Browser Calls - Rails

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Quickstart

Create a TwiML App

This project is configured to use a TwiML App, which allows us to easily set the voice URLs for all Twilio phone numbers we purchase in this app.

Create a new TwiML app at https://www.twilio.com/console/phone-numbers/dev-tools/twiml-apps and use its Sid as the TWIML_APPLICATION_SID environment variable wherever you run this app.

See the end of the "Local development" section for details on the exact URL to use in your TwiML app.

Local development

This project is built using the Ruby on Rails web framework. It runs on Ruby 2.3.1.

First clone this repository and cd into it:

git clone git@github.com:TwilioDevEd/browser-calls-rails.git
cd browser-calls-rails

Install the dependencies
```
$ bundle
```
Copy the sample configuration file and edit it to match your configuration
```
$ cp .env.example .env
```
You can find your TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID and TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN in your Twilio Account Settings. You will also need a TWILIO_NUMBER, which you may find here.

Run source .env to export the environment variables
Create database and run migrations

Make sure you have installed PostgreSQL. If on a Mac, I recommend Postgres.app.
```
$ bundle exec rake db:setup
```
Make sure the tests succeed
```
$ bundle exec rspec
```
Run the server
```
$ bundle exec rails s
```
Expose your application to the wider internet using ngrok. This step is important because the application won't work as expected if you run it through localhost.
```
$ ngrok http 3000
```
Once you have started ngrok, update your TwiML app's voice URL setting to use your ngrok hostname, so it will look something like this:
```
http://<your-ngrok-subdomain>.ngrok.io/call/connect
```
You can read this blog post for more details on how to use ngrok.

shubik22/browser-calls

Browser Calls - Rails

Quickstart

Create a TwiML App

Local development

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