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I don't think it allows you to filter the source of the comment. Personally I can't fathom what role Twilio is serving in this mix. Just use the API.

• chimeracoder 12y ago
  Even if Twilio were simply providing a proxy for accessing the Google Alerts API, I would use Twilio's proxy over Google's. Twilio consistently provides excellent documentation and developer support, whereas Google's results on that front are very mixed (varies widely by product).
  • aioprisan 12y ago
    That's a bit of a stretch. You wouldn't get better results than using Google's APIs, if anything you introduced another failure point and authentication credentials that you need to track and update regularly.
  • nkozyra 12y ago
    You don't need to use Google at all. This would be a 20-minute project using the HN API. Twilio is a whole extra level of cruft. Any machine can send an email, so unless you want a voice call to tell you someone mentioned you on HN it makes absolutely no sense.
    • EGreg 12y ago
      The new HN API? Which one do you mean? Please post the link.