ClickSend - Send an SMS to a list

Use the ClickSend - Send an SMS to a list action A tool for building the processes, logic, and direction within workflows. Actions are the steps the workflow performs to complete a process. to send an SMS message to a ClickSend list.

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ClickSend - Send an SMS to a list action fields and settings

Configure the ClickSend - Send an SMS to a list action

Add the action to the workflow and open the action configuration panel. For more information, see Add an action to the workflow.

Select a Connection. If you do not have a connection, see Add a connection.
In Messages, click Add item.
Specify the To list contact list ID.
Specify the From sender ID.
Specify the Message content.
Configure the details of the SMS, such as country, source, your reference, schedule time, and a custom reply-to email address.
If you want to add more SMSs messages to send, click Add item again and configure the message.
Create or select a variable for the output.

For more information on all the required and optional configuration fields, go to ClickSend - Send an SMS to a list action fields and settings.

ClickSend - Send an SMS to a list action fields and settings

Section	Field	Description	Variable types
(Unlabeled)	Connection Credentials and other settings that enables workflows to communicate with external systems, services, or applications. It's required to pass data between the workflow and the indicated service, which could be a cloud service, business application, or content store.	The ClickSend connection to use to send the SMS message. To refresh the available connections, click .	(n/a)
Messages	Message	Click Add item to create a new SMS message to send.	(n/a)
	To list	Your contact list ID. How do I get the contact list ID from ClickSend? You can use the output object of a ClickSend - Get contact lists action to retrieve the List ID. You can post to a list with up to 20000 recipients with each action. The response is far less detailed than the normal ClickSend - Send an SMS action.	Text, Decimal, Integer, Boolean, DateTime, Collection
	From	Your sender ID. This is the number that shows on the recipient's phone when they receive the message.	Text, Decimal, Integer, Boolean, DateTime, Collection
	Message	The text of your message. A standard SMS message has a maximum of 160 characters. Longer messages are definitely possible, however exceeding 160 characters creates a ‘second’ message. The end user will see this as one long message on their handset. When a message is longer than 160 characters, this is referred to as a multi-part message as it contains multiple messages (or multiple-parts). The total SMS limit then becomes 153 characters per ‘part’ as the 7 characters are used up by invisible headers and footers which denote which part of the message is being sent. If a message contains any characters that aren't in the GSM 03.38 character set, the message type will be treated as Unicode. See How many characters can I send in a message for more information. You are required to add an opt-out message to the end of your message body if you are sending a marketing message. This can be in the form of asking users to reply STOP to opt-out or by including StopMsg.me/xxxxx which is a placeholder that will add a link that can be clicked to out-out.	Text, Decimal, Integer, Boolean, DateTime, Collection
	Source	Your method of sending the message, for example; 'nintex', 'wordpress', 'php', 'c#'.	Text, Decimal, Integer, Boolean, DateTime, Collection
	Your reference	A description of the SMS message for your future reference.	Text, Decimal, Integer, Boolean, DateTime, Collection
	Schedule	Leave this field blank for immediate delivery. Your scheduled time in Unix time format. What is Unix time? Unix time (also known as Epoch time, Posix time, seconds since the Epoch, or UNIX Epoch time) is a system for describing a point in time. It is the number of seconds that have elapsed since the Unix epoch, minus leap seconds; the Unix epoch is 00:00:00 UTC on 1 January 1970 (an arbitrary date); leap seconds are ignored, with a leap second having the same Unix time as the second before it, and every day is treated as if it contains exactly 86400 seconds. Unix time is widely used in operating systems and file formats. How do I convert to Unix time? The following steps present an example of how to get Unix time from a date in a form input: In a form, create aDate/time picker control called Target Date. Add a variable that calculates the TotalSeconds between 1970/1/1 00:00:00 and your target date: dateDiff("TotalSecond", date(1970,1,1,0,0,0), Form.Target Date) Test the form to make sure that the control is working. For example, selecting 12pm on the 9th of June 2021 should result in a Unix time of 1623240000.	Text, Decimal, Integer, Boolean, DateTime, Collection
	Country	The ISO alpha-2 character country code e.g. 'US', This used to format the recipient number if it's not in international format.	Text, Decimal, Integer, Boolean, DateTime, Collection
	Custom reply-to email address	An email address where the reply should be emailed to. If omitted, the reply will be emailed back to the user who sent the outgoing SMS.	Text, Decimal, Integer, Boolean, DateTime, Collection
Output	Sent message details	Stores the result of the action as an object. See ClickSend API for more details. The following values are returned: HTTP response code: (Integer) Response Code: (Text) Response message: (Text) Data: (Object) Queued count: (Integer) Total price: (Decimal) Total count: (Integer) Messages: (Collection) Body: (Text) Carrier: (Text) Country: (Text) Your reference: (Text) Date: (Integer) Direction: (Text) From: (Text) Message ID: (Text) Message parts: (Integer) Message price: (Decimal) Schedule: (Decimal) Status: (Text) Sub account ID: (Integer) To: (Text) User ID: (Integer) Currency: (Object) Currency: (Text) Currency name: (Text) Currency prefix c: (Text) Currency prefix d: (Text)	Object