I need to be able to text a group of users. i can text individuals with a twillio API integration but when added to a group in database I’m unable to get this working. is there a work around?
Hi @JBCA,
A brief research shows that:
- if you’d like to send a message to several users (but this is just one message), you will need to iterate the recipients one by one. You may want to use Make or Zapier for that. See also here https://support.twilio.com/hc/en-us/articles/223181548-Can-I-set-up-one-API-call-to-send-messages-to-a-list-of-people-
- it’s worth exploring if Twilio supports subscribers lists (seems that it does: SMS Bulk Messaging 101 | Twilio), then you’ll be able to send a message to the list. However you will need to create the list first.
- there is a feature called “Group Messaging” in Twilio Conversations API, but it seems that it creates one group for several participants: Introducing Group Texting with Twilio Conversations.
First few google search results for the keywords “twilio sms multiple recipients” also bring some interesting ideas.
Best regards, Victor.
wow thanks for the detailed response. how would i iterate the recipients one by one
Hi Josh @JBCA,
The only way to do it in Adalo is to use countdown timers in a list (similar to what’s done here https://youtu.be/0OLszLhb_7k), but I would not recommend doing it for any list longer than 5-10 records.
You can use something like Make (make.com) to create a scenario which will take the users you need from an Adalo collection and then send the messages to each user. There are other 3rd party platforms which can do it as well. Keep in mind that you will need to have Collections API enabled to make it work in Make (not available on all plans).
Best regards, Victor.
i managed to get it connected but I’m struggling how to get make to see the individual users in the group. could you give any tips @Victor
i’ve managed to get it to list all the groups but don’t know then how to extract the users listed in that
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