A lambda function that sends once a day "I love you always" message using whatsapp to your target phone.
Inspired by this article.
This is nearly the same idea but I set it up using nodejs and serverless framework.
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Setup your twilio sandbox using this guide.
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Create a
.envfile and insert the values for twilio accountSID, auth Token, the provided phone number and the target number. -
To deploy
sls deploy -
Note: Make sure the target number subscribes to the twilio sandbox number they give you (otherwise you won't receive the message).
If I get the time, I want to:
- expand this app to actually send proper messages to multiple numbers,
- add an endpoint to hook up the replies as well (right now the target phone replies only get echoed back to them),
- and maybe hook it up to a chatbot (I will still see the limitations of the twilio sandbox and whatsapp api).