call-forwarding-voicemail-python

Forward calls to voicemail for beginners. Powered by Twilio - Python/Flask

This is an application example implementing an automated phone line using Python 3.12.2 and Flask web framework.

Local Development

This project is built using Flask web framework.

1. First clone this repository and cd into it. bash $ git clone [email protected]:twilio-samples/call-forwarding-voicemail-python.git $ cd call-forwarding-voicemail-python

2. Create a new virtual environment.

   • If using vanilla virtualenv:

     virtualenv venv
     source venv/bin/activate

   • If using virtualenvwrapper:

     mkvirtualenv call-forwarding-voicemail-python

3. Install the dependencies.

   pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Start the server.

   flask run

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

   ngrok http 5000 

6. Configure Twilio to call your webhooks

You will also need to configure Twilio to call your application when calls are received in your Twilio Number. The voice url should look something like this:

http://<your-ngrok-subdomain>.ngrok-free.app/webhook

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