Sinch Messaging Nodes in Node-RED

Shahzad_Ismail — Mon, 03 Jul 2023 13:51:09 GMT

Sinch has released a package of nodes for Node-RED, which integrates with Sinch Conversation API and enables you to send and receive messages on most popular messaging services around the world. Currently supported channels are:

SMS
MMS
RCS
WhatsApp
Facebook Messenger
Instagram
WeChat
KakaoTalk
Line
Telegram
Viber Bot
Viber Business Messages.

Node-RED is a flow-based, low-code development tool for visual programming for wiring together hardware devices, APIs and online services. It provides a web browser-based editor that makes it easy to wire together flows using the wide range of nodes in the palette that can be deployed to its runtime in a single-click.

There are numerous use-cases for sending and receiving messages which depend on your particular needs, for example, Chatbots, Campaigns or auto-responses. All of these use-cases can be easily implemented using only the Sinch Messaging nodes in Node-RED. They can also be seamlessly used together with any of the native nodes provided by Node-RED.

The Sinch Messaging nodes consists of six nodes:

Start Conversation node	Used to configure the channel and number/identity for the recipient of an outgoing message. Also used to set variables which will be stored in the Conversation API and available throughout the flow.
Received Message node	Used to receive inbound messages from Sinch Conversation API for a specific application.
Send node	Used to send a message or template using the Conversation API.
Message node	Used to configure a Conversation API message. The message is defined in JSON format.
Template node	Used to configure/select a template to send through the Conversation API. Templates are created and edited on the Sinch Dashboard.
Events node	Used to route selected Sinch Conversation API events from the list in the configuration.

To use those nodes, you must have an account with Sinch. To register for a Sinch account, click here.

Installing and Getting Started with the Nodes RED package

Click the following link to learn how to install the Node RED package and get started: Install Node RED and Get Started.

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If you encounter any issues, bugs or want to request a new feature, please raise an issue on: GitHub.

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