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How to enable Grails application to send SMS via Twilio API

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How to send SMS with Grails Application via Twilio   Are you trying to send text messages from your Grails web application? If your answer is Yes then you are in luck. If your answer is No .. well... stick around... you'll learn something.  Target audience: People interested in software development, Grails framework and Groovy programming language. This article may be more interesting if you already know Grails framework.  What you need: A twilio account with your API keys The grails-twilio plugin Your grails application ( Grails version 2.x and above ) To create a twilio account, please visit  http://www.twilio.com . Copy your API Keys The twilio-grails plug-in provides sms sending capability to a Grails application via twilio api. Configuration Add twilio plugin Depending on what version of Grails you are using, open your buildConfig.groovy file or build.gradle file and add the following line. compile "org.grails.plugins:twilio:

How to accept PayPal payments on Grails

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How to accept PayPal payments with Grails Application. Introduction to Paypal payments plugin. The Paypal payments plugin simplifies the integration of Paypal with Grails applications.   Grails is a web framework for developing web applications and a plugin is a module that can be easily installed to add specific features to your application. Modules/Plugins are usually designed to accomplish a specific task.  Who should read this? Anyone interested in how to integrate paypal with a Grails application.  What you need A Paypal developer account with your API keys Grails paypal payments plugin Grails Application ( Version 2.x and above )  If you do not already have a Paypal developer account please visit  https://developer.paypal.com/developer/accounts/  to get one.  The paypal-payments plugin will provide the features required to interact with the Paypal API. You do not need to be a paypal payments guru to use Paypal.  A Grails ap