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Discussion on: Join us for the Twilio Challenge: $5,000 in Prizes!

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Anthony

Hi everyone, I'm a Developer Evangelist at Twilio.
If you need any support with this challenge, please tag me.

Looking forward to your submissions. Happy coding!

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omu inetimi

hi Anthony, im building an app but continually receive a CORS error

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Birusha Ndegeya

@anthony. I would like to clarify to know how much trial do we have while using Twilio for learning

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Anthony

Hi @birusha when you sign up for a Trial account you will be given $15 of trial credits.

  1. Here's a guide to Free Trial Accounts (US Only).
  2. If you are outside the US, here's a guide to Free Trial Accounts (Outside the US).

Additionally, use the promo code twilio-ai-devto-anrnp for an additional $20 of credits.

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Birusha Ndegeya

@anthonyjdella

Thank you so much

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Shreya Nalawade

@anthonyjdella can we make application which belong to two or more categories

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Jess Lee The DEV Team

@shreya111111 Yes you can. There will be a section on the template that asks which categories your project may qualify for - be sure to mention all of them!

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cauhlins

Hi @anthonyjdella Does an API service count? Or do I need to build a full app that has a frontend?

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Anthony

That counts, so you can build an app without a frontend if you'd like.

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Ketan Rajpal

Dear Anthony,

I am trying to use the promo code "twilio-ai-devto-anrnp". But it gives me the error "twilio-ai-devto-anrnp cannot be used on your account.". Can you please help.

Thank you

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Anthony

@ketanrajpal Please try with a new code: twilio-ai-devto-cc4f4

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Ketan Rajpal

I tried but it's the same.

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Shweta Kale

@anthonyjdella it says code is expired. I tried both codes.

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Jess Lee The DEV Team

Can you try code twilio-ai-devto-b24we?

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Ketan Rajpal

This also not working.

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Shweta Kale

@jess this worked for me. Thanks!!

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Jess Lee The DEV Team

@ketanrajpal can you try twilio-ai-devto-6099i?

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Ketan Rajpal

It says, the code has expired.

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Jess Lee The DEV Team

Hi @ketanrajpal, please try the promo code that's currently listed on the post. Thanks!

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Ketan Rajpal

I tried it, it says "twilio-ai-devto-9opgh cannot be used on your account."

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Rishab Kumar

@ketanrajpal let's debug that, could you reach out to me on LinkedIn or X/Twitter..

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Amit Wani

Hi @anthonyjdella Given promo codes are not working. It is saying code expired.

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Rishab Kumar

Hi @thegeekyamit could you try this promo-code: twilio-ai-devto-6099i. They are rotated every day.

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Amit Wani

Thanks alot. :D

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Mohamed Ashiq Sultan

where to enter the promo code, I signed up with gmail but dont see any options to use the promo code under Billing tab.

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Anthony

@ashiqsultan There are 2 ways to use a promo code:

  1. If you have a Trial account which are upgrading
  2. If you have an Upgraded account

For 1, twilio.com/console/billing -> Upgrade -> Fill in your information -> Fund Account -> Promo Code tab
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For 2, go to twilio.com/console/billing -> Billing Overview -> Add Funds -> Promo Code tab
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Shreya Nalawade

quick question do we have to integrate ai with twilio or ai should be part of application with the usage of twilio @anthonyjdella

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Anthony

@shreya111111 Either works!

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dami • Edited

Hi @anthonyjdella, I'm having issues upgrading my Twilio account with the promo code provided. It says the code has expired. please help

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Jess Lee The DEV Team

Hi @thatcoolguy, please try the promo code that's currently listed on the post. Thanks!

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srini047

It doesn't work actually. I tried multiple other promos mentioned in discussions as well.
Any help appreciated @anthonyjdella

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Jess Lee The DEV Team

Have you tried the latest promo code on the post?

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chintanonweb

Is it possible to change the WhatsApp join code name!! I'm not able to find anything related to that

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Dhanush Reddy

hey @anthonyjdella , it says promo expired
twilio-ai-devto-cc4f4

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Jess Lee The DEV Team

Can you try code twilio-ai-devto-b24we?

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Rajeev R. Sharma

Apparently this code has expired as well. Any other option?

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Jess Lee The DEV Team • Edited

@ra_jeeves can you please try that one again or twilio-ai-devto-6099i?

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Rajeev R. Sharma • Edited

The new code shared now (6099i), worked fine. Thanks @jess

Tried just now, same result, "Expired".
Was thinking of doing something with programmatic voice, and the default phone number given by Twilio is a US number, which is quite expensive if called from India. So maybe a local Twilio number will be better, but for that we need an upgraded Twilio plan.

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Yogesh Sharma

@ra_jeeves can you please try that one again or twilio-ai-devto-6099i?

@jess This code is also expired

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Rishab Kumar

@1995yogeshsharma Could you give it another try? Thank you.

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Yogesh Sharma

worked now, thanks @rishabk7 !

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Rajeev R. Sharma • Edited

@rishabk7 Deleted my previous comment as the code in the main post worked. And I've refreshed the page many times to confirm that the upgrade is done.

But I've a question related to programmatic voice. Tried buying a local number for India and it seems that it is not possible to do so. So how do I test phone calls receiving? Making a call to the US number is not feasible as the operator charges are quite high. Is there a simpler way to do this?

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Andrii

Hi @anthonyjdella, I wanted to participate but Twilio blocked my account without any explanation long time ago, and support didn't help/explain anything.

my email: serafimsanvol@gmail.com

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Anthony

@serafimsanvol Sorry about that, I'll contact support to fix the issue.

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Andrii

Thanks, @anthonyjdella!

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Anthony

@serafimsanvol Could you please create a support ticket? If you could, please attach a screenshot and any info about what steps you took until you reached the error. Once you've done that I've escalated this to support and they'll be able to help.

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Andrii

@anthonyjdella, for now, it magically started working again, I wonder what happened :)
Thanks

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Anthony

Great news, good luck with the challenge!