API Reference

Welcome to Twilio Identity and Access Management Documentation. This documentation covers how to manage your accounts (projects), securely authenticate Twilio REST API requests, and best practices for accessing Twilio.

What is Twilio?

Twilio is a cloud communications platform that offers a variety of APIs for SMS, voices, emails, and authentication.

Use Cases

Our Rest API allows developers to build communication features into their Applications. Some common use cases include:

  • Verification and Identity: Use Twilio to add user verification to prevent fraud
  • Alert notification: Send notifications to customers via text, emails or voice.
  • Marketing & Promotion: Create multi-channel marketing campaigns such as SMS marketing and consumer surveys.
  • Contact Center: Provide personalized services to customers using data.
  • Account updates: Deliver account updates to customers via SMS and voice notification.

To learn how to use the Twilio API, visit the Get Started section of this documentation.