🤣Inspiration
Feeling down, demotivated, or just want a great way to jumpstart your day? Joke of the Day can assist with that. To have a laugh is something we could all use a little bit more of.
🙋 What Joke of the Day does
Joke of the Day (JOTD) is a simple program that allows you to receive.. a joke every day. Sent using SMS messages, it allows you to go to work with a smile.
🔨 How I built it
I wanted to try to learn something new, and try to make it the major purpose surrounding an application. For this application, I used the Twilio API to send the SMS messages. I also used the Python 'schedule' to easily run it at a certain time, and makes for user edits to be easy.
😠 Challenges I ran into
One of the challenges was getting the Twilio API to work. Sometimes it was a confusing process. Eventually I had created a system that made it much easier for the end-user.
It was also cumbersome to combine the API and the files with jokes, due to my inexperience. However, I powered through and created what is a good system.
A third challenge was using schedule — I had some difficulty getting the timings to work, but I believe it has been remedied.
💪 Accomplishments that I'm proud of
Creating an expandable platform is the biggest thing I can create. I have created what I believe to be a simple system in which the platform the jokes are sent from are easily interchangable — it does not take much knowledge to figure out what to do.
💡 What I learned
The Twilio API was one of the biggest things I learned. I had never used an API, or anything really related, so it was a great learning experience for me.
I also learned how to use py-schedule — which can allow me to easily automate jobs to create robots and other rudimentary tasks
🔮 What's next for Joke of the Day
In the event the project is built upon further, scraping the web for daily jokes to ensure the long-lasting success of JOTD would be of utmost priority.
Placing the application on a website for easy access would also be possibility.
Installation
To easily install the project (with little Python / coding knowledge), watch the 3 minute video below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8RFNVaex-Y
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