class SendTextController < ApplicationController def index end def send_text_message number_to_send_to = params[:number_to_send_to] twilio_sid = "abc123" twilio_token = "foobar" twilio_phone_number = "6165555555" @twilio_client = Twilio::REST::Client.new twilio_sid, twilio_token @twilio_client.account.sms.messages.create( :from => "+1#{twilio_phone_number}", :to => number_to_send_to, :body => "This is an message. It gets sent to #{number_to_send_to}" ) end end