Simple Twilio Ruby Client Class

sms.rb

require 'twiliolib'

ACCOUNT_SID = 'big-hex-number'
ACCOUNT_TOKEN = 'another-big-hex-number'

# version of the Twilio REST API to use
API_VERSION = '2010-04-01'

# base URL of this application
BASE_URL = "http://myapp.com"

CALLER_ID = 'your-twilio-phone-number'

class Sms
  def self.normalize_number(n)
    "+1" + n.delete(' (\-)') if n
  end
  
  def self.send(to_phone_number, body)
    d = {
      'From' => CALLER_ID,
      'To' => Sms.normalize_number(to_phone_number),
      'Body' => body
    }
  
    begin
      account = Twilio::RestAccount.new(ACCOUNT_SID, ACCOUNT_TOKEN)
      url = "/#{API_VERSION}/Accounts/#{ACCOUNT_SID}/SMS/Messages"
      puts url
      puts d.inspect
      resp = account.request(url, 'POST', d)
      resp.error! unless resp.kind_of? Net::HTTPSuccess
      return true
    rescue StandardError => bang
      # todo: log it somewhere!
      puts bang.inspect
      return false
    end    
  end
end