Signing up for Twilio

As we mentioned previously, the key component we will use to send text messages is Twilio. 

Follow these steps to sign up for Twilio:

1. Sign up for a free account by going to Twilio.com. Provide your details on the sign-up page and submit them.
2. Once you've submitted your details, you'll need to verify your email address. You will also need to validate yourself via phone. A text message containing a verification code will be sent to your phone; simply use that to complete the verification phase.
3. You can skip the next set of screens until you get to the Twilio console dashboard. Once there, get a trial number by clicking on the respective button.
4. On the next screen, you will be asked to confirm the number Twilio has chosen for you.
5. Once confirmed, your trial number will show up on the dashboard.

6. On the dashboard, we need to take note of a few things we'll need for our automation – the trial number, the account SID (user ID), and the auth...