# Is it possible to send an SMS text using user text input (phone number)?

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/is-it-possible-to-send-an-sms-text-using-user-text-input-phone-number/1933729>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Tags:** help, sms, textinput, webapi\
**Created:** [June 21, 2022, 3:46am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/is-it-possible-to-send-an-sms-text-using-user-text-input-phone-number/1933729 "2022-06-21T03:46:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![alandiazmc450s7q25](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@alandiazmc450s7q25](https://community.thunkable.com/u/alandiazmc450s7q25)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 3:46am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/is-it-possible-to-send-an-sms-text-using-user-text-input-phone-number/1933729/1 "2022-06-21T03:46:58Z")

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I am trying to design an app that takes user input (ex. Phone number) and send an **SMS** text message to number provided. I basically want to be able to send a confirmation SMS text to the phone number provided stating that their entry has been confirmed. Attached to this confirmation text, I want to attach a number generated for the user. Is this possible through Thunkable?

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**Author:** ![zander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecb155/32.png) [@zander](https://community.thunkable.com/u/zander)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 4:07am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/is-it-possible-to-send-an-sms-text-using-user-text-input-phone-number/1933729/2 "2022-06-21T04:07:25Z")

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If you want to do this automatically you would need to use a service like twilio/sendgrid. I’m not aware of a “no code” solution for this.

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**Author:** ![alandiazmc450s7q25](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@alandiazmc450s7q25](https://community.thunkable.com/u/alandiazmc450s7q25)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 4:24am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/is-it-possible-to-send-an-sms-text-using-user-text-input-phone-number/1933729/3 "2022-06-21T04:24:59Z")

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Could you provide an example of how to connect a service like Twilio to my Thunkable app? I am still new to using Web API’s.

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**Author:** ![zander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecb155/32.png) [@zander](https://community.thunkable.com/u/zander)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 4:26am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/is-it-possible-to-send-an-sms-text-using-user-text-input-phone-number/1933729/4 "2022-06-21T04:26:45Z")

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You would have to write some code outside of Thunkable to interact with the twilio API. Pick a language of your choice and use something like google cloud to host and run it.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/0/f/0f59f292712368bce16ff80133ae10de8a6f27e8.png) [@system](https://community.thunkable.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2022, 4:27am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/is-it-possible-to-send-an-sms-text-using-user-text-input-phone-number/1933729/5 "2022-09-19T04:27:24Z")

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