Add read and write to files functionality

App/CronJobs/cronJob.js

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const cron = require("node-cron");
 // const express = require("express"); // import is not necessary since we will not run the job in this file.
+// const fs = require("fs"); // we shall use this file-system module at a later stage when needed.
 // const fs = require("fs"); // we shall you this file-system module at a later stage when needed.
 const sendWhatsappMessage = require('../Whatsapp/whatsapp');
 const telNumbers = require('../Whatsapp/numbers');

App/Files/FilesUtility/readAndWriteToFiles.js

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+function* writeToTextFile() {
+    fs.writeFile('Output.txt', data, (err) => {
+
+        // In case of a error throw err. 
+        if (err) throw err;
+    })
+}
+
+function readFromTextFile() {
+
+}
+
+module.exports = { writeToTextFile, readFromTextFile }

App/Whatsapp/whatsapp.js

@@ -5,33 +5,34 @@ const client = require('twilio')(accountSid, authToken);
 const whatsappNumbers = require('./numbers')
 
 // function that handles sending of the whatsapp messages
-function sendWhatsappMessage (whatsappNumbers) {
+function sendMessage(numbers) {
+    function sendWhatsappMessage(whatsappNumbers) {
 
-    // to handle multiple numbers we need to create this loop below
-    // sending a message to each number.
-    whatsappNumbers.forEach(num => {
-        // send message
-        client.messages
-            .create({
-                // body should be the message you are sending. you can insert anything you feel like
-                body: `Hello, this is an automated whatsapp message from Node webscrapper project. This message proves that the app is working fine`,
-                // for now we are using the twilio sandbox untill production then it can be changed
-                from: `whatsapp:${process.env.SANDBOX_WHATSAPP_NUMBER}`,
-                // THIS NUMBER IS KEPT AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLE IN THE nodemon.json file, key is number
-                to: `whatsapp:${num}`
-            })
-            // resolve
-            .then(message => {
-                // message was sent successsfully
-                console.log(message._solution)
-            })
-            .catch(error => {
-                // an error occured and message was not sent
-                console.log(`An error occured ${error}`)
-            })
-            .done();
-    })
-}
+        // to handle multiple numbers we need to create this loop below
+        // sending a message to each number.
+        whatsappNumbers.forEach(num => {
+            // send message
+            client.messages
+                .create({
+                    // body should be the message you are sending. you can insert anything you feel like
+                    body: `Hello, this is an automated whatsapp message from Node webscrapper project. This message proves that the app is working fine`,
+                    // for now we are using the twilio sandbox untill production then it can be changed
+                    from: `whatsapp:${process.env.SANDBOX_WHATSAPP_NUMBER}`,
+                    // THIS NUMBER IS KEPT AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLE IN THE nodemon.json file, key is number
+                    to: `whatsapp:${num}`
+                })
+                // resolve
+                .then(message => {
+                    // message was sent successsfully
+                    console.log(message._solution)
+                })
+                .catch(error => {
+                    // an error occured and message was not sent
+                    console.log(`An error occured ${error}`)
+                })
+                .done();
+        })
+    }
 
 // let's export the function here.
 module.exports = sendWhatsappMessage;

README.md

@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ We look forward to using this idea to be able to gather online analytics from di
 ---
 run `npm install` or simply `npm i` to install dependencies for the application.
 
+| Author        | Github handle | Twitter handle |
+| ------------- |:-------------:| 
+| Louis Musanje Michael     | [louicoder](github.com/louicoder)|
 #### CronJobs:
 ---
 We automate a few tasks like sending emails, SMSs and whatsapp messages using this particualr feature. To start using the cron-job function, simply import the function you want to be executed into the croJob.js file and execute within the cronJob function
@@ -20,6 +23,8 @@ const cronJob = () => cron.schedule("*/10 * * * * *", function () {
     sendMessage(telNumbers); // uncomment to send automated whtsapp messages here.
 });
 
+| Collaborators      | Github handle      | Twitter handle | 
+| ------------- |:-------------:|
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