Click to Call Your MEP 
Little calling helper for online campaigns targeted at MEPs inspired by PiPhone and based on clicktocall-node.
v0.0.1 – Use with caution!
Installation
npm install
Declare the following environment variables:
export TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID=enter_your_account_sid_here
export TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN=enter_your_auth_token_here
export TWILIO_NUMBER=+1234567890
export CURRENT_LOCATION=Brussels # alternatively Strasbourg
Usage
node app.js
This starts a local webserver on port 3000.
/ – boilerplate site
At localhost:3000 you find a boilerplate calling campaign site where you can choose an MEP (Member of the European Parliament) of your choice, enter your phone number and you will receive a call and get connected to the MEP via Twilio. You can use GET parameters for filtering.
/meps – MEP JSON API
JSON array of all MEPs with their full name, phone number (see Installation on how to change the number from/to Brussels/Strasbourg), country, full party name and the short form of their political group as well as an integer id. You can use this id with /call. You can use GET parameters for filtering.
/mep – Single random MEP
JSON object of only one MEP (for the attributes see /meps). You can use GET parameters for filtering.
/call – Call API
Post the following attributes to start a call:
phoneNumber: +1234567890
mepId: 42
?foo=bar – Filter MEPs
The following filters can be used and freely combined:
?country=Finland // English full country name
?group=GUE%2FNGL // French group short forms
?party=%C3%96sterreichische%20Volkspartei // Country-specific full party name
?committee=JURI // Short form except for special committees, for these English full committee name
?committee=EMPL&country=Belgium
Licensing
- The original code from Twilio is licensed under the MIT License (MIT) Copyright (c) 2014 Twilio, Inc. (see LICENSE_twilio).
- All rest of the code is licensed under the GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE, Version 3 (AGPL-3.0) by Bernhard Hayden (see LICENSE).
- The data source is licensed under the Open Data Commons Open Database License (ODbL) by Parltrack.