https://github.com/alexmuller/backdrop-twilio-collector

alphagov/backdrop collector that receives data from Twilio
https://github.com/alexmuller/backdrop-twilio-collector

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alphagov/backdrop collector that receives data from Twilio

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/alexmuller/backdrop-twilio-collector
• Owner: alexmuller
• License: mit
• Created: 2013-12-23T16:39:20.000Z (about 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2013-12-30T17:48:07.000Z (about 11 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-03-11T02:08:37.613Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Language: Ruby
• Size: 109 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Backdrop Twilio collector

Sinatra app that receives data from Twilio and puts it into [Backdrop][].

[Backdrop]: https://github.com/alphagov/backdrop

It runs on Heroku.

## Where it came from

This was a 2 day Christmas project that I worked on at the

[Government Digital Service][gds] at the end of 2013.

Backdrop is the data store and API behind the [Performance Platform][pp].

[gds]: http://digital.cabinetoffice.gov.uk

[pp]: https://www.gov.uk/performance

## How it works

My Twilio trial account provides a UK phone number that is set up to `POST`

to an endpoint I provide.

Twilio `POST`s to the endpoint inside this app (`/twilio/sms`) with details

of the SMS it has just received. This app processes the SMS, connects to

Backdrop and then sends a response (if the trial account has enough credit).

## Further development

- Add a "secret word" to the beginning of your SMS to act as basic authentication

- Move away from a single bucket (store multiple bucket names and tokens in a database)