Merge pull request twilio#150 from philnash/lookups-documentation

Adds documentation for the Lookups API

Author: philnash

README.md

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 There is a slightly more detailed document in the [Capability][capability]
 section of the wiki.
 
+## Lookup Phone Number information
+
+You can look up details on phone numbers with the Lookups API.
+
+```ruby
+require 'twilio-ruby'
+
+# put your own credentials here
+account_sid = 'ACxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
+auth_token = 'yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy'
+
+# set up a client to talk to the Twilio REST API
+@lookups_client = Twilio::REST::LookupsClient.new account_sid, auth_token
+
+# lookup a number
+number = @lookups_client.phone_numbers.get('+14159341234')
+
+# investigate the number
+number.national_format
+# => "(415) 934-1234"
+number.country_code
+# => "US"
+```
+
 ## Getting Started With TwiML
 
 TwiML support is based on the [Builder][builder] library. You can construct a

docs/index.rst

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     usage/taskrouter-tokens
 
 
+Lookups
+-------
+
+Query the Lookups API to get information about phone numbers and their carriers.
+
+.. toctree::
+    :maxdepth: 1
+
+    usage/lookups
+
 TwiML
 ---------
 

docs/usage/lookups.rst

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+===========
+Lookups API
+===========
+
+Lookups allows you to systematically ascertain information about phone numbers. With Lookups, you can identify local-friendly number formats, reduce the likelihood of undelivered messages and protect yourself from fraud.
+
+For more information see the `Lookups API <https://www.twilio.com/docs/api/rest/lookups>`_ documentation.
+
+Looking up details on a phone number
+------------------------------------
+
+You can look up a phone number with a :class:`Twilio::REST::LookupsClient`. You instantiate the client as you would with any other :class:`Twilio::REST` client
+
+.. code-block:: ruby
+
+    require "twilio-ruby"
+
+    # Find these values at twilio.com/user/account
+    account_sid = "AC123123"
+    auth_token = "secret"
+
+    @lookups_client = Twilio::REST::LookupsClient.new account_sid, auth_token
+
+You can then use the client to lookup a phone number.
+
+.. code-block:: ruby
+
+    response = @lookups_client.phone_numbers.get("+12316851234")
+    response.country_code
+    # => "US"
+    response.phone_number
+    # => "+12316851234"
+    response.national_format
+    # => "(231) 685-1234"
+    response.url
+    # => "https://lookups.twilio.com/v1/PhoneNumbers/+12316851234"
+
+Invalid Phone Numbers
+---------------------
+
+The Lookups API is a REST API that returns data on phone number resources. If you try to lookup a phone number that doesn't exist the API will raise a 404 :class:`Twilio::REST::RequestError`. You should handle this within your code.
+
+.. code-block:: ruby
+
+    response = @lookups_client.phone_numbers.get("+15558675309")
+    begin
+      puts response.phone_number
+    rescue Twilio::REST::RequestError => e
+      raise e unless e.code == 20404 # ensure this is a 404 error
+      puts "Invalid number"
+    end
+
+Carrier Information
+-------------------
+
+The Lookups API can be used to find out more information about the carrier for the phone number. Just pass the type "carrier" to the request.
+
+.. code-block:: ruby
+
+    response = @lookups_client.phone_numbers.get("+12316851234", type: "carrier")
+    response.carrier
+    # => {"mobile_country_code"=>nil, "mobile_network_code"=>nil, "name"=>"Charter Fiberlink, LLC", "type"=>"landline", "error_code"=>nil}