This article will discuss how to send an sms in a Ruby on Rails application using Twilio.
First, create an application and add a model.
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rails new twilio-sms
rails generate model Notification body:text
rails db:create db:migrate
gem ‘twilio-ruby’
bundle install
If you don’t have a twilio account you can sign up for a free trial and go to https://www.twilio.com/console to get your keys.
Before setting up keys, first add dotenv gem to the project.
gem ‘dotenv’ bundle install
In your application root, create a file named .env. Get the keys from your console and put the keys in the .env file like this:
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TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID=youraccountsid
TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN=yourauthtoken
TWILIO_PHONE_NUMBER=yourtwiliophonenumber
And then export from the terminal.
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export TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID=youraccountsid
export TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN=yourauthtoken
export TWILIO_PHONE_NUMBER=yourtwiliophonenumber
Now configure Twilio. Create a file config/initializers/twilio.rb and add the following lines:
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Twilio.configure do |config|
config.account_sid = ENV["TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID"]
config.auth_token = ENV["TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN"]
end
In app/models/notification.rb, add these lines:
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# app/models/notification.rb
class Notification < ApplicationRecord
after_create :send_message
def send_message
client = Twilio::REST::Client.new
client.messages.create({
from: ENV['TWILIO_PHONE_NUMBER'],
to: '923214574159',
body: 'Hello there! This is a test'
})
end
end
That is how to send an SMS in Ruby on Rails using Twilio. Happy texting!