updatedmessage status 'deliveredupdatedmessage date_sent datetime datetime( entering message sid shows you this message' long sid by passing this sid to the twilio client' get(method uyou can retrieve new message object with the most up-to-date information in this new message objectthe status and date_sent attributes are correct the status attribute will be set to one of the following string values'queued''sending''sent''delivered''undelivered'or 'failedthese statuses are self-explanatorybut for more precise detailstake look at the resources at rece ing te me ss age ith py thon unfortunatelyreceiving text messages with twilio is bit more complicated than sending them twilio requires that you have website running its own web application that' beyond the scope of these pagesbut you can find more details in this book' online resources (project"just text memodule the person you'll most often text from your programs is probably you texting is great way to send yourself notifications when you're away from your computer if you've automated boring task with program that takes couple of hours to runyou could have it notify you with text when it' finished or you may have regularly scheduled program running that sometimes needs to contact yousuch as weather-checking program that texts you reminder to pack an umbrella as simple examplehere' small python program with textmyself(function that sends message passed to it as string argument open new file editor tab and enter the following codereplacing the account sidauth tokenand phone numbers with your own information save it as textmyself py #python textmyself py defines the textmyself(function that texts message passed to it as string preset valuesaccountsid 'acxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxauthtoken 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxmynumber '+ twilionumber '+ sending email and text messages