Lab 4

Structure/Guide

For more information, read the Overview for Week 7, 8 and 9 in Canvas.

Development

Is this your first time? Make sure to:

• save ./.env.blank as ./.env, then ensure all environment variables have a value.
• save ./twilio/.env.blank as ./twilio/.env, then ensure all environment variables have a value.
• run npm run setup to install dependancies for ./package.json and ./twilio/package.json

To run:

• Nodemon: npm run dev
• Node: node .

Deployment

To deploy:

• npm run deploy

Notes

• In package.json you'll notice that nodemon is running with the exec (-e) option. This is to include .mustache templates when monitoring for changes.

Help

• Working with APIs and Twilio FaaS: https://www.twilio.com/docs/runtime/quickstart/serverless-functions-make-a-read-request-to-an-external-api
• Using Redis Monitor event to check for changes: https://github.com/NodeRedis/node-redis/blob/master/examples/monitor.js
• Installing Twilio CLI: https://www.twilio.com/docs/twilio-cli/quickstart
• Twilio Serverless project structure: https://www.twilio.com/docs/labs/serverless-toolkit/general-usage#project-structure
• Events in Node: https://blog.logrocket.com/handling-and-dispatching-events-with-node-js/
• Twilio FaaS templates: https://github.com/twilio-labs/function-templates