Objective
Once your link shortening domain and certificate are set up, you'll want to confirm that links really are shortened and that they resolve. This article shows you how to send a test message from the Console and inspect the shortened links it produced.
Product
Programmable Messaging
Environment
Twilio Console
Procedure
- In the Twilio Console, select Communications in the left sidebar.
- Select Messaging, then Services.
- Select the Messaging Service, open the Add-ons tab, then select Manage on the Link shortening with click tracking card.
- In the Certificate management section, select Send a test message.
- In From, choose one of your SMS-capable phone numbers.
- In To, enter the recipient number in E.164 format, for example
+11234567890. - In Message, enter a message that includes at least one link.
- Select Send.
- Twilio confirms with Message sent successfully and lists the shortened links from your message. Select a link to check that it resolves, or select Check message delivery details to open the message's delivery record.
Additional Information
- Send a test message only appears once a certificate exists for the domain.
- From lists only the numbers on your account that can send SMS, so a number missing from the list is not SMS-capable in this region.
- To must be in E.164 format. Twilio rejects anything else with Phone number must be in E.164 format.
- If your message contains no links, the confirmation reports No links found in the message, add a link and send again.
- A test message is a real outbound message and is billed and logged like any other.
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