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