Integrate Shift4Shop (formerly 3dcart) with Twilio

I. Introduction (300 words)3Dcart is a software and plugin for websites which works on 3D animation. It creates an online platform to sell products with the help of 3D animation. There are many other platforms like Shopify, Magento etc. But 3Dcart is different from these platforms. It has the best features of these platforms and some unique features. It supports more than 10 languages and its template is responsive so it can be viewed from any device. It don't need high tech tops to run. The software is easy to install and use.

The Twilio API enables developers to programmatically make and receive phone calls, send and receive text messages, as well as make outbound calls from an application, enabling them to expand their applications into communications. This makes it possible for 3Dcart users to communicate with customers in a very convenient way.

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This section will cover the integration of 3Dcart and Twilio.In order to integrate 3Dcart and Twilio, first we must create a new account on Twilio and then give it an appropriate name and click on the Create Account button.Next step is to create a new phone number here. After creating the phone number, you will be asked to configure it. As it is our first time, we need to get a verification code from Twilio by inserting the given numbers into our web browser or sending a text message to this number with the code. After that, fill the Verification Number field and click on the Verify button.After verification, click on the Get Started Now button.Next you will be asked to add a credit card for processing the charges. Click on the Yes I have a card button and then fplow the instructions.After doing this, Twilio will generate an account SID and Auth Token for you, which needs to be saved for later use.Now we can move over to 3Dcart's Admin Panel Dashboard and choose Settings > Integrations > Add New Integration.On the next page, enter your Twilio Account SID and Auth Token, along with the Phone Number you created previously. You can also choose whether you want to receive text messages on this number or not. Then click on Save Integration Settings button.Now we need to go to 3Dcart Theme Editor, choose HTML/CSS tab and add the fplowing code in the head of your theme's template:<script>(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){(i[r].q=i[r].q||[].push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)})(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');ga('create', 'UA-XXXXXXX-Y', 'auto'); // Replace UA-XXXXXXX-Y with your Google Analytics tracking IDga('send', 'pageview');</script><script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twilio/4.1.0/twilio.min.js"></script>Then go to Orders -> Order Status page and click on the Edit HTML/CSS tab on top of the page, copy-paste the code given above there and click on Save Changes button.Now comes the tricky part of this integration i.e., integrating Twilio with 3Dcart. We need to fplow some steps to do that:First thing is to import twilio-php into our root directory using composer:composer require twilio/sdk ~2.5After installing twilio-php you need to register it into autpoader:<?php spl_autpoad_register(function ($class. { if (strpos($class, 'Twilio'. { $filename = str_replace('', DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, $class); require $filename . '.php'; } }); ?>This will automatically load twilio-php when we access our project directory from the browser using localhost:8080 as base URL (change this according to your project directory. Now we need to create a new file named config_local.php inside /vendor directory which has all settings related to our Twilio account:<?php return [ 'account_sid' => 'ACCOUNT_SID', 'auth_token' => 'AUTH_TOKEN', 'from_country' => 'US' ]; ?>In this file we have defined all settings related to our Twilio account like Account SID and Auth Token etc., which were generated earlier by Twilio after verifying our account details. Now we need to create another file named config_global.php inside /config directory which has information about session variables that will be used by our application:<?php return [ 'SAAS_USERNAME' => 'myusername', 'SAAS_PASSWORD' => 'mypassword', 'SAAS_TIMEZONE' => 'US/Pacific', ]; ?>After saving this file go back to your Admin Panel Dashboard and click on Setting > System > Advanced > Global Configuration > Session Variables > Add New Variable button and add 2 variables SAAS_USERNAME and SAAS_PASSWORD which is going to be used by Twilio for login purpose:

Then go back to config_global.php file and add another field named SAAS_TIMEZONE . <?php return [ 'SAAS_USERNAME' => 'myusername', 'SAAS_PASSWORD' => 'mypassword', 'SAAS_TIMEZONE' => 'US/Pacific', ]; ?> Then create another file inside /resources directory called twilio.php . <?php class Twilio { public static function getAccountSid(. { return $_ENV['ACCOUNT_SID']; } public static function getAuthToken(. { return $_ENV['AUTH_TOKEN']; } public static function validateAccount(. { $account = self::getAccountSid(); if (!$account. { exit(self::getAuthToken(. . " FAILED TO VERIFY ACCOUNT"); } return true; } public static function validPhoneNumber($phoneNumber. { if (!self::validateAccount(. { return false; } $url = "http://www.twilio.com/verify"; $postData = array("PhoneNumber"=>$phoneNumber); $ch = curl_init(); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $postData); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSLVERSION, 5); $result = curl_exec($ch); curl_close($ch); if (!empty($result. { return true; } else { return false; } } public static function sendMessage($toNumber, $message. { $url = "http://www.twilio.com/voice"; $postData = array("To"=>$toNumber,"From"=>"+1234567890","Body"=>$message); $ch = curl_init(); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $postData); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSLVERSION, 5); $result = curl_exec($ch); curl_close($ch); if (!empty($result. { return true; } else { return false; } } public static function getMessageStatus($toNumber. { $url = "http://www.twilio.com/message-status"; $postData = array("From"=>"+1234567890","To"=>$toNumber); $ch = curl_init(); curl_set

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