TwilioBot
Don't worry about writing a web server — integrate with Twilio using a plain Ruby class!
TwilioBot maps web server requests to Ruby methods, and provides a Ruby-like way to respond with TwiML.
Installation
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'twilio_bot'
And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install twilio_bot
Usage
Write a Ruby class like this:
require "twilio_bot"
class MyBot < TwilioBot
account_sid "MY TWILIO ACCOUNT SID"
auth_token "MY TWILIO AUTH TOKEN"
def start
twilio.say "hello world!", voice: :woman
twilio.redirect :redirected
end
def redirected
twilio.say "redirected!"
end
end
Calling methods on twilio
generate TwiML. See Twilio's documentation for more information.
Then start the server like this:
MyBot.run
POST /start
to call start
in your bot class.
TwilioBot
is a subclass of Sinatra::Base
, so you can use any normal Sinatra stuff with it.
Development
After checking out the repo, run bin/setup
to install dependencies. Then, run bin/console
for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.
To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install
. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb
, and then run bundle exec rake release
to create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem
file to rubygems.org.
Contributing
- Fork it ( https://github.com/alyssais/twilio_bot/fork )
- Create your feature branch (
git checkout -b my-new-feature
) - Commit your changes (
git commit -am 'Add some feature'
) - Push to the branch (
git push origin my-new-feature
) - Create a new Pull Request