This is an application example implementing an automated phone line using Python 2.7 and Flask web framework.

Read the full tutorial here!

To run the app locally

1. Clone this repository and cd into it.

2. Create a new virtual environment.

   • If using vanilla virtualenv:

     virtualenv venv
     source venv/bin/activate
     

   • If using virtualenvwrapper:

     mkvirtualenv account-verification-flask
     

3. Install the requirements.

   pip install -r requirements.txt
   

4. Start the development server.

   python manage.py runserver
   

5. Expose the application to the wider Internet using ngrok.

   ngrok http 5000 -host-header="localhost:5000"
   

6. Provision a number under the Twilio's Manage Numbers page on your account. Set the voice URL for the number to http://[your-ngrok-subdomain].ngrok.io/ivr/welcome

That's it!

You can run the tests locally through coverage:

1. Run the tests.

   $ coverage run manage.py test
   

You can then view the results with coverage report or build an HTML report with coverage html.

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