Server Notifications & Alerts

SMS notifications are a great way to alert humans quickly when important events happen. In this example, we'll show you how to send SMS notifications to a list of people when an error happens in a web application.

Read the full tutorial here!

Local development

This project is built using Ruby on Rails Framework.

1. First clone this repository and cd into it.

   $ git clone git://github.com/TwilioDevEd/server-notifications-rails.git
   $ cd server-notifications-rails

2. Install the dependencies.

   $ bundle install

3. Copy the .env.example file to .env, and edit it including your credentials for the Twilio API (found at https://www.twilio.com/console/account/settings). You will also need a Twilio Number.

4. Edit the administrators listed in the config/administrators.yml. Make sure to use real phone numbers otherwise the application won't work.

5. Make sure the tests succeed.

   $ bundle exec rails test

6. Start the development server:

   $ bundle exec rails s
   

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

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