Twilio Archives - The Iron.io Blog https://blog.iron.io/tag/twilio/ Scalable serverless application tools to run background tasks with Docker containers and manage messaging queues with cloud elasticity and handheld customer support. Mon, 16 Oct 2023 02:25:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://blog.iron.io/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/cropped-iron-avatar-1-32x32.png Twilio Archives - The Iron.io Blog https://blog.iron.io/tag/twilio/ 32 32 Queueing Emails With Python IronMQ and SendGrid https://blog.iron.io/queueing-emails-with-python-ironmq-and-sendgrid/ https://blog.iron.io/queueing-emails-with-python-ironmq-and-sendgrid/#respond Tue, 11 Apr 2023 07:19:00 +0000 https://blog.iron.io/?p=8383 Are you sending emails from within a web app? If yes, you need to do so asynchronously or else you'll block requests and prevent completion. Without the right solution, you'll end up with additional, slow requests in order to construct the content of your emails, reducing productivity and impacting your efficiency. If you are seeking…

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]]> https://blog.iron.io/queueing-emails-with-python-ironmq-and-sendgrid/feed/ 0 Processing Twilio on Heroku with Iron Worker https://blog.iron.io/background-jobs-on-heroku-copy/ https://blog.iron.io/background-jobs-on-heroku-copy/#respond Tue, 21 Feb 2023 03:10:00 +0000 https://blog.iron.io/?p=8492 Did you know that you can use Twilio to send out all of your emails? But in order to do this, you’ll need to process Twilio jobs with a worker, and Iron Worker is the ideal Heroku Plugin that’ll help you easily plug right into the task at hand. In this article, we’ll be exploring…

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]]> https://blog.iron.io/background-jobs-on-heroku-copy/feed/ 0 Heroku task processing plugin https://blog.iron.io/background-jobs-on-heroku-copy-copy/ https://blog.iron.io/background-jobs-on-heroku-copy-copy/#respond Sat, 30 Oct 2021 23:05:04 +0000 https://blog.iron.io/?p=8494 Heroku provides a convenient environment for users to develop and deploy their applications. Born in 2007, the cloud provider has taken a small but unique market segment among similar cloud players. Although Heroku offers an extensive range of features, when it comes to task queue processing, there is still room for improvement.   Enter the…

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]]> https://blog.iron.io/background-jobs-on-heroku-copy-copy/feed/ 0 Notifications in web apps: Mailgun and Twilio on Heroku https://blog.iron.io/notifications-in-web-apps-mailgun-and-twilio-on-heroku/ https://blog.iron.io/notifications-in-web-apps-mailgun-and-twilio-on-heroku/#respond Mon, 20 Sep 2021 05:11:00 +0000 https://blog.iron.io/?p=8467 In web applications, sending and receiving notifications is an important feature among many functionalities. With notification features, you can quickly reach out to many people and let them be informed of major events and updates regarding your applications and products. This eventually leads to improved customer experiences and faster response time by your team members.…

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]]> https://blog.iron.io/notifications-in-web-apps-mailgun-and-twilio-on-heroku/feed/ 0 Integration: Twilio and Iron.io https://blog.iron.io/integration-twilio-and-iron-io/ https://blog.iron.io/integration-twilio-and-iron-io/#respond Fri, 22 Jan 2021 14:50:13 +0000 https://blog.iron.io/?p=7934 How Integrating Twilio with Iron.io Improves Scheduling  Nearly 150,000 businesses use Twilio to send and receive phone calls, texts, and other messages. (It's one of the most popular communications platforms in the world.) Twilio has limitations, however, such as no scheduling feature for calls and texts. IronWorker lets you schedule messages on Twilio for more effective communication.…

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]]> https://blog.iron.io/integration-twilio-and-iron-io/feed/ 0 How to Schedule SMS’s and Calls on Twilio https://blog.iron.io/how-to-schedule-sms-and-calls-on-twilio/ https://blog.iron.io/how-to-schedule-sms-and-calls-on-twilio/#respond Fri, 04 Sep 2020 17:16:00 +0000 http://ironio2.wpengine.com/?p=152 A very common use case for using a service like Twilio is to be able to schedule calls or SMS’s. Maybe you want to schedule a conference call, schedule a text to go out at specific time, or notify all your users about something via SMS every day. Twilio doesn’t have scheduling built in, but here’s an…

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]]> https://blog.iron.io/how-to-schedule-sms-and-calls-on-twilio/feed/ 0 How One User Automated a Research Study with IronWorker and Twilio (a repost from Usability Panda) https://blog.iron.io/automating-research-study-with-twilio/ https://blog.iron.io/automating-research-study-with-twilio/#respond Mon, 17 Feb 2014 22:58:00 +0000 http://ironio2.wpengine.com/?p=56 Katarzyna Stawarz, a PhD student at University College London, wrote a really nice blog post on using Twilio and IronWorker to communicate via SMS. She was conducting a study that tested a method of habit formation research and needed a way to send out reminders to participants at specific times during the day, every day,…

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