This application should give you a ready-made starting point for writing your own messaging apps with Twilio IP Messaging. Before we begin, we need to collect all the config values we need to run the application:
| Config Value | Description |
|---|---|
| Service Instance SID | Like a database for your IP Messaging data - generate one in the console here |
| Account SID | Your primary Twilio account identifier - find this in the console here. |
| API Key | Used to authenticate - generate one here. |
| API Secret | Used to authenticate - just like the above, you'll get one here. |
When you generate an API key pair at the URLs above, your API Secret will only be shown once - make sure to save this in a secure location, or possibly your system environment variables.
After downloading the repo, copy the TwilioIpMessaging/Web.config.example to
Web.config in the same directory. Next, open up TwilioIpMessaging.sln in
Visual Studio. Edit Web.config with the four values we obtained above:
<appSettings>
<add key="TwilioAccountSid" value="ACxxx" />
<add key="TwilioApiKey" value="SKxxx" />
<add key="TwilioApiSecret" value="xxxxxxxx" />
<add key="TwilioIpmServiceSid" value="ISxxxx" />
</appSettings>You should now be ready to rock! Hit F5 or the Play button, and you should
land on the home page of our basic chat application. Open it up in a few browser
tabs and start chatting with yourself!
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