Create VCard and send via Twilio

Question

I am writing a Twilio + Parse application that allows users to share their contact information via SMS. I have a Vcard sample as a string in javascript:

  message = '';
  message += 'BEGIN:VCARD';
  message += 'BDAY;VALUE=DATE:1963-09-21';
  message += 'VERSION:3.0';
  message += 'N:Stenerson;Derik';
  message += 'FN:Derik Stenerson';
  message += 'ORG:Microsoft Corporation';
  message += 'ADR;TYPE=WORK,POSTAL,PARCEL:;;One Microsoft Way;Redmond;WA;98052-6399;USA';
  message += 'TEL;TYPE=WORK,MSG:[phone]';
  message += 'TEL;TYPE=WORK,FAX:[phone]';
  message += 'EMAIL;TYPE=INTERNET:[e-mail]';
  message += 'END:VCARD';
  message += 'BEGIN:VCARD';
  message += 'VERSION:3.0';
  message += 'N:Ganguly;Anik';
  message += 'FN:Anik Ganguly';
  message += 'ORG: Open Text Inc.';
  message += 'ADR;TYPE=WORK,POSTAL,PARCEL:;Suite 101;38777 West Six Mile Road;Livonia;MI;48152;USA';
  message += 'TEL;TYPE=WORK,MSG:[phone]';
  message += 'EMAIL;TYPE=INTERNET:[e-mail]';
  message += 'END:VCARD';
  message += 'BEGIN:VCARD';
  message += 'VERSION:3.0';
  message += 'N:Moskowitz;Robert';
  message += 'FN:Robert Moskowitz';
  message += 'EMAIL;TYPE=INTERNET:[e-mail]';
  message += 'END:VCARD';

And I'm trying to figure out how to send this to a phone number in the form of vcard so that the phone detects it instead of text.

I have a method:

function respondWithMessage(message, response) {
  response.set('Content-Type', 'text/xml');
  var xmlVersion = '<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n';
  message = '<Message>\n' + message + '\n</Message>';
  message = '<Response>\n' + message + '\n</Response>';
  message = xmlVersion + message;
  response.send(message);
}

With which I can send text messages. Twilio states in its documentation that text / vcard messages are supported here: https://www.twilio.com/docs/api/rest/accepted-mime-types But I couldn’t get it working. Could you give an example of how to send this VCard via SMS with Twilio? Thanks!

Answer 1

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Parse.com :

// Require and initialize the Twilio module with your credentials
var client = require('twilio')('ACCOUNT_SID', 'AUTH_TOKEN');

// Send an SMS message
client.sendSms({
    to:'to', 
    from: 'from', 
    body: 'Hello world!',
    mediaUrl: your-vcard-url
  }, function(err, responseData) { 
    if (err) {
      console.log(err);
    } else { 
      console.log(responseData.from); 
      console.log(responseData.body);
    }
  }
);

, , , , your-vcard-url' is accessible by Twilio, and that its mime type is set to be text/vcard '.

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Answer 2

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curl -X POST https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/<acc>/Messages.json \
--data-urlencode "Body=Your Heart Health Coach contact card" \
--data-urlencode "MediaUrl=https://mighty-health-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/vcf/James%20Li.vcf" \
--data-urlencode "From=<from>" \
--data-urlencode "To=<to>" \
-u <auth>:<auth>

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Content-Type: inline; filename="<You file name>.vcf"
Content-Disposition: text/x-vcard
Cache-Control: no-cache

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