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Call Forwarding with Ruby and Sinatra

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Post Details
Company
Date Published
Author
Hector Ortega
Word Count
2,897
Company Posts That Month
107
Language
English
Hacker News Points
-
Post removed?
No
Summary

The application uses Twilio to connect incoming phone calls to other phone numbers based on the caller's location. It provides a sample use case for automatically routing customers to regional offices or directing callers to surveys after interacting with customer service. The code sets up a Twilio account and Sinatra application, configures the webhook endpoint, handles inbound Twilio requests, builds TwiML responses, and forwards calls to senators' offices. The application uses data mapping helpers to interact with a local database and seed it with sample data for testing and development purposes. Once the call with the second senator ends, the user hears a thank-you message and the call is ended with `<Hangup>`.

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