Incorporating Twilio send SMS code snippet into a module for inclusion in necessary classes.

Twilio_module.rb

require 'dotenv/load' #This ruby gem will is what we will be using to secure our Twilio credentials
require 'twilio-ruby'

module TwilioControls

  # To set up environmental variables, see http://twil.io/secure
  @@account_sid = ENV['TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID'] #This is used in conjuction with the 'dotenv/load' gem
  @@auth_token = ENV['TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN'] #This is used in conjuction with the 'dotenv/load' gem

  @@client = Twilio::REST::Client.new(@@account_sid, @@auth_token)

  @@from = '+1##########' # Your Twilio number
  to = '+1##########' # Phone number to receive the text message

  def send_sms(to_phone_number, message)
    @@client.messages.create(
    from: @@from,
    to: to_phone_number,
    body: message
    )
  end