Snippet: Text Subscription

This snippet will show you how to make a phrase based subscription service using LaML, creating and maintaining multiple campaigns, and their associated subscribers. The list administrator can broadcast to specific campaigns. The list administrator is notified of new subscribers via email, and of removal requests. If you reply with stop, or unsubscribe, the number will be placed in a black list.

You will need a machine with Python installed, the SignalWire SDK, a provisioned SignalWire phone number, and optionaly Docker if you decide to run it in a container.

For this demo we will be using Python, but more languages may become available.

Python
SignalWire SDK
SignalWire Phone Number
MailGun Account (For administrator notifications, https://www.mailgun.com/)
Docker (Optional)

Github Repository Link

Methods and Endpoints

Endpoint: /text_inbound
Methods: GET OR POST
Endpoint to accept incoming text messages from SignalWire space.
Handles campaign subscriptions and removal requests

Endpoint: /broadcast_msg
Methods: GET OR POST
Send message to campaign subscribers by phrase and message.

Setup Your Environment File

Copy from example.env and fill in your values
Save new file called .env

Your file should look something like this:

## This is the full name of your SignalWire Space. e.g.: example.signalwire.com
SIGNALWIRE_SPACE=
# Your Project ID - you can find it on the `API` page in your Dashboard.
SIGNALWIRE_PROJECT=
# Your API token - you can generate one on the `API` page in your Dashboard
SIGNALWIRE_TOKEN=
# The phone number you'll be using for this Snippets. Must include the `+1` , e$
SIGNALWIRE_NUMBER=
# MailGun domain associated with your MailGun account
MAILGUN_DOMAIN=
# MailGun token associated with your MailGun Account
MAILGUN_API_TOKEN=
# Send Email From Address
EMAIL_FROM=info@yourdomain.com
# Send email to address for administrator notifications
EMAIL_TO=youremail@yourdomain.com
# Email subject for admin notifications
EMAIL_SUBJECT=Text Subscription Admin Notification

Setup Your Campaign File

Edit campaign.json to suit your needs, the file is a json object, that can handle multiple campaigns.

Your file should look something like this

[
  {
    "Id": "1",
    "Name": "signalwire-demo-1",
    "Phrases": [
      "signalwire"
    ],
    "Subscribers": [
    ]
  },
  {
    "Id": "2",
    "Name": "signalwire-demo-2",
    "Phrases": [
      "original"
    ],
    "Subscribers": [
    ]
  }
]

Setup Your Do Not Contact File

Edit donotcontact.json to suit your needs, the file is a json object and is global. This has no entries by default.

Your file should look something like this

{
"DoNotContact": []
}

Build and Run on Docker

Let's get started!

Use our pre-built image from Docker Hub:

For Python:
docker pull signalwire/snippets-text-subscription:python

Or build your own image:

docker build -t snippets-text-subscription .

Run your image:

docker run --publish 5000:5000 --env-file .env snippets-text-subscription

The application will run on port 5000

Build and Run Natively

For Python:

1. Replace environment variables
2. Setup you Campaign File
3. Setup your Do Not Call File
4. From command line run, python3 app.py

Support

If you have any issues or want to engage further about this snippet, please open an issue on this repo or join our fantastic Slack community and chat with others in the SignalWire community!

If you need assistance or support with your SignalWire services please file a support ticket from your Dashboard.