--- title: "Swimburger - Blog - Twilio" description: "Swimburger.net is Niels Swimberghe's technical blog about .NET, cloud, and web development." canonical: "https://swimburger.net/blog/twilio/all" --- [ Announcing the Webhook Plugin: Validate your webhooks with the new webhook plugin for the Twilio CLI ## Announcing the Webhook Plugin: Validate your webhooks with the new webhook plugin for the Twilio CLI 3/14/2023 - Twilio Emulate webhook requests to test your Twilio webhook applications using the new webhook plugin for the Twilio CLI. ](/blog/twilio/announcing-the-webhook-plugin)[ Use XML Literals in Visual Basic .NET to generate TwiML ## Use XML Literals in Visual Basic .NET to generate TwiML 3/14/2023 - .NET Learn how to generate TwiML instructions to respond to texts and voice calls using XML Literals in Visual Basic .NET and ASP.NET Core Minimal APIs. ](/blog/dotnet/use-xml-literals-in-visual-basic-dotnet-to-generate-twiml)[ Generate TwiML using Strings in C# ## How to generate TwiML using Strings in C# 2/21/2023 - .NET Learn how Twilio uses webhooks and TwiML to give you control over how to respond to a call or text message. You can generate TwiML using strings in many ways, and with C# 11 you can now also use Raw String Literals. ](/blog/dotnet/how-to-generate-twiml-using-strings-in-csharp)[ Use Raw String Literals to generate TwiML in C# 11 ## Use Raw String Literals to generate TwiML in C# 11 2/15/2023 - .NET Learn how Twilio uses webhooks and TwiML to give you control over how to respond to a call or text message. You can generate TwiML in many ways, and with C# 11 you can now also use Raw String Literals. ](/blog/dotnet/use-raw-string-literals-to-generate-twiml-in-csharp-11)[ Use Visual Studio dev tunnels to handle Twilio Webhooks ## Use Visual Studio dev tunnels to handle Twilio Webhooks 2/8/2023 - .NET Learn how to develop webhooks on your local machine using Visual Studio dev tunnels and ASP.NET Core. ](/blog/dotnet/use-visual-studio-dev-tunnels-to-handle-twilio-webhooks)[ Conversation between an iPhone user and the SMS bot. The user says "Hi" and the bot responds with "Welcome to the U.S. Representative lookup bot. Respond with your address. The user sends an address and the bot responds with "Your representative is Gerald E. Connolly (Democratic Party) representing Virginia"s 11th congressional district. Then the bot sends an image of the representative. ## Find your US Representatives and Congressional Districts with SMS and ASP.NET Core 8/2/2022 - .NET Learn how to create an SMS bot that looks up U.S. Congressional Districts and Representatives using the Google Civic Information API, C#, ASP.NET Core Minimal API, and Twilio SMS. ](/blog/dotnet/find-your-us-representatives-and-congressional-districts-with-sms-and-aspdotnet-core)[ Twilio logo ## How to test SMS and Phone Call applications with the Twilio Dev Phone 6/15/2022 - Twilio Learn how to use Twilio's brand-new open-source tool, the Twilio Dev Phone, to test your SMS and phone call applications! ](/blog/twilio/how-to-test-sms-and-phone-call-applications-with-the-twilio-dev-phone)[ Zapier logo ## Send Email and SMS from Google Forms using Zapier, SendGrid, and Twilio 5/18/2022 - Twilio Learn how to forward Google Form data via Email and SMS using Zapier, SendGrid, and Twilio ](/blog/twilio/send-email-and-sms-from-google-forms-using-zapier-sendgrid-and-twilio)[ Twilio logo ## How to better configure C# and .NET applications for SendGrid 5/12/2022 - .NET Learn how to configure your .NET applications better for sending SendGrid emails ](/blog/dotnet/how-to-better-configure-csharp-and-dotnet-applications-for-sendgrid)[ Twilio logo ## How to better configure C# and .NET applications for Twilio 4/11/2022 - .NET Learn how to use multiple configuration sources, strongly-typed objects, and implement the options pattern in your .NET applications ](/blog/dotnet/how-to-better-configure-csharp-and-dotnet-applications-for-twilio)[ .NET Bot holding a phone and bag with the Twilio logo ## What's new in the Twilio helper library for ASP.NET (v5.73.0 - April 2022) 4/6/2022 - .NET Learn about what's new and old with the Twilio helper library for ASP.NET in version 5.73.0 ](/blog/dotnet/whats-new-in-the-twilio-helper-library-for-aspdotnet-april-2022)[ Twilio logo ## How to Send SMS without a Phone Number using C# .NET and an Alphanumeric Sender ID 4/5/2022 - .NET You don't always need a phone number to send SMS! Learn how to send text messages using Alphanumeric Sender IDs. ](/blog/dotnet/send-sms-without-phone-number-using-csharp-dotnet-and-alphanumeric-sender-id)[ Twilio SendGrid logo ## How to send Email in C# .NET using SMTP and SendGrid 3/8/2022 - .NET You can use the SendGrid APIs to send emails, but you can also use SMTP with SendGrid. Learn how to send emails using SMTP, SendGrid C# .NET ](/blog/dotnet/how-to-send-email-in-csharp-dotnet-using-smtp-and-sendgrid)[ Twilio SendGrid logo and Azure Functions logo ## Send Emails using C# .NET with Azure Functions and SendGrid Bindings 3/2/2022 - .NET Learn how to send emails from Azure Functions using C# .NET and the SendGrid Bindings ](/blog/dotnet/send-emails-using-csharp-dotnet-with-azure-functions-and-sendgrid-bindings)[ ngrok logo ## Integrate ngrok into ASP.NET Core startup and automatically update your webhook URLs 2/15/2022 - .NET Learn to integrate ngrok into ASP.NET Core's startup process to create secure public tunnels and automatically handle Twilio's webhooks with a single command ](/blog/dotnet/integrate-ngrok-into-aspdotnet-core-startup-and-automatically-update-your-webhook-urls)[ Twilio logo ## Send Scheduled SMS with C# .NET and Twilio Programmable Messaging 2/4/2022 - .NET Learn how to schedule SMS with C# .NET and Twilio Messaging's latest feature: Scheduled Messaging! ](/blog/dotnet/send-scheduled-sms-with-csharp-dotnet-and-twilio-programmable-messaging)[ Cloudflare logo ## Develop webhooks locally using Cloudflared Tunnel 1/28/2022 - Web Webhooks are a common way to integrate with external service, including Twilio! Learn how to develop webhooks locally using Cloudflare Tunnels! ](/blog/web/develop-webhooks-locally-using-cloudflared-tunnel)[ Twilio Logo and Azure Functions logo ## How to send SMS with C# .NET and Azure Functions using Twilio Output Binding 1/24/2022 - Azure Twilio posts cloud communications trends, customer stories, and tips for building scalable voice and SMS applications with Twilio's APIs. ](/blog/azure/how-to-send-sms-with-csharp-dotnet-and-azure-functions-using-twilio-output-binding)[ Twilio SendGrid logo ## How to send recurring emails in C# .NET using SendGrid and Quartz.NET 1/19/2022 - .NET Learn how to send recurring emails with C# .NET using Quartz.NET and SendGrid's APIs ](/blog/dotnet/how-to-send-recurring-emails-in-csharp-dotnet-using-sendgrid-and-quartzdotnet)[ Twilio SendGrid logo ## Send Emails using the SendGrid API with .NET 6 and C# 12/13/2021 - .NET Learn how to send emails using the SendGrid API with a .NET 6 console application and C# ](/blog/dotnet/send-emails-using-the-sendgrid-api-with-dotnet-6-and-csharp)[ Image of Niels' ## Introducing .NET Developer Niels Swimberghe 12/8/2021 - .NET Meet Niels Swimberghe, the newest member of the Developer Voices team at Twilio. Niels is a .NET developer and will be producing technical content for the .NET community. ](/blog/dotnet/introducing-dotnet-developer-niels-swimberghe)[ Twilio logo ## Handle No-Answer Scenarios with Voicemail and Callback 10/28/2021 - .NET With Twilio Programmable Voice you can ask customers to leave a message and their phone number if there's nobody available to take the call so you can give them a callback later ](/blog/dotnet/handle-no-answer-scenarios-with-voicemail-and-callback)[ Incognito person using a rotary phone with the Twilio logo ## Proxy your phone number with Twilio Programmable Voice and Twilio Functions 7/20/2021 - Twilio You'll learn how to turn a Twilio phone number into a proxy phone number using Twilio Functions as webhooks for your Twilio phone number. ](/blog/twilio/proxy-your-phone-number-with-twilio-programmable-voice-and-twilio-functions)[ Picture of Niels—white male with long blond hair— with a shocked expression ## Guest on .NET Docs Show: Making Phone Calls 📞 from Blazor WebAssembly with Twilio Voice 6/11/2021 - .NET Earlier this week, the folks at the .NET Docs Show invited me over to talk about Twilio, .NET, and Blazor WebAssembly. We discussed different architectures, workflow diagrams, Twilio capabilities, and how to integrate them using ASP.NET WebAPI's and Blazor WebAssembly. ](/blog/dotnet/guest-on-dotnet-docs-show-making-phone-calls-from-blazor-webassembly-with-twilio-voice)[ An illustration of a lock and a key. The key handle is in the shape of the Twilio logo. ## Better Authentication with Twilio API Keys 3/1/2021 - .NET API Keys are now the preferred way to authenticate with Twilio's API. You can create as many API Keys as you need and remove them if they are compromised or no longer used. ](/blog/dotnet/better-authentication-with-twilio-api-keys)[ Blazor and Twilio logo ## Making Phone Calls from Blazor WebAssembly with Twilio Voice 11/30/2020 - .NET Using Twilio Voice you can add the ability to make and receive phone calls from your own ASP.NET web applications. Twilio’s helper library for JavaScript makes it easy to integrate client functionality into web front ends built with Blazor WebAssembly, and the Twilio NuGet packages provide you with convenient interfaces to Twilio’s APIs for server-side tasks. ](/blog/dotnet/making-phone-calls-from-blazor-webassembly-with-twilio-voice)