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Best way employment a counter that texts a list of users when incremented - Tercelkisor - Jun-15-2019
Hi,
I'm in the investigation process of this project, and I could use some help.
I need to make a counter that texts a list of phone numbers any time the counter changes.I don't know of the counter should be stored and run on my phone, or my home desktop or a cloud server.
My first idea is to use an ifttt app to make a button for incrementing/decrementing. That button would just trigger a text to my twilio number, and upon receiving the text, a stored counter value will be incremented/decremented, and a text will be sent to the numbers that I give it
Would there be an easier/more graceful method? It would be nice not to have to rely on my personal desktop to be on and connected to the internet for this to work. What are my other options?
Thanks for the help.
RE: Best way employment a counter that texts a list of users when incremented - DeaD_EyE - Jun-16-2019
Python can run on Linux, Mac, Windows, Android, *BSD
Twilio has a module for Python.
You need a place, where a small service can run. This can be mostly everywhere.
If you need guarantee of availability, you should use a server in a data center or
a cloud. But I would start on the Desktop itself. It's easier to develop and test.
Additionally you know your desktop. If you don't have experience with servers, don't use them.