# Send Twilio SMS on button click?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/send-twilio-sms-on-button-click/77023>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, perspective, scripting\
**Created:** [July 27, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/send-twilio-sms-on-button-click/77023 "2023-07-27T15:37:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ian.sebryk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/ian.sebryk/32/49319_2.png) [@ian.sebryk](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ian.sebryk)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/send-twilio-sms-on-button-click/77023/1 "2023-07-27T15:37:52Z")

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want to send an SMS when button is clicked. doable? if so, how? manual only refers to SMS as part of the Alarm pipeline process. i want to send a packaged message when a button is clicked/pressed.

i've tried just importing the `twilio.rest` client:

```python
import os
from twilio.rest import Client
# ... basic twilio boilerplate ...

```

but Designer burps out an error:

> ImportError: No module named twilio

so is this not a doable thing? i mean everything should be there. we're already sending SMS through the Alarm pipeline. what am i missing?

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/send-twilio-sms-on-button-click/77023/2 "2023-07-27T15:38:52Z")

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[https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/system.twilio.sendSms](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/system.twilio.sendSms)

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**Author:** ![ian.sebryk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/ian.sebryk/32/49319_2.png) [@ian.sebryk](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ian.sebryk)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/send-twilio-sms-on-button-click/77023/3 "2023-07-27T15:39:52Z")

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oh wow. that didn't even come up when i searched for Twilio. just the alarm information. thank you.

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**Author:** ![ian.sebryk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/ian.sebryk/32/49319_2.png) [@ian.sebryk](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ian.sebryk)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/send-twilio-sms-on-button-click/77023/4 "2023-07-27T15:57:46Z")

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morons were using a Trial account on Twilio... SMH. once that was sorted, it sailed along nicely.