short url on sms

What code have you tried?

If the link is long, you may want to run it through a link shortner or a special URL on your server that will redirect.

c#

I added the C# topic for you.  

Which API documentation are you following? Do you have example code you have tried? Errors?  Or do you just need help getting started with Twillio?

I just need to know what is my option to send link inside of the Twilio SMS. Any API that is easier to implement will be fine.

Hi,

Check this blog-
https://blog.jeremylikness.com/build-a-serverless-link-shortener-with-analytics-faster-than-finishing-your-latte-8c094bb1df2c

You can create your own URL Shortner service. Or you can go for a paid service API that will give you your desired domain shortning url.

Do not go for goo.gl as they are soon going to end their support.

I do not believe there is a way to insert a link into text like you would with html.  Include a valid link like  https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/29140168/short-url-on-sms.html and most devices should recognize that as a valid link.

Scott Fell, EE MVE: Then share with us what is the solution you think. Most of the companies like tmobile and twilio, they sent us a link for like payment reminder at all times,...

@ITSolutionWizard those companies are not sending you HTML; the SMS spec only supports text.
It's up to the app writer to provide support for turning that into an actionable link.

Here is a simple, very paired down example of what I'm currently using in an MVC application using the Twilio SDK (available via Nuget).

using System;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using Twilio;
using Twilio.Mvc;
using Twilio.TwiML;
using Twilio.TwiML.Mvc;

namespace EE29140168.Controllers
{
	public class SendMessageExampleController : TwilioController
	{
		public Twilio.Message SendMessage(string message)
		{
			var twilio = new TwilioRestClient("your twilio api key", "your twilio api token");
			return twilio.SendMessage("+18005551212", "+18005551313", message);
		}
	}
}

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I have been seeing short URL link in SMS. and I really wonder how to get it working ....

Bitly API is one of those I found ... any one know how to use it?

Used to be that once you had gotten your Bit.ly application registered it was as simple as a GET call structured as follows:

https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v3/shorten?access_token=your_access_token&longUrl=url_encoded_address

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However, I just checked and it appears they are depreciating API tokens in favor of OAUTH.

Another service I've used in the past is https://is.gd. There is a .NET library for using that one... but it's dead simple so a third party library is kind of unnecessary. A simple, anonymous GET to the api url is all that is required. For example, https://is.gd/Gwju6H is the result of the following call:

https://is.gd/create.php?format=simple&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bing.com%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dbit.ly%2Bapi%2Bdocumentation%26form%3DAPIPH1%26PC%3DAPPL

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Kelvin, thank you for your post but i do not know what you mean. Can you describe little more clear how it supposes to work? I am very new about this short url feature.