Rapidtext Open source web app using node.js and twilio

About

Rapidtext is a web application used to send a sms/bulk sms using twilio api

Implemented In Javascript(Node.js)

Features!

• Node.js web server using Express.js
• Basic web user interface using ejs
• Bcrypt for hashing a user password
• Encrypt & decrypt a twilio credential by Crypto-js
• Mysql database is used
• Its support multi users
• Validation on each forms
• Error handling in different situations
• Send bulk sms Through txt file
• Send massages with different mobile numbers (purchase a Different mobile number from twilio), No default Sender number
• Linting and formatting using ESLint and Prettier
• fancy 404 page and 500 page
• Uploaded files will be deleted in every 3600sec Screenshot below!!!

How it works

This application build on Node.js runtime environment using Express.js web framework & Embedded JavaScript templates(Ejs)

Tech

RapidText uses a number of open source projects to work properly:

• twilio-node - Sending a SMS based on Twilio api
• EJS - Embedded JavaScript templates!
• node.js - evented I/O for the backend
• Express - fast node.js network app framework
• bcrypt - bcrypt used for hash password
• crypto-js - JavaScript library of crypto standards.
• mysql - mysql connector for node.js
• express-validator - validate the form fields
• multer - helping lib for upload a file to server
• express-flash - used for flash a notification

Requirements

- Node.js
- Mysql
- A Twilio account - sign up

Twilio Account Settings

This application needs twilio credential :

• Account Sid
• Auth Token
• Phone number

Installation

Rapidtext requires Node.js v4+ to run.

Install the dependencies and devDependencies and start the server.

1.Clone this repository and cd into it
$ git clone https://github.com/gmpravin/rapidtext
$ cd rapidtext
2.Install dependencies 
$ npm install
3.Run the application
$ npm run dev

BOOM!!! Application started.... on http://localhost:8080

Instruction for handling web app

Sending bulk sms by

• create txt file

• add mobile numbers with country code seperated by , EX: +91860XXXXXXX,+918601XXXXXX,+91860XXXXXXX,+91860XXXXXXX

• save as txt file

• upload this file -done

Screenshot

checks a uploaded file is a mobile numbers or unwanded content

Development

Want to contribute? Great!

If You are new to contribution Follow this link

https://github.com/firstcontributions/first-contributions

License

MIT

Disclaimer

No warranty expressed or implied. Software is as is.