skills/telnyx-messaging-profiles-curl/SKILL.md
Create and manage messaging profiles with number pools, sticky sender, and geomatch features. Configure short codes for high-volume messaging. This skill provides REST API (curl) examples.
npx skillsauth add team-telnyx/telnyx-skills telnyx-messaging-profiles-curlInstall this skill globally with one command. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and Windsurf.
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# curl is pre-installed on macOS, Linux, and Windows 10+
export TELNYX_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
All examples below use $TELNYX_API_KEY for authentication.
All API calls can fail with network errors, rate limits (429), validation errors (422), or authentication errors (401). Always handle errors in production code:
# Check HTTP status code in response
response=$(curl -s -w "\n%{http_code}" \
-X POST "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/messages" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"to": "+13125550001", "from": "+13125550002", "text": "Hello"}')
http_code=$(echo "$response" | tail -1)
body=$(echo "$response" | sed '$d')
case $http_code in
2*) echo "Success: $body" ;;
422) echo "Validation error — check required fields and formats" ;;
429) echo "Rate limited — retry after delay"; sleep 1 ;;
401) echo "Authentication failed — check TELNYX_API_KEY" ;;
*) echo "Error $http_code: $body" ;;
esac
Common error codes: 401 invalid API key, 403 insufficient permissions,
404 resource not found, 422 validation error (check field formats),
429 rate limited (retry with exponential backoff).
page[number] and page[size] query parameters to navigate pages. Check meta.total_pages in the response.GET /messaging_profiles
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/messaging_profiles"
Returns: ai_assistant_id (string | null), alpha_sender (string | null), created_at (date-time), daily_spend_limit (string), daily_spend_limit_enabled (boolean), enabled (boolean), health_webhook_url (url), id (uuid), mms_fall_back_to_sms (boolean), mms_transcoding (boolean), mobile_only (boolean), name (string), number_pool_settings (object | null), organization_id (string), record_type (enum: messaging_profile), redaction_enabled (boolean), redaction_level (integer), resource_group_id (string | null), smart_encoding (boolean), updated_at (date-time), url_shortener_settings (object | null), v1_secret (string), webhook_api_version (enum: 1, 2, 2010-04-01), webhook_failover_url (url), webhook_url (url), whitelisted_destinations (array[string])
POST /messaging_profiles — Required: name, whitelisted_destinations
Optional: ai_assistant_id (string | null), alpha_sender (string | null), daily_spend_limit (string), daily_spend_limit_enabled (boolean), enabled (boolean), health_webhook_url (url), mms_fall_back_to_sms (boolean), mms_transcoding (boolean), mobile_only (boolean), number_pool_settings (object | null), resource_group_id (string | null), smart_encoding (boolean), url_shortener_settings (object | null), webhook_api_version (enum: 1, 2, 2010-04-01), webhook_failover_url (url), webhook_url (url)
curl \
-X POST \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"name": "my-resource",
"whitelisted_destinations": [
"US"
]
}' \
"https://api.telnyx.com/v2/messaging_profiles"
Returns: ai_assistant_id (string | null), alpha_sender (string | null), created_at (date-time), daily_spend_limit (string), daily_spend_limit_enabled (boolean), enabled (boolean), health_webhook_url (url), id (uuid), mms_fall_back_to_sms (boolean), mms_transcoding (boolean), mobile_only (boolean), name (string), number_pool_settings (object | null), organization_id (string), record_type (enum: messaging_profile), redaction_enabled (boolean), redaction_level (integer), resource_group_id (string | null), smart_encoding (boolean), updated_at (date-time), url_shortener_settings (object | null), v1_secret (string), webhook_api_version (enum: 1, 2, 2010-04-01), webhook_failover_url (url), webhook_url (url), whitelisted_destinations (array[string])
GET /messaging_profiles/{id}
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/messaging_profiles/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
Returns: ai_assistant_id (string | null), alpha_sender (string | null), created_at (date-time), daily_spend_limit (string), daily_spend_limit_enabled (boolean), enabled (boolean), health_webhook_url (url), id (uuid), mms_fall_back_to_sms (boolean), mms_transcoding (boolean), mobile_only (boolean), name (string), number_pool_settings (object | null), organization_id (string), record_type (enum: messaging_profile), redaction_enabled (boolean), redaction_level (integer), resource_group_id (string | null), smart_encoding (boolean), updated_at (date-time), url_shortener_settings (object | null), v1_secret (string), webhook_api_version (enum: 1, 2, 2010-04-01), webhook_failover_url (url), webhook_url (url), whitelisted_destinations (array[string])
PATCH /messaging_profiles/{id}
Optional: alpha_sender (string | null), created_at (date-time), daily_spend_limit (string), daily_spend_limit_enabled (boolean), enabled (boolean), id (uuid), mms_fall_back_to_sms (boolean), mms_transcoding (boolean), mobile_only (boolean), name (string), number_pool_settings (object | null), record_type (enum: messaging_profile), smart_encoding (boolean), updated_at (date-time), url_shortener_settings (object | null), v1_secret (string), webhook_api_version (enum: 1, 2, 2010-04-01), webhook_failover_url (url), webhook_url (url), whitelisted_destinations (array[string])
curl \
-X PATCH \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
"https://api.telnyx.com/v2/messaging_profiles/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
Returns: ai_assistant_id (string | null), alpha_sender (string | null), created_at (date-time), daily_spend_limit (string), daily_spend_limit_enabled (boolean), enabled (boolean), health_webhook_url (url), id (uuid), mms_fall_back_to_sms (boolean), mms_transcoding (boolean), mobile_only (boolean), name (string), number_pool_settings (object | null), organization_id (string), record_type (enum: messaging_profile), redaction_enabled (boolean), redaction_level (integer), resource_group_id (string | null), smart_encoding (boolean), updated_at (date-time), url_shortener_settings (object | null), v1_secret (string), webhook_api_version (enum: 1, 2, 2010-04-01), webhook_failover_url (url), webhook_url (url), whitelisted_destinations (array[string])
DELETE /messaging_profiles/{id}
curl \
-X DELETE \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" \
"https://api.telnyx.com/v2/messaging_profiles/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
Returns: ai_assistant_id (string | null), alpha_sender (string | null), created_at (date-time), daily_spend_limit (string), daily_spend_limit_enabled (boolean), enabled (boolean), health_webhook_url (url), id (uuid), mms_fall_back_to_sms (boolean), mms_transcoding (boolean), mobile_only (boolean), name (string), number_pool_settings (object | null), organization_id (string), record_type (enum: messaging_profile), redaction_enabled (boolean), redaction_level (integer), resource_group_id (string | null), smart_encoding (boolean), updated_at (date-time), url_shortener_settings (object | null), v1_secret (string), webhook_api_version (enum: 1, 2, 2010-04-01), webhook_failover_url (url), webhook_url (url), whitelisted_destinations (array[string])
GET /messaging_profiles/{id}/phone_numbers
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/messaging_profiles/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000/phone_numbers"
Returns: country_code (string), created_at (date-time), eligible_messaging_products (array[string]), features (object), health (object), id (string), messaging_product (string), messaging_profile_id (string | null), organization_id (string), phone_number (string), record_type (enum: messaging_phone_number, messaging_settings), tags (array[string]), traffic_type (string), type (enum: long-code, toll-free, short-code, longcode, tollfree, shortcode), updated_at (date-time)
GET /messaging_profiles/{id}/short_codes
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/messaging_profiles/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000/short_codes"
Returns: country_code (string), created_at (date-time), id (uuid), messaging_profile_id (string | null), record_type (enum: short_code), short_code (string), tags (array), updated_at (date-time)
GET /short_codes
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/short_codes"
Returns: country_code (string), created_at (date-time), id (uuid), messaging_profile_id (string | null), record_type (enum: short_code), short_code (string), tags (array), updated_at (date-time)
GET /short_codes/{id}
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/short_codes/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
Returns: country_code (string), created_at (date-time), id (uuid), messaging_profile_id (string | null), record_type (enum: short_code), short_code (string), tags (array), updated_at (date-time)
Update the settings for a specific short code. To unbind a short code from a profile, set the messaging_profile_id to null or an empty string. To add or update tags, include the tags field as an array of strings.
PATCH /short_codes/{id} — Required: messaging_profile_id
Optional: tags (array)
curl \
-X PATCH \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"messaging_profile_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
}' \
"https://api.telnyx.com/v2/short_codes/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
Returns: country_code (string), created_at (date-time), id (uuid), messaging_profile_id (string | null), record_type (enum: short_code), short_code (string), tags (array), updated_at (date-time)
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