Click to Call Rails

An example application implementing Click to Call using Twilio.

Read the full tutorial here!

Installation

Step-by-step on how to deploy, configure and develop on this example app.

Fastest Deploy

Use Heroku to deploy this app immediately:

Getting Started

1. Grab the latest source

git clone git://github.com/TwilioDevEd/clicktocall-rails.git

1. Navigate to folder and create new Heroku Cedar app

heroku create

1. Deploy to Heroku

git push heroku master

1. Scale your dynos

heroku scale web=1

1. Visit the home page of your new Heroku app to see your newly configured app!

heroku open

Configuration

Setting Your Environment Variables

Are you using a bash shell? Use echo $SHELL to find out. For a bash shell edit the ~/.bashrc or ~/.bashprofile file and add:

export TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID=ACxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
export TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN=yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
export TWILIO_NUMBER=+15556667777
export API_HOST=https://example.herokuapp.com

Are you using Windows or Linux? You can read more on how to set variables here.

Development

Getting your local environment setup to work with this app is easy.
After you configure your app with the steps above use this guide to get going locally:

1. Install the dependencies

bundle install

1. Launch local development webserver

rails server

1. Open browser to http://localhost:3000

2. Tweak away on app/controllers/twilio_controller.rb

Meta

• No warranty expressed or implied. Software is as is. Diggity.
• MIT License
• Lovingly crafted by Twilio Developer Education.