Twilio Cookbook

Key Features

• Teaches software developers to programmatically make and receive phone calls and send and receive text messages using Twilio's web service APIs
• The only book that teaches you how to set up your own conference calling system or how to build a PBX for your company, or how to build a local solution that can tell you the weather where you are
• Part of Packt's Cookbook series: Each recipe is a carefully organized sequence of instructions to complete the task as efficiently as possible

Book Description

What you will learn

• Add 2-factor authentication to your web apps to verify your users
• Set up a company directory
• Buy a phone number
• Conduct surveys using SMS
• Set up a conference calling system
• Use APIs to build a local search system for finding businesses, movies, and weather forecasts
• Delve into SMS messaging and learn how to set up order tracking, bulk SMS sending, and a group chat system
• Set up an appointment reminder using SMS
• Build an interactive IVR menu system
• Build your first PVR
• Learn about OpenVBX plugins to extend its existing functionality
• Verify that a person is answering the phone and not a machine

Who this book is for

This book is great for developers who already have knowledge of PHP and MySQL and who want to learn about integrating Twilio's API into their websites for telephone solutions.