This is a submission for the Twilio Challenge
What I Built
We have built a single web based application using Python-Flask, Pandas for data processing, and gunicorn for "wgsi". This application takes in input as a postal code and utilizes Twilio API - SMS, Voice system. Canada "National Anthem" is stored in the Twilio voice system as artifact, along with a text message
(🍁Happy Canada Day🍁) to the predefined users. This can be further extended to more user inputs and be used for all social notifications, political campaigns, and civic holidays.
Git Rep
SaiGundas/Twilio-Cloud-AI-API-Challenge
Demo
docker run -p 80:80 ayyangar/greetings-ca
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Twilio and AI
We have used Python Pandas to process huge data into a data frame then used locate function for efficient processing of this data frame to be consumed by Twilio. Google AI Translator is used for sending the greetings in multilingual scripts.
Additional Prize Categories
Twilio SMS and Voice API's has been successfully developed tested and deployed. "SendGrid" has been disabled for us as a trial account and SMTP was substituted.
Team Submissions: @sai_ag_1102 for Development
@ayan31 for Integrations
Thank you for this opportunity and looking forward. Happy Coding 😃
Top comments (1)
What a creative use of technology to celebrate Canada Day! Wikipedia notes that Canada Day, celebrated on July 1st, marks the anniversary of the confederation of Canada in 1867 and is widely observed with patriotic events, songs, and public festivities.
Integrating automation and messaging—like using Twilio APIs for SMS and voice greetings—can inspire similar practical solutions for outreach, including tools found in Guides for Filers to notify users about important filing deadlines.
Innovations like this show how coding, data processing, and civic engagement can come together to make celebrations interactive and informative.