Include an Image in an Outbound Twilio SMS (MMS)

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For the Twilio SMS channel, use the MediaUrl parameter to include an image in an outbound message.

Sample API Request

curl -XPOST https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/Messages.json \
--data-urlencode "To=[phone]" \
--data-urlencode "From=[phone]" \
--data-urlencode "MediaUrl=https://demo.twilio.com/owl.png" \
--data-urlencode "Body=Hello, here is how it looks!" \
-u 'ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:your_auth_token'

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