Channel Twilio

Twilio

Setup your Twilio account

Get your account credentials

Get your Account SID and Auth Token from your Twilio dashboard to create your channel.

Get a phone number

Go on the Phone Numbers section of the console. Create a phone number if you don't already have one by clicking on the + sign. Get your phone number, you will need it to create your channel.

Create your messaging service

Go on the Programmable SMS > Messaging Services section of the console, and create a new messaging service by clicking on the + sign. Name it and choose the Chat Bot/Interactive 2-Way use case Once done, pick the Service SID, you will need it later to create your channel.

Setup your phone number

Go back on the Phone Numbers section and select your bot phone number. In the Messaging configuration section, set the Configure with block to Messaging Service and fill the Messaging Service block with the name of the service you've created in the previous step.

Start Connector in local

• Clone and install Connector

$ git clone https://github.com/RecastAI/bot-connector.git
$ cd bot-connector
$ yarn install
$ yarn start-dev

• Create your connector

$ curl -X POST "http://localhost:8080/connectors/" --data "url=connector_url"

• Create your channel

$ curl -X  POST \
  --data "slug=YOUR_CHANNEL_SLUG" --data "isActivated=true" --data "type=kik" \
  --data "apiKey=YOUR_API_KEY" --data "webhook=YOUR_NGROK_URL" --data "userName=YOUR_BOT_NAME" \
  "http://localhost:8080/connectors/:connector_id/channels"

Your bot

A small example of bot:

 import express from 'express'
 import bodyParser from 'body-parser'
 import request from 'superagent'
 
 const app = express()
 app.set('port', process.env.PORT || 5000)
 app.use(bodyParser.json())
 
 const config = { url: 'http://localhost:8080', connectorId: 'yourConnectorId' }
 
   /* Get the request from the connector */
 
 app.post('/', (req, res) => {
   const conversationId = req.body.message.conversation
   const messages = [{
     type: 'text',
     content: 'my first message',
   }]
 
   /* Send the message back to the connector */
   request.post(`${config.url}/connectors/${config.connectorId}/conversations/${conversationId}/messages`)
     .send({ messages, senderId: req.body.senderId })
     .end((err, res) => {
       if (err) {
         console.log(err)
       } else {
         console.log(res)
       }
     })
 })
 
 app.listen(app.get('port'), () => {
   console.log('Our bot is running on port', app.get('port'))
 })