Telnyx Messaging Profiles - Python

Installation

pip install telnyx

Setup

import os
from telnyx import Telnyx

client = Telnyx(
    api_key=os.environ.get("TELNYX_API_KEY"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)

All examples below assume client is already initialized as shown above.

Error Handling

All API calls can fail with network errors, rate limits (429), validation errors (422), or authentication errors (401). Always handle errors in production code:

import telnyx

try:
    result = client.messages.send(to="+13125550001", from_="+13125550002", text="Hello")
except telnyx.APIConnectionError:
    print("Network error — check connectivity and retry")
except telnyx.RateLimitError:
    # 429: rate limited — wait and retry with exponential backoff
    import time
    time.sleep(1)  # Check Retry-After header for actual delay
except telnyx.APIStatusError as e:
    print(f"API error {e.status_code}: {e.message}")
    if e.status_code == 422:
        print("Validation error — check required fields and formats")

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).

Important Notes

• Pagination: List methods return an auto-paginating iterator. Use for item in page_result: to iterate through all pages automatically.

List messaging profiles

GET /messaging_profiles

page = client.messaging_profiles.list()
page = page.data[0]
print(page.id)

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])

Create a messaging profile

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)

messaging_profile = client.messaging_profiles.create(
    name="My name",
    whitelisted_destinations=["US"],
)
print(messaging_profile.data)

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])

Retrieve a messaging profile

GET /messaging_profiles/{id}

messaging_profile = client.messaging_profiles.retrieve(
    "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
)
print(messaging_profile.data)

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])

Update a messaging profile

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])

messaging_profile = client.messaging_profiles.update(
    messaging_profile_id="182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
)
print(messaging_profile.data)

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 a messaging profile

DELETE /messaging_profiles/{id}

messaging_profile = client.messaging_profiles.delete(
    "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
)
print(messaging_profile.data)

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])

List phone numbers associated with a messaging profile

GET /messaging_profiles/{id}/phone_numbers

page = client.messaging_profiles.list_phone_numbers(
    messaging_profile_id="182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
)
page = page.data[0]
print(page.id)

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)

List short codes associated with a messaging profile

GET /messaging_profiles/{id}/short_codes

page = client.messaging_profiles.list_short_codes(
    messaging_profile_id="182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
)
page = page.data[0]
print(page.messaging_profile_id)

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)

List short codes

GET /short_codes

page = client.short_codes.list()
page = page.data[0]
print(page.messaging_profile_id)

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)

Retrieve a short code

GET /short_codes/{id}

short_code = client.short_codes.retrieve(
    "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
)
print(short_code.data)

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 short code

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)

short_code = client.short_codes.update(
    id="182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
    messaging_profile_id="abc85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c9600000000",
)
print(short_code.data)

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)