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Build a location-aware WhatsApp weather bot with Ruby, Sinatra and Twilio

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Author
Phil Nash
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1,372
Company Posts That Month
74
Language
English
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Summary

To build a location-aware WhatsApp weather bot with Ruby, Sinatra, and Twilio, one needs to install necessary dependencies, configure the sandbox, set up the Ruby application, receive and process location messages, and send a localized weather report using the Dark Sky API. The application uses Sinatra to receive incoming webhooks from Twilio, which are then processed in the `bot.rb` file. If a location message is received, it makes an HTTP request to the Dark Sky API using a custom class to retrieve the weather forecast for that location. The response is then sent back to the user as a localized weather report.

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