This bot uses Twilio to connect to the Whapsapp api
To use it, you need to create a twillio account and create a project using Whatsapp sandbox
After the account is created, download ngrok to allow outside connections to the Flask app.
- Run
./ngrok http 5000 - Copy the
httpsfowarding url. - Replace the
export NGROK_URL=<ngrok forwarding https url> && python bot.py
NOTE: You need to add <ngrok forwarding https url>/bot to the twilio sandbox WHEN A MESSAGE COMES IN field. To test it, every user has to create a twilio account, enable Whatsapp sandbox and send a message to your sandbox first.