From Ruby to Elixir

Prep Your Project for Req

We’ll start off by setting up Req and the application configuration that we’ll use throughout this section. Then, in the next section, we’ll write our HTTP client and connect it to our existing app.

Let’s make sure that your project is prepared for this chapter. We’ll use a provided helper app called mock_server that implements a Twilio-compatible SMS API, so you need to have this downloaded to your local computer if you want to see it in action.

Prep Your Project

We’ll continue the project that you developed in the previous chapter. It’s best to continue your own project from start to finish, but you can start with a clean version of the code by working out of the phone_app_end_7 directory provided in the book source ...