如何在生产环境中使用 twilio webhook 回复短信

Question

I am new to Twilio services and just started using their api for sms with django . the sms outbound work well and now i want to make sure to grab the value replied by the person who has received the message.

Locally, I have used Ngrok as a webhook, I provided the Ngrok URL generated while running my python application locally + backend api endpoint URL in the Twilio SMS settings required for the webhook and it work.

Please note that i made sure that the URL the SMS response is supposed to hit is publicly available.

Now my question is how do I make this work in a production environment where i cannot run Ngrok from my computer?

I removed the Ngrok URL provided since its not running locally and left the URL of the endpoint but i am not receiving anything back as a response.

PS: the endpoint created is publicly accessible to anyone even though it is hosted on AWS.

Answer 1

Twilio developer evangelist here.

You can use PythonAnywhere! Directions are outlined in this blog post by my coworker Miguel Grinberg . It's easier to use than Heroku (which you could also use), and 100% focused on Python.

Let me know if this helps at all!