twilio snippet, using get and post

twilio-snippet.py

from flask import Flask
import flask
from twilio.rest import TwilioRestClient
import re
import random
import twilio.twiml
import os

'''
A snippet of a twilio app, using GET and POST 
on the main route ("/") to handle both SMS 
and browser requests, for a blog post 
on www.whichlight.com

'''

app = Flask(__name__)


account_sid = ""
auth_token = ""

@app.route("/", methods=['GET', 'POST'])
def hello():
        if flask.request.method=="POST":
                resp = twilio.twiml.Response()
                resp.sms(get_sample_text())
                return str(resp)
        if flask.request.method=="GET":
                txt = get_sample_text()
                return flask.render_template('index.html', text=txt)