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Create Secret Santa Matches Using Python Flask and Twilio SMS

What's this blog post about?

The article provides a tutorial on creating a Flask application that matches people for Secret Santa using Python and Twilio SMS. It covers setting up the environment, installing dependencies, creating an HTML form to collect phone numbers, and writing functions to process data from the form, create assignments, and send notifications via SMS. The author also suggests potential modifications to use other communication channels like WhatsApp or email for sending notifications.

Company
Twilio

Date published
Dec. 24, 2021

Author(s)
August Allard

Word count
1674

Language
English

Hacker News points
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