Building a WhatsApp Recipe Bot with Python, Flask, MongoDB and Twilio

We built an application that provides information on food and recipes to users over WhatsApp using Twilio, Python, Flask, and MongoDB. The user journey involves sending a message with the name of a recipe and receiving a response with instructions to prepare the meal. We set up the Twilio WhatsApp sandbox, created a database with dummy recipe data, and wrote code to handle searches and send messages. We also exposed the application over the internet using ngrok and tested it by sending a message to a phone number.