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Robotic Process Automation Projects

By : Nandan Mullakara, Arun Kumar Asokan
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Robotic Process Automation Projects

By: Nandan Mullakara, Arun Kumar Asokan

Overview of this book

Robotic Process automation helps businesses to automate monotonous tasks that can be performed by machines. This project-based guide will help you progress through easy to more advanced RPA projects. You’ll learn the principles of RPA and how to architect solutions to meet the demands of business automation, along with exploring the most popular RPA tools - UiPath and Automation Anywhere. In the first part, you’ll learn how to use UiPath by building a simple helpdesk ticket system. You’ll then automate CRM systems by integrating Excel data with UiPath. After this, the book will guide you through building an AI-based social media moderator using Google Cloud Vision API. In the second part, you’ll learn about Automation Anywhere's latest Cloud RPA platform (A2019) by creating projects such as an automated ERP administration system, an AI bot for order and invoice processing, and an automated emergency notification system for employees. Later, you’ll get hands-on with advanced RPA tasks such as invoking APIs, before covering complex concepts such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning in automation to take your understanding of RPA to the next level. By the end of the book, you’ll have a solid foundation in RPA with experience in building real-world projects.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)

Twilio

In this chapter, we will be sending employees text (SMS) messages using a communication API called Twilio. 

Twilio is a cloud-based service that enables you to make calls and send and receive texts programmatically. It provides a modern cloud communications platform that your applications can leverage quickly and easily. The key capabilities of the platform are as follows:

  • Voice: You can use APIs to call landlines and mobile devices from your web and mobile applications.
  • Text/SMS: You can send and receive SMS and MMS from your web and mobile applications.
  • Video: You can embed video collaboration into your web and mobile applications.

You may have most likely used Twilio when using apps such as Uber, Airbnb, Netflix, and so on. These apps use Twilio to send you notifications over text or phone. It enables communication for more than 40,000 businesses around the world.

We will be using the Twilio API to send mass text (SMS) messages to employees.&...