Uses a Twilio phone number to relay SMS messages to and from your phone; since the other party only sees your Twilio number, this effectively allows you to mask your phone number for privacy purposes.
This project requires some environment variables to be set. To keep your tokens and secrets secure, make sure to not commit the .env file in git. When setting up the project with twilio serverless:init ... the Twilio CLI will create a .gitignore file that excludes .env from the version history.
In your .env file, set the following values:
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| MY_PHONE_NUMBER | The phone number which SMS messages get relayed to | Yes |
- Install the Twilio CLI
- Install the serverless toolkit
twilio plugins:install @twilio-labs/plugin-serverless- Initiate a new project
twilio serverless:init example --template=masked-number && cd example
- Start the server with the Twilio CLI:
twilio serverless:start
- Open the web page at https://localhost:3000/index.html and enter your phone number to test
ℹ️ Check the developer console and terminal for any errors, make sure you've set your environment variables.
Deploy your functions and assets with either of the following commands. Note: you must run these commands from inside your project folder. More details in the docs.
With the Twilio CLI:
twilio serverless:deploy