twilio

twilio

Send Sms with Twilio in your Graphcool project 🎁

Getting Started

npm -g install graphcool
graphcool init
graphcool modules add graphcool/modules/messaging/twilio

Configuration

In your base project, you need to configure the following environment variables.

• TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID: Twilio Account SID
• TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN: Twilio Auth Token

You can receive them after signing up at Twilio.

An easy way to setup environment variables is using direnv. To use direnv, put the following into .envrc in you project root:

export TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID=xxx
export TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN=xxx

Flow

Whenever the sendSms mutation is called, a new SMS will be sent according to the passed in sender, recipient and body. Media content can optionally be included as well.

Test the Code

Go to the Graphcool Playground:

graphcool playground

Hook into the function logs:

graphcool logs -f sendTwilioSms --tail

Run this mutation to create a new email:

mutation {
  sendTwilioSms(
    to: "__RECIPIENT_NUMBER__"
    from: "__SENDER_NUMBER__"
    body: "Hey there, check this cool image!"
    mediaUrl: "https://climacons.herokuapp.com/clear.png"
  ) {
    sid
  }
}

A new SMS will be sent to the specified number. This is also reflected in the function logs.

Note: when testing out Twilio, both numbers have to be verified first.