Send Message

Description:

Send Message allows you to send a message to a user. Use this Widget to send messages to the user before any other action. If you want to request a user’s input after a message, use the Send & Wait For Reply Widget instead.

Required Configuration

Name	Description	Default
Message Body	The text of the message to send.
Send Message From	The “from” number -- choose one from Phone Number, MessagingServiceSid, OTT Id	Flow Default `flow.channel.address`
Send Message To	The "to" number, or recipient of the message	Flow Default `contact.channel.address`

Optional Configuration

Name	Description	Default
Media URL	The URL of the media you wish you send out with the message (i.e. `https://demo.twilio.com/owl.png`)
Programmable Chat Service	Only applies for Flows working with Twilio Programmable Chat. A Chat service is where all the Channels, Messages, Users and other resources within a Chat deployment live. See the Chat Services REST API docs for more information.	`trigger.message.InstanceSid`
Programmable Chat Channel	Only applies for Flows working with Twilio Programmable Chat. Channels are the center of all chat activity within a Chat Service. Chat messages are sent to a particular channel. See the Chat Channels REST API docs for more information.	`trigger.message.ChannelSid`
Message Attributes	Only applies for Flows working with Twilio Programmable Chat. An optional string metadata field you can use to store any data you wish along with the sent message. The string value must contain structurally valid JSON if specified. See the Chat Mesages REST API docs for more information.

Using Programmable Chat:

Messages from a user in a Programmable Chat Channel can be received by Studio and responded to using the Send Message widget. To enable incoming Chat messages, add the Studio Flow's webhook URL as a Chat Channel webhook.

Example:

curl -X POST https://chat.twilio.com/v2/Services/ISxxxxxxxx/Channels/CHxxxxxxxxxx/Webhooks \
--data-urlencode "Type=studio" \
--data-urlencode "Configuration.FlowSid=FWxxxxxxxxx" \
-u ACCOUNT_SID:AUTH_TOKEN

New messages posted in the Chat Channel will create a new Studio Execution, enabling the Studio Flow to interact with the Chat user.

Variables:

Outbound

SID	`widgets.MY_WIDGET_NAME.outbound.Sid`
To	`widgets.MY_WIDGET_NAME.outbound.To`
From	`widgets.MY_WIDGET_NAME.outbound.From`
Body	`widgets.MY_WIDGET_NAME.outbound.Body`
Status	`widgets.MY_WIDGET_NAME.outbound.Status`

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