TwimlTemplate

TwiML templates for Tilt.

An easy way to work with TwiML for responding to Twilio webhooks in Rails or Sinatra applications using template files with a .twiml extension.

Example

If you create a template called hello_world.twiml with the following code:

twiml.say(message: "Hello World!")

and rendered it from an application you would get the following response:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Response>
  <Say>Hello World!</Say>
</Response>

See Rails or Sinatra below for full instructions.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'twiml_template'

And then execute:

$ bundle install

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install twiml_template

Usage

twiml_template allows you to use a template with the extension .twiml to write TwiML. The template makes a single variable, twiml available. twiml is an instance of a TwimlTemplate::Response which unifies the twilio-ruby gem's Twilio::TwiML::VoiceResponse and Twilio::TwiML::MessagingResponse classes. This means you only need one type of template file, but you can use it for either voice or messaging responses. twiml_template passes methods through to objects of each of those classes to generate the response.

If you start writing a voice response, you can only continue writing a voice response. If you start writing a messaging response, you can only continue with a messaging response. This should never cause you a problem (you would never normally write a response with a <Say> and a <Message> in it!).

Rails

By including the twiml_template gem in your Rails project Gemfile you will be able to write TwiML templates easily.

Create a controller, like below:

class VoiceController < ApplicationController
  def index
    @name = "World"
  end
end

Add a route:

Rails.application.routes.draw do
  get 'voice' => 'voice#index'

  # Other routes...
end

And then add your TwiML view:

  twiml.say message: "Hello #{@name}"

Save the file as #{RAILS_ROOT}/app/views/voice/index.twiml.

Run the app using rails s and visit http://localhost:3000/voice and you will see:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Response>
  <Say>Hello World!</Say>
</Response>

Sinatra

Create your application file like below:

require 'sinatra'
require 'sinatra/twiml'

helpers Sinatra::TwiML

get '/voice' do
  @name = "World!"
  twiml :voice
end

And then add your TwiML view:

  twiml.say message: "Hello #{@name}"

Save the file as #{APP_ROOT}/views/voice.twiml.

Start the app with ruby app.rb and visit http://localhost:4567/voice and you will see:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Response>
  <Say>Hello World!</Say>
</Response>

Contributing

1. Fork it ( https://github.com/philnash/twiml_template/fork )
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create a new Pull Request