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Subscription Resource

You can use the Subscriptions API to subscribe to specific Twilio events and versions, and manage your subscriptions.

With the Subscriptions API you can:

Create new Subscriptions.
Fetch a specific Subscription.
Fetch a list of Subscriptions.
Update a Subscription.
Delete a Subscription.

A subscription is comprised of a set of pairs of Event Types and Schema versions that can be modified using the SubscribedEvents API.

Subscription Properties

Resource properties

account_sidtype: SID<AC>

Not PII

The unique SID identifier of the Account.

Pattern:

^AC[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$

Min length:

34

Max length:

34

sidtype: SID<DF>

Not PII

A 34 character string that uniquely identifies this Subscription.

Pattern:

^DF[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$

Min length:

34

Max length:

34

date_createdtype: string<date-time>

Not PII

The date that this Subscription was created, given in ISO 8601 format.

date_updatedtype: string<date-time>

Not PII

The date that this Subscription was updated, given in ISO 8601 format.

descriptiontype: string

Not PII

A human readable description for the Subscription

sink_sidtype: SID<DG>

Not PII

The SID of the sink that events selected by this subscription should be sent to. Sink must be active for the subscription to be created.

Pattern:

^DG[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$

Min length:

34

Max length:

34

urltype: string<uri>

Not PII

The URL of this resource.

linkstype: object<uri-map>

Not PII

Contains a dictionary of URL links to nested resources of this Subscription.

Create a Subscription

POST https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions

Make a new Subscription.

Parameters

Request body parameters

Descriptiontype: stringRequired

Not PII

A human readable description for the Subscription This value should not contain PII.

SinkSidtype: SID<DG>Required

Not PII

The SID of the sink that events selected by this subscription should be sent to. Sink must be active for the subscription to be created.

Pattern:

^DG[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$

Min length:

34

Max length:

34

Typestype: arrayRequired

Not PII

An array of objects containing the subscribed Event Types

Create a new Subscription

Node.js

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Java

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twilio-cli

curl


_14// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
_14// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
_14// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
_14const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
_14const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
_14const client = require('twilio')(accountSid, authToken);
_14
_14client.events.v1.subscriptions
_14  .create({
_14     description: `"A subscription"`,
_14     types: [{'type': 'com.twilio.messaging.message.delivered'}, {'type': 'com.twilio.messaging.message.sent', 'schema_version': 2}],
_14     sinkSid: 'DGXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'
_14   })
_14  .then(subscription => console.log(subscription.sid));

Output


_12{
_12  "account_sid": "ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
_12  "date_created": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z",
_12  "date_updated": "2015-07-30T20:01:33Z",
_12  "sid": "DFXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
_12  "sink_sid": "DGXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
_12  "description": "\"A subscription\"",
_12  "url": "https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions/DFXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
_12  "links": {
_12    "subscribed_events": "https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions/DFXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/SubscribedEvents"
_12  }
_12}

Fetch a Subscription

GET https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions/{Sid}

Retrieve a specific Subscription using its Subscription ID.

Parameters

URI parameters

Sidtype: SID<DF>

Path ParameterNot PII

A 34 character string that uniquely identifies this Subscription.

Pattern:

^DF[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$

Min length:

34

Max length:

34

Fetch Subscription

Node.js

Python

Java

PHP

Ruby

twilio-cli

curl


_10// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
_10// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
_10// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
_10const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
_10const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
_10const client = require('twilio')(accountSid, authToken);
_10
_10client.events.v1.subscriptions('DFXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX')
_10                .fetch()
_10                .then(subscription => console.log(subscription.sid));

Output


_12{
_12  "account_sid": "ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
_12  "date_created": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z",
_12  "date_updated": "2015-07-30T20:01:33Z",
_12  "sid": "DFXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
_12  "sink_sid": "DGXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
_12  "description": "A subscription",
_12  "url": "https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions/DFXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
_12  "links": {
_12    "subscribed_events": "https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions/DFXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/SubscribedEvents"
_12  }
_12}

Get all Subscriptions

GET https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions

Retrieve information on all created subscriptions

Parameters

URI parameters

SinkSidtype: SID<DG>

Query ParameterNot PII

The SID of the sink that the list of Subscriptions should be filtered by.

Pattern:

^DG[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$

Min length:

34

Max length:

34

PageSizetype: integer

Query ParameterNot PII

How many resources to return in each list page. The default is 50, and the maximum is 1000.

Minimum:

1

Pagetype: integer

Query ParameterNot PII

The page index. This value is simply for client state.

Minimum:

0

PageTokentype: string

Query ParameterNot PII

The page token. This is provided by the API.

Read Subscriptions

Node.js

Python

Java

PHP

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twilio-cli

curl


_10// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
_10// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
_10// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
_10const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
_10const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
_10const client = require('twilio')(accountSid, authToken);
_10
_10client.events.v1.subscriptions
_10      .list({limit: 20})
_10      .then(subscriptions => subscriptions.forEach(s => console.log(s.sid)));

Output


_37{
_37  "subscriptions": [
_37    {
_37      "account_sid": "ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
_37      "date_created": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z",
_37      "date_updated": "2015-07-30T20:01:33Z",
_37      "sid": "DFXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
_37      "sink_sid": "DGXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
_37      "description": "A subscription",
_37      "url": "https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions/DFXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
_37      "links": {
_37        "subscribed_events": "https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions/DFXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/SubscribedEvents"
_37      }
_37    },
_37    {
_37      "account_sid": "ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
_37      "date_created": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z",
_37      "date_updated": "2015-07-30T20:01:33Z",
_37      "sid": "DFXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
_37      "sink_sid": "DGXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
_37      "description": "Another subscription",
_37      "url": "https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions/DFXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
_37      "links": {
_37        "subscribed_events": "https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions/DFXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/SubscribedEvents"
_37      }
_37    }
_37  ],
_37  "meta": {
_37    "page": 0,
_37    "page_size": 20,
_37    "first_page_url": "https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions?PageSize=20&Page=0",
_37    "previous_page_url": "https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions?PageSize=20&Page=0",
_37    "url": "https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions?PageSize=20&Page=0",
_37    "next_page_url": "https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions?PageSize=20&Page=1",
_37    "key": "subscriptions"
_37  }
_37}

Update a Subscription

POST https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions/{Sid}

Modify an existing Subscription identified by its Subscription ID.

Parameters

URI parameters

Sidtype: SID<DF>

Path ParameterNot PII

A 34 character string that uniquely identifies this Subscription.

Pattern:

^DF[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$

Min length:

34

Max length:

34

Request body parameters

Descriptiontype: string

Not PII

A human readable description for the Subscription.

SinkSidtype: SID<DG>

Not PII

The SID of the sink that events selected by this subscription should be sent to. Sink must be active for the subscription to be created.

Pattern:

^DG[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$

Min length:

34

Max length:

34

Change subscription description

Node.js

Python

Java

PHP

Ruby

twilio-cli

curl


_10// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
_10// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
_10// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
_10const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
_10const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
_10const client = require('twilio')(accountSid, authToken);
_10
_10client.events.v1.subscriptions('DFXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX')
_10                .update({description: `"Updated description"`})
_10                .then(subscription => console.log(subscription.sid));

Output


_12{
_12  "account_sid": "ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
_12  "date_created": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z",
_12  "date_updated": "2020-07-30T20:01:33Z",
_12  "sid": "DFXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
_12  "sink_sid": "DGXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
_12  "description": "\"Updated description\"",
_12  "url": "https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions/DFXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
_12  "links": {
_12    "subscribed_events": "https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions/DFXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/SubscribedEvents"
_12  }
_12}

Delete a Subscription

DELETE https://events.twilio.com/v1/Subscriptions/{Sid}

Remove a Subscription identified by its Subscription ID.

Parameters

URI parameters

Sidtype: SID<DF>

Path ParameterNot PII

A 34 character string that uniquely identifies this Subscription.

Pattern:

^DF[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$

Min length:

34

Max length:

34

Delete Subscription

Node.js

Python

Java

PHP

Ruby

twilio-cli

curl


_10// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
_10// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
_10// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
_10const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
_10const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
_10const client = require('twilio')(accountSid, authToken);
_10
_10client.events.v1.subscriptions('DFXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX').remove();