Twilio Token Service

This is a service to generate a Twilio Access Token, using Twilio Functions. The token provides grant for Chat and Video. Created using Twilio official guide.

Requirements

• A Twilio Account
• Twilio account SID
• Twilio account Auth Token
• An API Key
• An API Secret
• A Chat Service SID

Get started

1. Install twilio-cli

   npm install twilio-cli -g

2. Add the Twilio Serverless Toolkit plugin

   twilio serverless:init token-service

3. Login into the Twilio CLI

   twilio login

   This will prompt you for your account credentials including your Account SID and your Auth Token, both of which are available on your Twilio Console dashboard.
4. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/marsidev/twilio-token-service
   cd twilio-token-service

5. Install dependencies

   npm install

6. Create an .env file in the root of the project and add the following variables:

   ACCOUNT_SID=
   API_KEY=
   API_SECRET=
   SERVICE_SID=

7. Update the Access-Control-Allow-Origin in functions/token.js
8. Deploy to Twilio:

   twilio serverless:deploy

9. Use the service:

   curl token-service-XXXX-dev.twil.io/token