Dad jokes over SMS using Ruby, Jets and AWS Lambda

This example application combines the icanhazdadjoke API and Twilio SMS using the Jets framework and AWS Lambda.

You can read about how it was built in the blog post Serverless Ruby on AWS Lambda with the Jets framework

Running the application locally

To run the application locally, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repo and change into the directory

   git clone https://github.com/philnash/dad-jokes-jets.git
   cd dad-jokes-jets

2. Install the dependencies with bundler

   bundle install

3. Run the application with jets

   bundle exec jets serve

You can then make POST requests to the /messages endpoint. For example:

curl --data "" http://localhost:8888/messages
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Response>
<Message>What’s the advantage of living in Switzerland? Well, the flag is a big plus.</Message>
</Response>

Check out the Jets documentation for more details on building with Jets.