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• Get Started with Twilio Programmable Chat
• Quickstarts
• Build Your App
• Client API Reference
• Server REST API Reference
• Tutorials
• Chat Usage Guide
• Helper Libraries

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Programmable Chat has been deprecated and is no longer supported. Instead, we'll be focusing on the next generation of chat: Twilio Conversations. Find out more about the EOL process here(link takes you to an external page).

If you're starting a new project, please visit the Conversations Docs to begin. If you've already built on Programmable Chat, please visit our Migration Guide to learn about how to switch.

Twilio Programmable Chat allows you to add chat features to your web and native mobile applications without building or scaling a real-time chat backend. Chat has all the necessary APIs and features to integrate with your business logic to ensure you are in control.

Not a developer? See our Programmable Chat(link takes you to an external page) product page.

Get Started with Twilio Programmable Chat

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Getting chat into your app is only a few lines of code away. Choose your client-side programming language and dive in. We've got SDKs and quickstarts to get you chatting in your web and mobile apps, fast.

Quickstarts

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These quickstarts will remain maintained and up-to-date for getting started with the Programmable Chat API until we sunset the product(link takes you to an external page). However, if you'd like to get started with Twilio's new Conversations API today, you can check out our Quickstart for the Twilio Conversations API.

• Web (JavaScript) Quickstart
• Android (Java) Quickstart
• iOS (Swift & Objective-C) Quickstart

Build Your App

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You've got an idea in mind. Let's get it to production.

Pick the docs that are right for you. These API reference docs, tutorials, and guides will get you across the deploy line, straight to HTTP 200 OK

Client API Reference

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Get familiar with the Client APIs:

• Web (JavaScript)(link takes you to an external page)
• Android (Java)(link takes you to an external page)
• iOS (Swift & Objective-C)(link takes you to an external page)

Server REST API Reference

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You can also control your Chat applications from the server in much the same way you can from the client, except from a service perspective rather than a first person one. Check out the REST API:

• REST API Reference

Tutorials

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Warning

As the Programmable Chat API is set to sunset in 2022(link takes you to an external page), we will no longer maintain these chat tutorials.

Please see our Conversations API QuickStart to start building robust virtual spaces for conversation.

Programmable Chat tutorials with full sample applications:

• Chat With Android and Java
• Chat with iOS and Swift
• Chat with iOS and Objective-C
• Chat with JavaScript, Node.js and Express

Chat Usage Guide

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In-depth discussion on all Programmable Chat features:

• Chat Fundamentals
• Creating Access Tokens
• Roles and Permissions
• More Topics

Helper Libraries

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We also support 6 common web languages with a helper library. These allow you to create access tokens as well as interact with the Server REST API. If you are using one of these languages on your server, there is usually no quicker way to get started than using our helper library.

• PHP Helper Library(link takes you to an external page)
• C#/.NET Helper Library(link takes you to an external page)
• Java Helper Library(link takes you to an external page)
• Node.js Helper Library(link takes you to an external page)
• Python Helper Library(link takes you to an external page)
• Ruby Helper Library(link takes you to an external page)

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