diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index e8af4aa150..7625775811 100755
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ app.get('/api/paypal/cancel', apiController.getPayPalCancel);
 app.get('/api/steam', apiController.getSteam);
 app.get('/api/scraping', apiController.getScraping);
 app.get('/api/twilio', apiController.getTwilio);
+app.post('/api/twilio', apiController.postTwilio);
 app.get('/api/foursquare', passportConf.isAuthenticated, passportConf.isAuthorized, apiController.getFoursquare);
 app.get('/api/tumblr', passportConf.isAuthenticated, passportConf.isAuthorized, apiController.getTumblr);
 app.get('/api/facebook', passportConf.isAuthenticated, passportConf.isAuthorized, apiController.getFacebook);
diff --git a/controllers/api.js b/controllers/api.js
index e349167e10..f6ff8991f6 100644
--- a/controllers/api.js
+++ b/controllers/api.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ var foursquare = require('node-foursquare')({ secrets: secrets.foursquare });
 var Github = require('github-api');
 var Twit = require('twit');
 var paypal = require('paypal-rest-sdk');
+var twilio = require('twilio')(secrets.twilio.sid, secrets.twilio.token);
 
 /**
  * GET /api
@@ -386,6 +387,17 @@ exports.getTwilio = function(req, res, next) {
   res.render('api/twilio', {
     title: 'Twilio API'
   });
+};
 
-
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+exports.postTwilio = function(req, res, next) {
+  var message = {
+    to: req.body.telephone,
+    from: '+13472235148',
+    body: 'Hello from the Hackathon Starter'
+  };
+  twilio.sendMessage(message, function(err, responseData) {
+    if (err) return next(err);
+    console.log(responseData.from);
+    console.log(responseData.body);
+  });
+};
diff --git a/views/api/twilio.jade b/views/api/twilio.jade
index 85b95380ea..9d4be997fe 100644
--- a/views/api/twilio.jade
+++ b/views/api/twilio.jade
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@ block content
   h4 Send a text message
   .row
     .col-sm-6
-      form(method='POST')
+      form(role='form', method='POST')
+        input(type='hidden', name='_csrf', value=token)
         .form-group
           .input-group
-            input.form-control(type='text', name='telephone')
+            input.form-control(type='text', name='telephone', placeholder='Phone Number')
             span.input-group-btn
               button.btn.btn-success(type='submit') Send