Twilio Node.js app for generating an access token

This will guide you through generating an access token for Twilio using Node.js.

Prerequisite

• This project requires that you have Node.js installed on your system. You can install Node.js here if you don't have it installed.
• You need a Twilio API KEY. Get it here

Setup

• Clone the repository to your system by running the command:

git clone https://github.com/dongido001/TwilioNodeServer.git

• cd into the project folder and install all packages:

  cd TwilioNodeServer && npm install

• Create your configuration file:

   cp .env.example .env

• Next, open up .env file in your editor and update your Twilio API KEYs.

TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID=TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID  # Your Account SID
TWILIO_API_SID=TWILIO_API_SID # Your API Key SID
TWILIO_API_SECRET=TWILIO_API_SECRET # Your API Key SECRET

Run the app

  node app.js

• If everything goes fine, Node.js server will be running on: http://localhost:3000/

Example use case

To generate an access token, visit http://localhost:3000/token?identity=dongido

In the case, dongido is the identity of the user we want to generate an access token for.