Twilio best practices : learn how to build powerful real-time voice and SMS applications with Twilio / Tim Rogers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rogers, Tim, author.

Series:

Community experience distilled.

Community Experience Distilled

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Telecommunication--Message processing.

Telecommunication.

Mobile computing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (178 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham, [England] : Packt Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

If you have experience with at least one programming language and are looking to integrate Twilio into your applications, then this book is for you.

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Working with TwiML; Where in my application will I be using TwiML?; Getting started with TwiML; Digging deeper - Twilio's requests; The world of TwiML verbs; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Best practices for working with TwiML; Test locally using ngrok; Windows; Mac OS X and Linux (and others!)

Make your application resilient with a fallback URLUse Twilio's applications to manage your TwiML URLs; Summary; Chapter 2: Exploring the REST API; What is the Twilio REST API?; Interacting with the API; Authentication; Fetching existing data; Listing records; Fetching an individual record; Creating new records; Modifying existing records; Deleting an existing record; Handling errors; Getting started with the Twilio PHP library; Downloading the PHP library; Downloading the code manually; Using a package manager; Getting started; Getting started with Postman

Making your first request with PostmanGetting the most out of Postman; Sending parameters; Using History and Collections; Mastering call-related APIs; Making a call; Working with an existing call; Listing previous calls; Mastering messaging APIs; Sending your first SMS; Sending images using MMS; Fetching an existing message; Listing previous messages; Working with phone numbers, accounts, and usage; Phone numbers; Outgoing caller IDs; Short codes; Accounts; Creating a subaccount; Managing an account's resources; Suspending or closing a subaccount; Usage; Summary

Chapter 3: Calling in the Browser with Twilio ClientWhat is Twilio Client?; Where can I use Twilio Client?; How does Twilio Client work?; Setting up the client; Placing outgoing calls; Receiving inbound calls; Interacting with calls in progress; Adding Twilio Client to your web applications; Setting up a TwiML application; Building the frontend; Generating a client token; Powering our interactions with JavaScript; Adding the TwiML; Our very first Twilio Client call; Receiving incoming calls in the browser; Getting started with Twilio Client on iOS and Android; Summary

Chapter 4: Twilio in the Real WorldThe callback request tool; Preparing the project; Installing the Twilio API library; Preparing the MySQL database; Creating a configuration file; Creating the request form; Responding to a callback request from an e-mail; Writing the TwiML; Listening for a call's status; Wrapping up; The conference calling tool; Preparing the project; Setting up your environment; Setting up Laravel; Setting up our database; Building the CRUD interface; Handling inbound calls; Archiving conferences and storing recordings; And you're done!; Summary

Chapter 5: Twilio in your language

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 12, 2014).

ISBN:

9781783552726

1783552727

OCLC:

1491309542