Requirements

• Node
• Twilio
• Contentful

Setup

1. Open a terminal and run git clone https://github.com/cachrisman/sms-jokes; cd sms-jokes to clone this repository.
2. Install the contentful-cli tool (yarn global add contentful-cli) and use it to create a new space in Contentful -OR- use the Contentful webapp to create a new space. Copy the space ID and delivery access token.
3. Copy the .env.sample file to .env and fill in the appropriate tokens.
4. Run contentful-migration -s <SPACE_ID> 01-initial-content-model.js to create the content model in your new Contentful space.
5. Go to the Contentful webapp and create some new sports jokes.
6. Back in your terminal, run yarn to install dependencies.
7. Run yarn start:dev to start the node app locally.
8. In a separate terminal window, run ngrok http 5000 and copy the generated url into your Twilio dashboard under the messaging section of the phone number you want to use as a webhook.
9. You can also install and run now to deploy the app and use the given now.sh url in your Twilio dashboard.

Viola! You can now send a text message with a sport name (as defined in Contentful) to your Twilio number and you will be sent a random joke pulled from Contentful about that sport in reply!