How I Used Twilio, Python and Google to Automate My Wedding

Re:How I Used Twilio, Python and Google to Automate My Wedding by jdpedrie on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @05:44PM (#14102041)

I like it, but I think if I'd sent out save the dates via SMS for my wedding I'd have been sleeping alone for quite a while.

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Re:How I Used Twilio, Python and Google to Automate My Wedding by sly010 on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @05:53PM (#14102111)

I am sure there are APIs for postcards. Heck, there are APIs for handwritten postcards ;)

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Re:How I Used Twilio, Python and Google to Automate My Wedding by ProAm on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @05:55PM (#14102120)

You can also facetime the ceremony if you a groom but still insanely busy working startup life...

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Re:How I Used Twilio, Python and Google to Automate My Wedding by amenghra on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @07:59PM (#14102869)

What about a bride having a busy startup life and facetiming the ceremony?

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Re:How I Used Twilio, Python and Google to Automate My Wedding by nitemice on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @10:38PM (#14103693)

i.e. the ending of Flubber[1]

[1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td1_4L16ZyI)

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Re:How I Used Twilio, Python and Google to Automate My Wedding by gogopuppygogo on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @06:56PM (#14102521)

https://maillift.com/ - because handwritten is basically a necessity in a wedding scenario

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Re:How I Used Twilio, Python and Google to Automate My Wedding by adamfeldman on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @06:23PM (#14102289)

Lob.com - postcards API

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Re:How I Used Twilio, Python and Google to Automate My Wedding by mandarg on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @11:40PM (#14103978)

Just an anecdote, but I tried to use lob.com to send out Save the Dates for my wedding. The couple of test postcards we used did not arrive on time, and the tracking didn't work at all. Their support wasn't good at addressing my specific case – they mostly told me “This is how the website works”.

It could have been that I wasn't using it right, but I didn't have the time to troubleshoot. We ended up printing a bunch of cards at FedEx and addressing and sending them by hand. Everything worked smoothly.

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Re:How I Used Twilio, Python and Google to Automate My Wedding by pjc50 on Thursday April 13, 2017 @07:26AM (#14105885)

"Save the date" isn't the actual invitation though. I think it ought to be OK to make it low-key and put the effort into the actual invitations.

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Re:How I Used Twilio, Python and Google to Automate My Wedding by Zikes on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @05:56PM (#14102124)

Perhaps a nice card from https://lob.com/ with a QR code to the RSVP form?

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Re:How I Used Twilio, Python and Google to Automate My Wedding by eric_the_read on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @06:19PM (#14102260)

http://picturesofpeoplescanningqrcodes.tumblr.com/

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Re:How I Used Twilio, Python and Google to Automate My Wedding by Zikes on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @07:12PM (#14102612)

http://picturesofpeoplescanningmicrosofttags.tumblr.com/

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Re:How I Used Twilio, Python and Google to Automate My Wedding by gcatalfamo on Thursday April 13, 2017 @01:36AM (#14104400)

I spilled my coffee!

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Re:How I Used Twilio, Python and Google to Automate My Wedding by rsync on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @11:26PM (#14103909)

"Perhaps a nice card from https://lob.com/ with a QR code to the RSVP form?"

Better to use an Oh By Code, which doesn't need a reader and can be written/read by humans:

https://0x.co

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Re:How I Used Twilio, Python and Google to Automate My Wedding by tehlike on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @08:08PM (#14102900)

That is only if you have a bride/groom still :)

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Re:How I Used Twilio, Python and Google to Automate My Wedding by polmuz on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @06:07PM (#14102194)

Why?

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Re:How I Used Twilio, Python and Google to Automate My Wedding by wyck on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @06:24PM (#14102292)

Nothing says special like sending SMS weddings invites...

I think what he means is a wedding is a symbolic event that should be mirrored in all the small details, from the hand written card, to the ring, etc, etc... So ya think about it.

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Re:How I Used Twilio, Python and Google to Automate My Wedding by fuckemem on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @08:04PM (#14102882)

Privacy and 4th amendment concerns: They'll need a warrant to open your guest's mail

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