Twilio authentication on AWS Lambda with Node.js

Question

I want to authenticate with Twilio's api using the Node.js https module. My code is essentially:

const options = {
    host: 'api.twilio.com',
    path: '/2010-04-01/Accounts/' + TWILIO_ACCOUNT + '/Messages.json',
    auth: {
        user: TWILIO_ACCOUNT,
        pass: TWILIO_API_KEY
    }
};

const req = https.get(options, (res) => { ...

The error I receive is TypeError: First argument must be a string, Buffer, ArrayBuffer, Array, or array-like object. If I remove the auth argument in the options:

const options = {
    host: 'api.twilio.com',
    path: '/2010-04-01/Accounts/' + TWILIO_ACCOUNT + '/Messages.json'
};

const req = https.get(options, (res) => { ...

the error I receive is Authentication Error - No credentials provided. This leads me to believe I am not passing the authentication correctly in the options.

( Using request-promise, this method of passing the authentication works; I was trying to see if I could get it to work using a Node.js built-in module )

@Shaharyar - as an challenge, to see if I can do this only using built-in modules — coco
– coco, Commented Sep 3, 2018 at 14:07

philnash · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-04 00:52:52Z

1

Twilio developer evangelist here.

The auth property in the options object requires that its value is a string (see the options you can use here).

So, to correct your options object, you need to concatenate the Account SID and Auth Token with a colon, like this:

const options = {
  host: 'api.twilio.com',
  path: '/2010-04-01/Accounts/' + TWILIO_ACCOUNT + '/Messages.json',
  auth: `${TWILIO_ACCOUNT}:${TWILIO_API_KEY}`
}

Let me know if that helps.

answered Sep 4, 2018 at 0:52

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2 Comments

MichaelB Over a year ago

This works. Would be helpful if it was clearer in the Twilio docs.

philnash Over a year ago

The Twilio docs are about the Twilio Node module which we provide to make this easier. This particular detail is only relevant if you are using the Node.js HTTP standard library module and is documented there.

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