nasa_twilio_logic.py

# modules to import 
import requests
from twilio.rest import Client
import emoji
from datetime import date

# date variables
today = date.today()
today_converted = date(today.year, today.month, today.day)
target_date = date(2020, 1, 6)
delta = target_date - today_converted

# NASA GET request
response = requests.get('https://api.nasa.gov/planetary/apod?api_key=XXXXXX')
response_json = response.json()

# variables for the text message
picture = response_json['url']
title = response_json['title']
rocket = emoji.emojize(":rocket:") 

# Twilio account credentials
account_sid = 'ACxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
auth_token = '9fxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
client = Client(account_sid, auth_token)

# text message setup
message = client.messages \
    .create(
         body=f'Today\'s picture is of: {title}! \n\n Btw...T{delta.days} days until we go to NASA! {rocket}',
         from_='+1xxxxxxxxxx',
         media_url=[f'{picture}'],
         to='+1xxxxxxxxxx'
     )

print(message.sid)