Does Python twilio.rest Client support media messages?

rickyoswald

I've had some success creating and receiving media messages with JavaScript, outlined here https://www.twilio.com/docs/chat/media-support

I'm wondering if there is support for this in the python client? As far as I can tell, it only allows a string for the body e.g.

channel.messages.create(from_='someone', body='The message body')

whereas the JavaScript allows media

channel.sendMessage({contentType: 'application/json', media: {'number': 42},});

shelbyz

Ah you are crossing concerns a bit here. The REST APIs Python/JS/etc do not have the ability to create media:

• Node module - https://github.com/twilio/twilio-node/blob/1f0a03f2ad6479ad3c8e4794a408a836bfb343d0/lib/rest/chat/v2/service/channel/message.js#L94-L102
• Python module - https://github.com/twilio/twilio-python/blob/50a9a4a792c7d645a3d1b1e54f78af59c3fc6509/twilio/rest/chat/v2/service/channel/message.py#L56-L64

The API call channel.sendMessage(...) is part of the client SDK package (http://media.twiliocdn.com/sdk/js/chat/releases/4.0.0/docs/Channel.html#sendMessage__anchor). If you really wanted to use a backend system to place media you would want to look at [Create/Upload a new Media Resource](https://www.twilio.com/docs/chat/rest/media#createupload-a-new-media-resource) and that should return a media_sid which you could use with the Python SDK.