toshiText

toshiText is an application to send bitcoin transactions via text message.

This a class project developed by five students for the Software Product Development class (SPD) 1.3 at Make School in San Francisco, California.

Goal of ToshiText

To enable people across the world to take control of their personal finances.

Documentation

To learn more about toshiText visit our documentation site

Built With

• Node - Node
• MongoDB - Document based database
• Next.js - React framework for rendering server side apps

API Integrations

• Twilio - Send text messages
• BlockCypher API - create bitcoin wallets and send transactions

ERD

Command Structure

send <amount> <destination number>

Examples

send mbtc0.004 4150000000
send $4 5031234567

Wireframes

File Structure

root/
|
|-- pages/              
|        |--index.js
|        |--request.js
|        |--wallet.js
|        |--team.js
         |--team.js
|
|-- routes/               
        |-- users.js
        |-- requests.js
|
|-- models/                     
      |-- Account.js
      |-- Request.js
      |-- User.js
|
|-- services/                     
      |--Auth0.js
|
|-- static/ 
      |--favicon/
            |-- favicon-small.png
      |-- images/
      
|-- config/                     
|     |-- dev.js
      |-- index.js
      |-- prod.js
      
|
|-- styles/                 
      |-- main.scss/
|
|-- env files                 
|-- server.js                
|-- next.config.js            
|-- env.config.js 
|-- .babelrc.js
|-- README.md
|-- misc

Try it yourself

To begin using the project:

• clone it
• rename .env.example to .env
• change the example keys in .env to your own
• start your database
• start the app

Example

$ git clone [email protected]:jasmines-co/best_website_ever.git
$ cd best_website_ever
$ npm install
$ cp .env.example .env
$ mongod
$ npm run dev

Deploy it yourself

To deploy to Heroku:

git clone [email protected]:jasmines-co/best_website_ever.git
mongod
npm run dev
git add .
git commit -m 'deploying to heroku'
heroku create my-cool-app-name
git remote -v
heroku ps:scale web=1
heroku addons:create mongolab:sandbox
git subtree push --prefix src heroku master

Live Version

Live version - http://toshi-text.herokuapp.com/

Developers

Jasmine Anderson

• Role: Backend Engineer
• Technologies: Node, Express, Handlebars, MongoDB

Kendra Moore

• Role: Frontend Engineer
• Technologies: Node, Express, MongoDB, Next

Sukrobjon Golibboev

• Role: Backend Engineer
• Technologies: Node, Express, MongoDB

Fodé Diop

• Role: Senior Backend Engineer
• Technologies: Node, Express, MongoDB

Jasmine Humbert

• Role: Product Manager
• Technologies: Node, Express, MongoDB, Google Cloud, Git/Github