Learn how to find the required credentials in your Twilio account, so that you can enable the integration.
New to Twilio? Read the first article in this series for an introduction to the Twilio SMS notification feature.
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What prerequisites are there?
- Admin permissions to manage Integrations.
Which Checkfront version supports this feature - classic, new, or both?
- The SMS Notifications feature is available to both those using items (Inventory > Items), a key feature of our classic version of Checkfront, and those using products (Inventory > Products), a key feature of our newest version of Checkfront.
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New to Checkfront - Products ✨ Products (Inventory > Products) is the successor feature to (Inventory > Items) and is available in our newest version of Checkfront. Not yet on our newest version and interested in upgrading? Please get in touch with our Technical Support team for more information. Discover more product-related help articles here: Products (New). |
Setting up notifications in Twilio
Back to topTo enable the Twilio integration, you first need to create a Twilio account, including a Twilio phone number to be used as the from number in your notifications.
You want to note your Twilio phone number, Account SID, and Auth Token.
To find your Account SID, Auth Token, and Twilio Number, look in the Account Info section in the console when logged in to your Twilio account, as shown above.
The Auth Token is hidden by default. Click on the Show option to reveal the value.
In the next article, we use this information to connect your Checkfront account to Twilio.
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