Module: Twilio::Rails::Models::PhoneCaller

Extended by:
ActiveSupport::Concern
Included in:
PhoneCaller
Defined in:
lib/twilio/rails/models/phone_caller.rb

Overview

The core identity object, uniquely identifying an individual by their phone number. All ingoing or outgoing phone calls or SMS messages are associated to a phone caller. A phone caller is automatically created when any phone call or SMS message is sent or received.

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#inbound_calls_for(tree) ⇒ Array<Twilio::Rails::Models::PhoneCall>

Returns All inbound phone calls for the given phone tree or tree name.

Returns:



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# File 'lib/twilio/rails/models/phone_caller.rb', line 35

def inbound_calls_for(tree)
  tree = tree.is_a?(Twilio::Rails::Phone::Tree) ? tree.name : tree
  phone_calls.inbound.tree(tree)
end

#location ⇒ String

Returns A well formatted string with the city/state/country of the phone caller, if available.

Returns:

  • (String) —

    A well formatted string with the city/state/country of the phone caller, if available.



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# File 'lib/twilio/rails/models/phone_caller.rb', line 30

def location
  phone_calls.inbound.last&.location
end

#outbound_calls_for(tree) ⇒ Array<Twilio::Rails::Models::PhoneCall>

Returns All outbound phone calls for the given phone tree or tree name.

Returns:



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# File 'lib/twilio/rails/models/phone_caller.rb', line 41

def outbound_calls_for(tree)
  tree = tree.is_a?(Twilio::Rails::Phone::Tree) ? tree.name : tree
  phone_calls.outbound.tree(tree)
end

#response_digits(prompt:, tree:) ⇒ String?

Returns the digits as a String as entered through the keypad during a phone call as gather:. Returns nil if the response is not found, if the response has no digits, or if the response was a timeout. Can include both * and # characters if the caller pressed them.

Parameters:

  • prompt (String, Symbol) —

    The prompt handle to query.

  • tree (String, Symbol, Twilio::Rails::Phone::Tree) —

    The tree or name of the tree to query.

Returns:

  • (String, nil) —

    The digits as entered by the caller or nil if not found or not present.



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# File 'lib/twilio/rails/models/phone_caller.rb', line 58

def response_digits(prompt:, tree:)
  response = responses.tree(tree).where(prompt_handle: prompt, timeout: false).last
  return nil unless response
  response.digits
end

#response_for(prompt:, tree:) ⇒ Twilio::Rails::Models::Response?

Finds the most recent Response for the given prompt and tree. This is useful for building phone trees and finding previous responses to prompts. Returns nil if no response is found.

Parameters:

  • prompt (String, Symbol) —

    The prompt handle to find the response for.

  • tree (String, Symbol, Twilio::Rails::Phone::Tree) —

    The tree or name of the tree in which to find the response.

Returns:



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# File 'lib/twilio/rails/models/phone_caller.rb', line 94

def response_for(prompt:, tree:)
  responses.tree(tree).where(prompt_handle: prompt).last
end

#response_integer_digits(prompt:, tree:) ⇒ Integer?

Returns the digits as an Integer entered through the keypad during a phone call as gather:. Returns nil if the response is not found, if the response has no digits, if the response was a timeout, or if the response contains * or # characters. Useful for doing branching logic within a phone tree, such as "Press 2 for sales..." etc..

Parameters:

  • prompt (String, Symbol) —

    The prompt handle to query.

  • tree (String, Symbol, Twilio::Rails::Phone::Tree) —

    The tree or name of the tree to query.

Returns:

  • (Integer, nil) —

    The digits as entered by the caller or nil if not found or not present.



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# File 'lib/twilio/rails/models/phone_caller.rb', line 72

def response_integer_digits(prompt:, tree:)
  response = responses.tree(tree).where(prompt_handle: prompt, timeout: false).last
  return nil unless response
  response.integer_digits
end

#response_reached?(prompt:, tree:) ⇒ true, false

Checks if this phone caller has ever reached a response in a given phone tree. This is useful for building phone trees and determining if a phone caller has reached a certain point in the tree before or not.

Parameters:

  • prompt (String, Symbol) —

    The prompt handle to query.

  • tree (String, Symbol, Twilio::Rails::Phone::Tree) —

    The tree or name of the tree to query.

Returns:

  • (true, false) —

    If the response has been reached or not.



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# File 'lib/twilio/rails/models/phone_caller.rb', line 84

def response_reached?(prompt:, tree:)
  response_for(prompt: prompt, tree: tree).present?
end

#sms_conversations ⇒ Array<Twilio::Rails::Models::SmsConversation>

Returns All SMS conversations for the phone caller.

Returns:

  • (Array<Twilio::Rails::Models::SmsConversation>) —

    All SMS conversations for the phone caller.



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# File 'lib/twilio/rails/models/phone_caller.rb', line 47

def sms_conversations
  Twilio::Rails.config.sms_conversation_class.phone_number(self.phone_number)
end