This is failing because my Twilio Trial is up and I don't feel like paying to renew it.

XKCD-Daily

I really love the XKCD Comics and wanted to play around with Twilio so I decided to make a bot to scrape some data with it.

Because I'm too lazy to actually go and check the XKCD website, I created a bot using Python and the Twilio API to send a text message that contains:

• Latest XKCD Comic Image
• The Comic Number
• The Title
• The Alt Text

Create Yourself

If you want to do something similar, this works with a Twilio Trial Account. Fork this repo and make a Twilio Account. After you make the account go ahead and grab the following

• A phone number with MMS support [Format of +12345678901]. - TWILIO_PHONE_NUMBER
• Twilio Account SID - TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID
• Twilio Auth Token - TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN
• A Verified Number to send to. [Format of +12345678901] - TO_PHONE_NUMBER

Take those things and make them secrets in GitHub Settings and name them the name I have associated above. As long as your phone number is verified, the action should run and send a text. If it's a trial account, it will contain a line that says Sent from your Twilio Trial Account which is a little annoying, but can be avoided if you decide to upgrade your account.

References

All comic and image credit goes to XKCD