POC for Twilio

Installation

• Clone this repo git clone git@github.com:wbur/call-for-audio.git
• Get into the new dir: cd call-for-audio
• Set up a venv (preferably ~python 3.8) python3 -m venv venv
• Activate venv: . venv/bin/activate
• Install via requirements: pip install -r requirements.txt
• Start the server: python app.py
• API should be live at http://127.0.0.1:5000/

Add project / deploy to Heroku

• Make sure you have a Heroku account
• Create a new Heroku project with
• Get into the new (local) dir: cd call-for-audio
• Log in to Heroku: heroku login -i
• Add remote: heroku git:remote -a <HEROKU PROJECT NAME>
• Push to Heroku: git push heroku master
• More info at: https://stackabuse.com/deploying-a-flask-application-to-heroku/

Connecting to Twilio

• Sign up for Twilio
• Strongly suggest a paid, non-trial account (it's pretty darn cheap)
• Buy a phone number
• Use your new Heroku URL as the Twilio webhook
• Try it out ny calling your new number!
• This tutorial should help: https://www.twilio.com/docs/voice/tutorials/how-to-respond-to-incoming-phone-calls-python