Recieve and Download MMS Messages. Powered by Twilio - Node.js/Express

Use Twilio to receive and download MMS messages. For a step-by-step tutorial see the Twilio docs.

Note: protect your webhooks

Twilio supports HTTP Basic and Digest Authentication. Authentication allows you to password protect your TwiML URLs on your web server so that only you and Twilio can access them.

Learn more about HTTP authentication here, and check out our full guide to securing your Express application by validating incoming Twilio requests.

Local development

First you need to install Node.js.

To run the app locally:

1. Clone this repository and cd into it

   git clone git@github.com:TwilioDevEd/receive-mms-node.git && \
   
   cd receive-mms-node

2. Install dependencies

   npm install -g yarn && \
   yarn install

3. Copy the sample configuration file and edit it to match your configuration

   $ cp .example.env .env

   You can find your TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID and TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN in your Twilio Account Settings. You will also need a TWILIO_PHONE_NUMBER, which you may find here.

4. Run the application

   yarn start

   Alternatively you might also consider using nodemon for this. It works just like the node command but automatically restarts your application when you change any source code files.

   yarn global add nodemon && \
   nodemon index.js 

5. Check it out at http://localhost:3000

That's it

Run the tests

You can run the tests locally by typing

yarn test

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