GeezerVison

initial API use case.</p>

</li>

</ol>

<h1>Twilio</h1>

<p><a href="https://www.twilio.com/docs/quickstart/python/twiml">Twilio</a> is a

<a href="/application-programming-interfaces.html">web application programming interface (API)</a>

that software developers can use to add communications such as

<a href="https://www.twilio.com/docs/tutorials/walkthrough/browser-calls/python/django">phone calling</a>,

<a href="https://www.twilio.com/docs/tutorials/walkthrough/server-notifications/python/django">messaging</a>,

<a href="https://www.twilio.com/docs/api/video/guide/quickstart-js">video</a> and

<a href="https://www.twilio.com/docs/tutorials/walkthrough/two-factor-authentication/python/flask">two-factor authentication</a>

into their <a href="/learning-programming.html">Python</a> applications.</p>

<p><img src="/img/twilio-logo.png" width="100%" alt="Twilio logo." class="technical-diagram" style="padding: 10px 0 10px 0;"/></p>

<h2>Why is Twilio a good API choice?</h2>

<p>Interacting with the standard telephone networks to send and receive

phone calls and text messages without Twilio is extremely difficult

if you do not know the unique telecommunications protocols such as

Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). Twilio's API abstracts the

telecommunications pieces so as a developer you can simply use your

favorite programming languages and frameworks in your application.

For example, here's how you can send an outbound SMS using a few lines

of Python code:</p>

<h2>How is Twilio's documentation for Python developers?</h2>

<p>Twilio is a developer-focused company, rather than a traditional

"enterprise company", so their tutorials and

<a href="https://www.twilio.com/docs">documentation</a> are written by developers

for fellow developers.</p>

<h3>More Twilio resources</h3>

<ul>

<li>

<p>Most <a href="https://www.twilio.com/docs/tutorials">Twilio Tutorials</a> have

idiomatic Python versions with entire open source applications in

<a href="/django.html">Django</a> and <a href="/flask.html">Flask</a>.</p>

</li>

<li>

<p>The <a href="https://www.twilio.com/blog/tag/python">Python tag on the Twilio blog</a>

provides walkthroughs for

<a href="https://www.twilio.com/blog/2015/12/city-chat-with-python-django-and-twilio-ip-messaging.html">Django</a>,

<a href="https://www.twilio.com/blog/2015/11/international-space-station-notifications-with-python-redis-queue-and-twilio-copilot.html">Flask</a>

and <a href="https://www.twilio.com/blog/2016/08/getting-started-python-bottle-twilio-sms-mms.html">Bottle</a>

apps to learn from while building your own projects.</p>

</li>

<li>

<p><a href="https://automatetheboringstuff.com/">Automate the Boring Stuff with Python</a>

includes

<a href="https://automatetheboringstuff.com/chapter16/">a chapter on sending text messages</a>

that uses Twilio to get the job done.</p>

</li>

<li>

<p><a href="https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/python/sms/twilio">Google Cloud recommends developers use Twilio</a>

for communications in their apps and provides a short walkthrough for

Python developers.</p>

</li>

</ul>

<h4>Disclaimer</h4>

<p>I <a href="/about-author.html">currently work at Twilio</a> as a

<a href="https://www.twilio.com/blog/2014/02/introducing-developer-evangelist-matt-makai.html">Developer Evangelist</a>.</p>

<h1>Deployment</h1>

<p>Deployment involves packaging up your web application and putting it in a

production environment that can run the app.</p>

<h2>2016</h2>

<h3>August</h3>

<ul>

<li>Added a <a href="/twilio.html">Twilio API</a> page to the APIs chapter. May add more

pages that provide Python guidance for using popular APIs like Slack,

Google, Sendgrid, etc.</li>

<li>Updated GitHub username references to

<a href="https://github.com/mattmakai">mattmakai</a> from makaimc (old username).</li>

<li>Additional <a href="/bottle.html">Bottle</a> resources.</li>

Posted by <a href="/about-author.html">Matt Makai</a> on

July 30, 2016.

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