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
endCalling methods on twilio generate TwiML. See Twilio's documentation for more information.
Then start the server like this:
MyBot.runPOST /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