Twitter By SMS

This is an example of being able to send tweets and receive @mentions and direct messages by SMS using Twilio.

How to use

You will need:

• a Twilio account with a phone number that can send SMS messages
• a Twitter account with a verified mobile phone number
• a Twitter app with full Read, Write and Direct Messages access and a generated Access Token and Access Token Secret
• your mobile phone number

For more information on how to create these items correctly, check out the blog post on the Twilio blog.

Click the deploy button below and fill in the credentials.

Then SMS to your number to send a tweet!

Run the app locally

Clone this repository then copy config/env.yml.example to config/env.yml and fill in your Twilio and Twitter credentials. You will need a Twilio account and a number that can send and receive text messages and a Twitter App. Make sure your Twitter App has permissions to Read, Write and see Direct Messages.

Install the gems:

$ bundle install

Run the app with

$ bundle exec thin start -R config.ru

Get someone to @mention or DM you and you should receive an SMS alert.

Sending tweets via SMS

You will need to make your local server available for Twilio to send a webhook to. I suggest using ngrok (see the blog post here on how to set up ngrok for use with Twilio). Set your Messaging Request URL for your number to http://yourngroksubdomain.ngrok.com/messages. Restart the server and send an SMS to your Twilio number. You should find that you have tweeted the contents of the message.