/intern-connector

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Introduction

Welcome to Intern Connector, our goal is connect new Twilio interns with established Twilions to foster inclusion. By reaching out to interns and creating a community around them, they will feel more empowered and more likely to be engaged at work and accept a full time offer.

Tools needed

  • Twilio account
  • Airtable account

Getting Started

Airtable

  • Log into Airtable and create a new Base.
  • Include record fields called Name, City, Fun Fact, Bio, Team, and Slack.
  • Rename the table to "interns".
  • Retrieve your Airtable API key and Base key. We will use these in our Twilio Function to get access the contents of our Airtable base.
  • Finally add your data about your interns or people to get to know

Twilio Function

  • Navigate to the Functions tab, and set up a new service called get-intern
  • Copy the code from service.js in this repo to your service.
  • Navigate to Dependencies and add airtable.
  • Navigate to Enviornment Variables and add a key called AIRTABLE_KEY and INTERNS_TABLE_ID. Respectively add your Airtable API key and your Base key as the values.
  • Save and deploy your Function.
  • Retrieve your Function URL, we will need this for our Studio Flow in the next guide.

Twilio Studio Flow

  • Create a new Flow and give it the name 'Intern Connector'.
  • Select "Import from JSON", and copy the JSON from studio.js when prompted for your JSON.
  • Under the widget titled http_1 paste your Function URL as the REQUEST URL.
  • Save the widget and publish your flow.

Twilio Number

  • Purchase a number from the Numbers dashboard and make sure it has SMS enabled.
  • For incoming messages configure it to send it to a Studio Flow, and select your newly made Studio Flow.
  • Save your settings.

Putting it together

  • Text 'meet somemone' to your number to see it in action.