An outbound SMS sender that sends a text to any phone number using Twilio API and Rust.
Requires a Twilio account; can be trial account but you can only really test with the trial account.
Use promo code: TWILIOQUEST to get $50 in full account supported credit.
Getting Started:
- Install rust using the steps for your operating system here: https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install
- Test your install by running; 'rustc --version'
- Create a new folder for your awesome rust projects;
mkdir projects
- Change directory to your projects folder;
cd projects
- (optional) make sure you are in the right folder;
pwd
- Clone the project by running;
git clone https://github.com/zachforrest/Pushtotext.git
- Create a free Twilio account and capture the account SID, AuthToken and phone number.
note- if you need a full account or full account features you can use the code TWILIOQUEST to get $50 in full account supported credit.
- Replace the main.rs and toml file with the ones in this repository.
- Update the ALLCAPS areas with your account SID, Authtoken, phone number and body text.
- From terminal run the following command;
cargo run
Keep an eye out for the text to go through.