How to catch twilio events in nodejs? - node.js

Question

I'm new in twilio and trying to understand how can i catch twilio's events in my backend (nodejs). For exemple each time i send a message, i want the console logs "Message sent" just for testing.
I read the twilio webhook documentation , however i can't really understand how to apply it in a nodejs environment.
Thanks for helping.

Answer 1

Twilio developer evangelist here. I think you will find this Twilio tutorial great, as it will walk you through exactly what you're trying to do, and will show you how to add events to the console.
But the gist of what you want to do it is the following:
// Create a new REST API client to make authenticated requests against the
// twilio back end
var client = new twilio.RestClient('TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID', 'TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN');
// Pass in parameters to the REST API using an object literal notation. The
// REST client will handle authentication and response serialzation for you.
client.sms.messages.create({
to:'YOUR_NUMBER',
from:'YOUR_TWILIO_NUMBER',
body:'Twilio message from Node.js'
}, function(error, message) {
// The HTTP request to Twilio will run asynchronously. This callback
// function will be called when a response is received from Twilio
// The "error" variable will contain error information, if any.
// If the request was successful, this value will be false
if (!error) {
// The second argument to the callback will contain the information
// sent back by Twilio for the request. In this case, it is the
// information about the text messsage you just sent:
console.log('Success! The SID for this SMS message is:');
console.log(message.sid);
console.log('Message sent on:');
console.log(message.dateCreated);
} else {
console.log('Oops! There was an error.');
}
});
Full documentation for the Node library can be found here.
Hope this helps you out.