User Account Verification with Node.js/Express and Twilio

When a new user signs up for your application, you want to make sure their contact information is accurate. You also like to have some assurance they are in fact a human being! You want to make sure that every new user account in your system is an actual person you can serve.

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Deploy On Heroku

Local Development

This project is build using Node.js and depends on MongoDB.

1. First clone this repository and cd into it.

   $ git clone git@github.com:TwilioDevEd/account-verification-node.git
   $ cd warm-transfer-node

2. Copy the sample configuration file and edit it to match your configuration.

   $ cp .env.example .env

   You can find your TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID and TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN in your Twilio Account Settings. You will also need a TWILIO_NUMBER, which you may find here. The AUTHY_API_KEY can be found here.

   Run source .env to export the environment variables.

3. Start the server.

   $ npm start

4. Check it out at http://localhost:3000.

Docker Local Development

1. Make sure Docker and docker-compose are installed.

2. Set the required environments variables.

3. Finally, run the following commands to start your Docker containers.

   $ docker-compose up -d
   

4. Check it out at http://localhost:3000.

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• MIT License
• Lovingly crafted by Twilio Developer Education.