mv-twilio

Tiny console tool to send out SMS to observers (initial scope) Right now it can be used to

Prerequisites:

add a appsettings.json file right next to the mv-twilio executable file (if one is not already in there) and fill in the information:

{
  "Template": "",
  "AccountSid": "",
  "AuthToken": "",
  "PhoneNumbers": [ "" ],
  "FailFile": "failed.txt",
  "DefaultFile": "test.txt"
}

• Template is the message template that will be sent as an SMS
  • you can also specify a {0} token to be replaced with the second
• AccountSid and AuthToken can be retrieved from your twilio acount
• PhoneNumbers are also configured in your twilio account you just fill them in the file. minimum one number is required.
• FailFile is the filepath for the output of the failed attempts
• DefaultFile is used to get the [input file](/#Input File) (if you do not specify one as an argument - see Usage)

Input File

the file expected is a txt file with 2 columns tab separated.

the failed attempts will appear in a different file failed.txt in the executing folder.

so basically a table. the first column will contain the target phone number (it will receive the message from the template) - the second column will contain the the string

Usage

in a console of your choice, navigate to the folder you unpacked this to

mv-twilio {path-to-the-file-you-wish-to-parse}

ex:

mv-twilio "D:\\mv-ro-sms.txt"

Examples

Template: (in appsettings.json)

Hello, {0}!

Input file content:

+40711222333  dude
+40798765432  Santa Claus

End result:

+40711222333 will receive the SMS:

Hello, dude!

+40798765432 will receive the SMS:

Hello, Santa Claus!