What I built
You can get a country's fight against COVID-19; how many confirmed number of cases, recovered patients, deaths, etc. by sending a message: example input
to: +12017628866
message: "USA"
example output
In Italy confirmed number of cases are 159516.
Recovered people are more than 35435.
3260 people are still in critical condition and 20465 deaths
And/Or you can get a news article about COVID-19 by sending message: example input
to: +12017628866
message: "news"
example output
*India coronavirus: World's largest postal service turns lifesaver*
India has the largest postal service in the world - and now it is stepping in to help deliver lifesaving medicines during a countrywide lockdown aimed at tackling the coronavirus pandemic. The BBC's Ayeshea Perera in Delhi reports. Red postal vans are a familiar sight in India. They make thousands of journeys every day, criss-crossing the ...
from: YAHOO!,
published on 13-4-2020
https://news.yahoo.com/india-coronavirus-worlds-largest-postal-230159614.html
Category Submission:
Interesting Integrations: an app that integrates Twilio with at least one other API.
Examples: appointment reminders app that uses a scheduling API, sports alert app that uses sports-stat APIs, location-based app that leverages geo-location APIs
Demo Link
MESSAGING TO +12017628866 WILL BE AVAILABLE UNTIL THE HECATRON IS OVER, FEEL FREE TO TEST IT
Link to Code
https://github.com/mirkan1/covid19_sms_info
How I built it (what's the stack? did I run into issues or discover something new along the way?)
I learned how to use multitasking on python, and how to use Flask more efficiently
Additional Resources/Info
- twilioAPI (twilio.com) for SMS messaging
- rapidAPI (rapidapi.com) for information gathering
Top comments (1)
you guys can message to +1(201) 762-8866.
The server is live