Setting up an account for text message transmission

In this section, we will connect to a text message transmission service and send a text message from our Raspberry Pi to our phone. We will use this information, and what we've learned so far about publishing sensory information, to create an enhancement to our security dashboard in Chapter 9, Building a Home Security Dashboard.

Setting up a Twilio account

Twilio is a service that gives software developers the ability to create and receive text and phone calls programmatically through the use of its web service APIs. Let's start by setting up a Twilio account:

1. In a web browser, navigate to www.twilio.com
2. Click on the red sign up at the top-right corner of the...