Inspiration
What it does
Sends directions via sms when texting the number (510) 999-8693 with a message contating & and directions to that location will be sent to your number.
How we built it
Using Flask we setup a server to relay our sms requests to the mapquest api to retrieve directions to the destination.
Challenges we ran into
communicating with the mapquest api and the twilio api
Accomplishments that we're proud of
What we learned
how to work as a team to complete a software project
What's next for Textable Directions
adding more functionality in the form of a user database to store common location such as home, work etc...
