio portal?

[@TwilioDevs]

Your images might be over the carrier size limit. Details: support.twilio.com/hc/en-us/articles/360018832773-Twilio-Programmable-SMS-Supported-File-Types-and-Size-Limits-for-MMS-Media-Messages

[@hugheymorrow]

@@TwilioDevs yes already checked that. Does a trial number impact this?

[@donacenneiilconcept2991]

Where can I define the number that the message will be forwarded? TIA

[@TwilioDevs]

You specify the number at the time of creation from the Quick Deploy. Once you've done that it will be set as an environment variable for your Twilio Functions project. You can read about how to edit the environment variables here: twil.io/functions-environment-variables

[@anthonyettinger4329]

Can you respond from your personal phone?

[@TwilioDevs]

Yes, but you'll have to do some smart re-routing of the text that you send from your phone. This blog post from Dominik Kundel covers the basic idea in code: www.twilio.com/blog/sms-forwarding-and-responding-using-twilio-and-javascript

[@user-ef3yk4fx8t]

How would you do with within a sub-account?

[@TwilioDevs]

Can you clarify what you mean by your question?

[@soniyaarockiya5826]

Can I use this to notify multiple users

[@TwilioDevs]

The way this application is coded it would only work to a single number but you could definitely use a Twilio Function to notify multiple users with some modifications.

[@mimmi9]

Will this forward otp as well?

[@TwilioDevs]

That is usually blocked unfortunately.

[@jaemarie]

The code isn’t loading so I can edit it in functions, why is that?

[@TwilioDevs]

What happens when you try, do you get an error?

[@earthgraduate726]

What if the first phone that receives the sms is off ? Is it possible?

[@TwilioDevs]

The first number in this process should be a Twilio phone number which won't be off. If the number you're forwarding it to is off it will depend on the carrier. In any case, if the SMS is undelivered you will get an error that will indicate delivery status. There are also status callbacks you can monitor: www.twilio.com/docs/messaging/guides/outbound-message-status-in-status-callbacks

[@earthgraduate726]

@@TwilioDevs what do you mean ? For example if i have two phones , and the first phone is Twilio but is currently off (no battery charge , etc.) And someone send a sms to that phone , will the second phone receives that sms ?

[@TwilioDevs]

The way this tutorial works, the phone number that receives the SMS is a Twilio phone number. Twilio phone numbers are virtual: www.twilio.com/docs/phone-numbers