Activities

• Send SMS
• Send WhatsApp Message
• VoiceCall (Text-to-speech)

Send SMS

This activity sends an SMS via Twilio Web API

Activity Parameters

The SendSMS activity parameters can be provided by manual inserted values or via IN arguments or variables:

• Parameters:
  • FromPhoneNumber (string): The phone number of the sms sender.
  • Message (string): The message that you wish to send via Twilio.
  • ToPhoneNumber (string): The number of the recipient for the message.
  • AccountSID (string): The account’s SID for authentication.
  • APIKeySID (string): The account’s API Key SID for authentication with the Twilio API.
  • AuthenticationMethod (string, default -> “AuthToken”): The method to use for authentication with the Twilio API
    • Possible values : AuthToken, API Key
  • Token (password editor type) (type: string): the personal access token for the connection to Twilio.
  • TokenBinding (text box editor type) (type: string): bind to a variable containing the encrypted personal access token for Twilio. (This parameter is used only when the user wants to send an encrypted password from outside the workflow, for example Flowster Studio Portal).
• The Read-Only Output variable are the possible output values that the activity will provide:
  • Status (string): the status that gets returned by the API

Send WhatsApp Message

Sends a WhatsApp message via Twilio API

Activity Parameters

The Send WhatsApp Message activity parameters can be provided by manual inserted values or via IN arguments or variables:

• Parameters:
  • FromPhoneNumber (string): The phone number of the sms sender.
  • Message (string): The message that you wish to send via Twilio.
  • ToPhoneNumber (string): The number of the recipient for the message.
  • AccountSID (string): The account’s SID for authentication.
  • APIKeySID (string): The account’s API Key SID for authentication with the Twilio API.
  • AuthenticationMethod (string, default -> “AuthToken”): The method to use for authentication with the Twilio API
    • Possible values : AuthToken, API Key
  • Token (password editor type) (type: string): the personal access token for the connection to Twilio.
  • TokenBinding (text box editor type) (type: string): bind to a variable containing the encrypted personal access token for Twilio. (This parameter is used only when the user wants to send an encrypted password from outside the workflow, for example Flowster Studio Portal).

• The Read-Only Output variable are the possible output values that the activity will provide:
  • Status (string): the status that gets returned by the API

VoiceCall (Text-to-speech)

The VoiceCall (Text-to-speech) activity starts a voice call to the specified number (text-to-speech)

Activity Parameters

The VoiceCall (Text-to-speech) activity parameters can be provided by manual inserted values or via IN arguments or variables:

• Parameters:
  • FromPhoneNumber (string): The phone number of the sms sender.
  • Language (string): The language of your message (use an ISO language code, e.g. 'en-US' or 'en'.
  • Message (string): the text which should be converted into a voice call. PLEASE NOTE: If you are connecting via API, you have to specify a valid XML URI or a TwiML bin to pass your message to a voice call. To create a new TwiML bin please visit https://www.twilio.com/console/twiml-bins/. The TwiML bin should have the following template: <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><Response><Say language='{{lang}}'>{{message}}</Say></Response>
  • ToPhoneNumber (string): The number of the recipient for the message.
  • XML URL (string): the extern URL of the XML document (with special tags defined by Twilio) which should be converted into a voice call. The XML will override the text in the 'Message'-Field. PLEASE NOTE: If you are connecting via API, you can also use a TwiML bin to pass your custom message to a voice call. To create a new TwiML bin please visit https://www.twilio.com/console/twiml-bins/. The TwiML bin should have the following template: <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><Response><Say language='{{lang}}'>{{message}}</Say></Response>
  • AccountSID (string): The account’s SID for authentication.
  • APIKeySID (string): The account’s API Key SID for authentication with the Twilio API.
  • AuthenticationMethod (string, default -> “AuthToken”): The method to use for authentication with the Twilio API
    • Possible values : AuthToken, API Key
  • Token (password editor type) (type: string): the personal access token for the connection to Twilio.
  • TokenBinding (text box editor type) (type: string): bind to a variable containing the encrypted personal access token for Twilio. (This parameter is used only when the user wants to send an encrypted password from outside the workflow, for example Flowster Studio Portal).

• The Read-Only Output variable are the possible output values that the activity will provide:
  • Status (string): the status that gets returned by the API