chatasweetie / sms-example-twilio

A script that sends text messages using twilio's api

Sending a Text Message - Twilio

Description

A script that ask for a phone number and sends a text message to that number

How it works

Using Twilio's python wrapper and API, the script ask the user for their phone number and send a text message to that number.

Step-by-step guide on how the script works and connecting it to Twilio by chatasweetie on the post:Twilio - 2 Ways of Sending Text Message

Technology Stack

Python, Twilio

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Script being run

How to run Script locally

Create a virtual environment

> virtualenv env
> source env/bin/activate

Install the dependencies

> pip install -r requirements.txt

Source twilio keys

> source keys.sh

Run script

> python twilio_process.py

Note: The messaging functionality requires that you have a Twilio account id, authorization token and phone number set as local environment variables:

TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID
TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN
TWILIO_NUMBER

About the Developer

Jessica Dene Earley
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