Q:

Send sms via Twilio with url

I'm using twilio to send SMS messages.
In the message I have an URL but instead of showing the entire URL (which works) I want something like "Click here" which is the URL.
To clarify:
What my SMS is now:
Follow this link: http://www.someurl.com
What I want:
Click here to ...
Where "Click here" is the url i.e. http://www.someurl.com

A:

Twilio evangelist here.
Since there is no such thing as "markup" in an SMS, there is no way to create HTML-style hyperlinks.  The fact that a string of characters in the SMS message is recognized and becomes a hyperlink is completely dependent upon the device having that capability.
Hope that helps.

A:

As Devin says, you can't, SMS messages are pure text, not html. What you could do is use an off-the-shelf, or custom, url shortener (i.e.. bit.ly) if you want the urls to either be shorter, or personalized. 

