Server to receive SMS notifications from Twilio

generator.py

import json
import base64

notification = {
    "type": "out",
    "lp": "B-36-IHK",
    "c": "orange",
    "b": "dodge"
}

print("-----------------------------")
print("json input")
print(json.dumps(notification))

print("-----------------------------")
print("base64-encoded output")
notificationStr = json.dumps(notification)
encodedNotification = base64.b64encode(notificationStr.encode("utf-8"))
print(encodedNotification)

print("-----------------------------")
print("base64-decoded json")
notificationStr = base64.b64decode(encodedNotification).decode("utf-8")
notification = json.loads(notificationStr)
print(notification)

twilio_server.py

import urllib.parse as parse
import json
import base64

from flask import Flask, request, redirect
from twilio.twiml.messaging_response import MessagingResponse

# Exemple of API request data
# {
#   "ApiVersion": [
#     "2010-04-01"
#   ],
#   "MessageSid": [
#     "SM658596eb029fba176d9a2fc7e4f17463"
#   ],
#   "ToCountry": [
#     "US"
#   ],
#   "Body": [
#     "Hello World!"
#   ],
#   "AccountSid": [
#     "ACd9b96fb957c557e7008b09e6ccaf9b85"
#   ],
#   "ToCity": [
#     "HUNTINGTON"
#   ],
#   "FromCity": [
#     "NORTH AUGUSTA"
#   ],
#   "SmsMessageSid": [
#     "SM658596eb029fba176d9a2fc7e4f17463"
#   ],
#   "SmsStatus": [
#     "received"
#   ],
#   "FromZip": [
#     "29842"
#   ],
#   "To": [
#     "+16317598243"
#   ],
#   "NumMedia": [
#     "0"
#   ],
#   "FromState": [
#     "SC"
#   ],
#   "FromCountry": [
#     "US"
#   ],
#   "SmsSid": [
#     "SM658596eb029fba176d9a2fc7e4f17463"
#   ],
#   "From": [
#     "+18032921536"
#   ],
#   "NumSegments": [
#     "1"
#   ],
#   "ToState": [
#     "NY"
#   ],
#   "ToZip": [
#     "11746"
#   ]
# }

app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route("/sms", methods=['GET', 'POST'])
def sms_reply():
    """Receive SMS body."""

    # parse the request
    parsed = parse.parse_qs(request.get_data().decode("ascii"))

    # write request data to file
    with open(parsed["SmsSid"][0] + ".json", "w") as f:
        # print(json.dumps(parsed, indent=2))
        json.dump(parsed, f, indent=2)

    notificationStr = base64.b64decode(parsed["Body"][0]).decode("utf-8")
    notification = json.loads(notificationStr)

    with open(parsed["SmsSid"][0] + "-notification" + ".json", "w") as f:
        print("the notification is: {}".format(json.dumps(notification, indent=2)))
        json.dump(notification, f, indent=2)

    return str(MessagingResponse())

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app.run(
        host="0.0.0.0",
        port=8080,
        debug=True,
    )