Jacques Crocker jacquescrocker

Send Text Messages and Make Phone Calls with Node

The Node Knockout is nigh! As you make last minute preparations for your weekend masterpiece, you may be planning Android, iOS, and browser-based UI for your application. But there's another client platform that's even more ubiquitous - that's the telephone, particularly mobile phones. If you'd like to create experiences for all these devices, Twilio can help you get it done.

In this tutorial, we'll explore how to use the Twilio module for node.js to make and receive phone calls and text messages. This is slightly adapted from a series of introductory blog posts on the Twilio module, which are worth checking out as well if you're interested!

Getting Started

In order to use the Twilio API, you will first need to sign up for a free account. If you sign up with th

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	client = OAuth2::Client.new(CLIENT_ID, CLIENT_SECRET,
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	:token_url => "/o/oauth2/token",
	:site => 'https://accounts.google.com/')

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	$(".resend_auth").live "click", (e) ->
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