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https://github.com/desmondsanctity/google-places-twilio
A demo on how to use Google Places API and Twilio Whatsapp API to build a place locator
https://github.com/desmondsanctity/google-places-twilio
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A demo on how to use Google Places API and Twilio Whatsapp API to build a place locator
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/desmondsanctity/google-places-twilio
- Owner: DesmondSanctity
- License: mit
- Created: 2023-07-19T22:46:53.000Z (over 1 year ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2023-07-22T08:26:05.000Z (over 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-11-06T19:53:31.981Z (2 months ago)
- Language: JavaScript
- Size: 80.1 KB
- Stars: 1
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
## google-places-twilio
A demo on how to use Google Places API and Twilio Whatsapp API to build a place locator
## how to set up project
- Install the packages using the command below
```bash
npm install
```
- Create a `.env` file add the following parameters with their value
```bash
TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN=
TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID=
GOOGLE_CLOUD_API=
SESSION_SECRET=
```
- Start the development server with the following command
```bash
npm start
```
Your application is ready for use and testing on local machine.
## deploying to server for use
To deploy this app, you can follow these steps:
- Create an account on Render and follow this [guide](https://render.com/docs/deploy-node-express-app) to deploying a web service on Render to complete the deployment
OR
- Setup an ngrok server in your machine and proxy the localhost port where this project is running to an ngrok public secured domain.
## testing
- Whatever deployment method used, the public domain gotten at the end can be use to set as the webhook url on Twilio which will trigger the API
whenever a user sends a message through Whatsapp.
- Start the app by sending a message to the Twilio Whatsapp sandbox number (follow [here](https://www.twilio.com/docs/whatsapp/sandbox) to get yours before even setting up the app) and see the magic!