Sending SMS using Twilio

Configuration
1

HI
I am attempting to setup Twilio to send an sms inside of an automation …

I have intalled the twilio integration that told me to setup a webhook in the twilio account which i did.

I added the following to configuration.yaml

notify:
  - name: twilio_sma
    platform: twilio_sms
    from_number: "phone number from twilio"

The automation i created in yaml


alias: SMS Send
  description: ''
  triggers:
  - type: changed_states
    device_id: 5c7059377f8a14ab716e735bc4259060
    entity_id: cf2a11b2d7b696e0738aaede2a8457a0
    domain: switch
    trigger: device
    for:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 0
      seconds: 5
  conditions: []
  actions:
  - action: notify.twilio_sms
    metadata: {}
    data:
      message: heater switched
      title: 'heater test '
      target: +972-50-3440135
      data: the heater switched
  mode: single

I don’t get any error but the sms is not being sent… Is the problem on the HA end or the twilio end?

Regards

Mrrcomp

2

Have you checked the automation trace and logs for any errors?

3

@parautenbach thanks for the response…

The trace gives me the following

Stopped because an error was encountered at January 31, 2025 at 6:31:38 AM (runtime: 0.03 seconds)

expected dict for dictionary value @ data[‘data’]

4

Remove the second data: line. I’m not using twilio, but according to the docs it shouldn’t be there. That’s also what the error is saying: there’s an unexpected data under data.

5

@parautenbach thanks

I did manage now to run the automation without error but i dont get and sms and i dont see any mention of an error or a message getting to the twilio console and the

6

Looks like your message got cut off.

If you say “without error”, do you mean there was no error in the trace? Did you check the actual HA log too?

7

@parautenbach
Correct trace no longer giving error.TBH not sure; how to see /he HA log

8

Settings > System > Logs