TEXTYBOT

send texts via node server to phone numbers, with a front-end ledger of texts

[1] install postgres, node, npm
[2] create a postgres database entitled textybot
[3] clone or fork repo onto your local machine
[4] cd into project directory, npm i
[5] touch secrets.js with the following code (values from your Twilio account):

const ACCT = 'XXX';
const AUTH = 'YYY';
const PHONE_NUMBER = '+1AAABBBCCCC';

module.exports = {
	ACCT,
	AUTH,
	PHONE_NUMBER,
};

[6] cd server/schedule_jobs.js and hardcode texts to be sent within const JOBS

to: 12 digit string prefixed with +1 (e.g.: +12125550000)
body: string that will become the body of the text message
mediaUrl (optional): url string in an array (e.g.: [‘https://media.giphy.com/...’])
[7] npm start
[8] scheduled jobs will log in console
[9] completed jobs will log to frontend at localhost:9001

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TEXTYBOT