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Date Published
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Megan Speir
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1224
Language
English
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Summary

RapidAPI is a marketplace where developers can test and connect to multiple APIs from one endpoint, making it easier to call multiple APIs through one console. This post demonstrates how to create an API "smash" using Twilio SMS and Giphy to text GIFs. The project, called "Text A GIF", allows users to input a phrase and a phone number, then sends a related GIF to the specified phone number. The code snippet uses RapidAPI's Giphy and Twilio APIs, storing user inputs in variables and connecting to both APIs to generate a GIF based on the user-input phrase. If successful, the script calls Twilio's API to text the generated GIF to the provided phone number.