Text Me Later's API

This is an API server for an in-development toy project.

Getting Started

Install

npm install
mkdir .credentials
echo '{ "sid":"", "token":"", "phone":"" }' > .credentials/twilio.json
echo '{TODO}' > .credentials/sheets.json

Run

node . // or nodemon .

Run with a debugger:

node --inspect .

Aka (ideas)

Text Chron
Chron SMS
Scheduled Texting
L8tr
Latr
Time Machine Text
SMS Schedule

Notes:

Using Twilio with h@
Scaling without a shortcode may be difficult. Even the shortcode limit is 30ms/sec, which isn't actually all that much. Not sure what my options are. (multiple numbers?)

TODO:

GET /send hard coded text messages via Twilio or similar to my phone
GET /syncWithSheets for a preconfigured google sheet id pull and log out data from them. Each row in the google sheet has all the info needed to send one text message (even phone number).
GET /send/ send messages specified by google sheets structure
Get node-schedule running, and have a working status page
Deploy to Digital Ocean VPS
Figure out how to route :80/api to :3000, and run node . without sudo
Connect status page to uptime robot
Design scheduled message sending:

If the cron job fails to run, next run should send the missed messages
No circumstance should cause multiple messages to run
Limit space to O(n) for tracking which messages have been sent
Try to improve on O(n) time per tick for running scheduled messages
Isolate time zone behavior into one testable, functional piece

Send text messages at configured times

Backlog:

POST /messages body { text: "", frequency: "day", when: "daytime" } Allow a user (only me for now) to configure messages and timeframes for later delivery to self

Others:

https://www.textmelater.com/
- timelines of msg/response
- phone # confirmation
- 2-way conversations
http://textitlater.com/useful.php

Let's say your on a blind date and need a quick excuse to leave. Schedule a text to ourself for durring the middle of the date that says something like "Mom in Hospital....come quickly!!!"

Text yourself reminders on important dates such as anniversaries, birthdays, valentines day, etc...

Text yourself reminders of when sporting or concert tickets go on sale. Remind yourself of an important due date in the future.

Send yourself a text at the end of the day to remind yourself to buy milk, eggs or any other errands that you may need to run.

Maybe you saw something cool on the internet and want to send yourself the link in a couple of days.

You can send a message to yourself several years in the future such as a list of goals that you would like to accomplish or where you would like to be in life.

SimplGy / api-textMeLater