twilio-demo.py

    from twilio.rest import Client

    # create client
    account_sid = 'YOUR-ACCOUNT-SID'
    auth_token = 'YOUR-AUTH-TOKEN'
    client = Client(account_sid, auth_token)

    # define message function
    def sendMessage(body, from_, to):
        message = client.messages.create(body = body, from_ = from_, to = to)

    # send message
    body = 'Is this thing working?'
    from_ = 'YOUR-TWILIO-PHONE-NUMBER'
    to = 'YOUR-OWN-PHONE-NUMBER'
    sendMessage(body, from_, to)