Flask USSD Application

Simple ussd application built with Flask, Africa's Talking, Heroku and Docker

Prerequisites

• Python 3
• Docker CLI
• Heroku CLI
• Africa's Talking Sandbox Account

Installation instructions

• pip install -r requirements.txt
• docker build -t flaskafricastalking .
• heroku create
• heroku container:push web --app <YOUR_APP_NAME>
• heroku container:release web --app <YOUR_APP_NAME>

Set up USSD on Africa's Talking

• Create a USSD Channel
• On your callback, get the URL from your Heroku app and add it as your callback URL.
• Launch the simulator

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Resources

Refer to this blog post for further references.