telnyx-messaging-python

name	telnyx-messaging-python
description	Send and receive SMS/MMS messages, manage messaging-enabled phone numbers, and handle opt-outs. Use when building messaging applications, implementing 2FA, or sending notifications. This skill provides Python SDK examples.
metadata	{"author":"telnyx","product":"messaging","language":"python","generated_by":"telnyx-ext-skills-generator"}

Telnyx Messaging - Python

Installation

pip install telnyx

Setup

import os
from telnyx import Telnyx

client = Telnyx(
    api_key=os.environ.get("TELNYX_API_KEY"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)

All examples below assume client is already initialized as shown above.

Send a message

Send a message with a Phone Number, Alphanumeric Sender ID, Short Code or Number Pool.

POST /messages — Required: to

response = client.messages.send(
    to="[phone]",
)
print(response.data)

Retrieve a message

Note: This API endpoint can only retrieve messages that are no older than 10 days since their creation.

GET /messages/{id}

message = client.messages.retrieve(
    "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
)
print(message.data)

Cancel a scheduled message

Cancel a scheduled message that has not yet been sent.

DELETE /messages/{id}

response = client.messages.cancel_scheduled(
    "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
)
print(response.id)

Send a Whatsapp message

POST /messages/whatsapp — Required: from, to, whatsapp_message

response = client.messages.send_whatsapp(
    from_="[phone]",
    to="[phone]",
    whatsapp_message={},
)
print(response.data)

Send a group MMS message

POST /messages/group_mms — Required: from, to

response = client.messages.send_group_mms(
    from_="[phone]",
    to=["[phone]", "[phone]"],
)
print(response.data)

Send a long code message

POST /messages/long_code — Required: from, to

response = client.messages.send_long_code(
    from_="[phone]",
    to="[phone]",
)
print(response.data)

Send a message using number pool

POST /messages/number_pool — Required: to, messaging_profile_id

response = client.messages.send_number_pool(
    messaging_profile_id="abc85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c9600000000",
    to="[phone]",
)
print(response.data)

Schedule a message

Schedule a message with a Phone Number, Alphanumeric Sender ID, Short Code or Number Pool.

POST /messages/schedule — Required: to

response = client.messages.schedule(
    to="[phone]",
)
print(response.data)

Send a short code message

POST /messages/short_code — Required: from, to

response = client.messages.send_short_code(
    from_="[phone]",
    to="[phone]",
)
print(response.data)

List opt-outs

Retrieve a list of opt-out blocks.

GET /messaging_optouts

page = client.messaging_optouts.list()
page = page.data[0]
print(page.messaging_profile_id)

Retrieve a phone number with messaging settings

GET /phone_numbers/{id}/messaging

messaging = client.phone_numbers.messaging.retrieve(
    "id",
)
print(messaging.data)

Update the messaging profile and/or messaging product of a phone number

PATCH /phone_numbers/{id}/messaging

messaging = client.phone_numbers.messaging.update(
    id="id",
)
print(messaging.data)

List phone numbers with messaging settings

GET /phone_numbers/messaging

page = client.phone_numbers.messaging.list()
page = page.data[0]
print(page.id)

Retrieve a mobile phone number with messaging settings

GET /mobile_phone_numbers/{id}/messaging

messaging = client.mobile_phone_numbers.messaging.retrieve(
    "id",
)
print(messaging.data)

List mobile phone numbers with messaging settings

GET /mobile_phone_numbers/messaging

page = client.mobile_phone_numbers.messaging.list()
page = page.data[0]
print(page.id)

Bulk update phone number profiles

POST /messaging_numbers/bulk_updates — Required: messaging_profile_id, numbers

messaging_numbers_bulk_update = client.messaging_numbers_bulk_updates.create(
    messaging_profile_id="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
    numbers=["[phone]", "[phone]", "[phone]"],
)
print(messaging_numbers_bulk_update.data)

Retrieve bulk update status

GET /messaging_numbers/bulk_updates/{order_id}

messaging_numbers_bulk_update = client.messaging_numbers_bulk_updates.retrieve(
    "order_id",
)
print(messaging_numbers_bulk_update.data)

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Webhooks

The following webhook events are sent to your configured webhook URL. All webhooks include telnyx-timestamp and telnyx-signature-ed25519 headers for verification (Standard Webhooks compatible).

Event	Description
deliveryUpdate	Delivery Update
inboundMessage	Inbound Message
replacedLinkClick	Replaced Link Click