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When a mobile phone user sends an SMS to the Twilio phone number, Orbita tries to recognize recognizes the intent and replies back with an SMS (which contains the configured response for that intent) to the user via the Twilio phone number to the user.

Prerequisites

  • Registered Twilio account.

  • Twilio-powered Phone number.

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  1. Import the below flow to the Experience Designer.

    Code Block
    [
    {
        "id": "fc3d6a5b.e921e8",
        "type": "http in",
        "z": "8a8b3a1.0b8abc8",
        "name": "Twilio - SMS",
        "url": "/twilio/message",
        "method": "post",
        "upload": false,
        "swaggerDoc": "",
        "x": 90,
        "y": 440,
        "wires": [
            [
                "ce22e0f2.724c2",
                "e6e548b3.6bb298"
            ]
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "e6e548b3.6bb298",
        "type": "function",
        "z": "8a8b3a1.0b8abc8",
        "name": "Post Process",
        "func": "var _ = global.get('lodash');\nvar text = _.get(msg, 'payload.Body',null);\nmsg.payload.text = text;\nmsg.payload.sessionId = _.get(msg, 'req.sessionID', '');\nreturn msg;\n",
        "outputs": 1,
        "noerr": 0,
        "x": 270,
        "y": 440,
        "wires": [
            [
                "3ab2c841.9b1d28",
                "8db04496.f15b38"
            ]
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "3ab2c841.9b1d28",
        "type": "orbita-bot-provider-v2",
        "z": "8a8b3a1.0b8abc8",
        "name": "",
        "botInParser": "",
        "botOutParser": "",
        "transcriptEnabled": false,
        "ttsconfig": "{\n              \"languageCode\": \"en-US\",\n              \"ssmlGender\": \"FEMALE\",\n              \"name\": \"en-US-Standard-C\",\n              \"audioEncoding\": \"MP3\"\n              }",
        "providerType": "Google",
        "skillConfig": "496cb5db.ebb6fc",
        "token": "",
        "noerr": 0,
        "agentId": "",
        "nlpData": false,
        "x": 460,
        "y": 440,
        "wires": [
            [
                "7c190c7f.9afab4",
                "70f78986.278088"
            ]
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "7c190c7f.9afab4",
        "type": "function",
        "z": "8a8b3a1.0b8abc8",
        "name": "Process",
        "func": "const utils = global.get('orbitaUtil');\nmsg.text = utils.sanitizeSimpleHtmlText(msg.payload.orbitaPayload.payload.multiagent.chat.chatText);\nreturn msg;",
        "outputs": 1,
        "noerr": 0,
        "x": 640,
        "y": 440,
        "wires": [
            [
                "97de6336.c9e2e"
            ]
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "97de6336.c9e2e",
        "type": "template",
        "z": "8a8b3a1.0b8abc8",
        "name": "Respond",
        "field": "payload",
        "fieldType": "msg",
        "format": "handlebars",
        "syntax": "mustache",
        "template": "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n<Response>\n    <Message>{{text}}</Message>\n</Response>\n",
        "output": "str",
        "x": 800,
        "y": 440,
        "wires": [
            [
                "5bba4979.cbe6a8"
            ]
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "5bba4979.cbe6a8",
        "type": "http response",
        "z": "8a8b3a1.0b8abc8",
        "name": "",
        "statusCode": "",
        "headers": {},
        "x": 950,
        "y": 440,
        "wires": []
    },
    {
        "id": "496cb5db.ebb6fc",
        "type": "alexa-skill-config",
        "skillname": "Documentation Flows",
        "projectId": "5cf9249637e124a03087780b",
        "intents": "[]",
        "skillstate": "",
        "disableLogging": false
    },
    {
        "id": "slots",
        "type": "slots",
        "z": "",
        "slots": []
    }
]

    This will import a flow to your canvas as shown below.

    Image Added

  2. Change the endpoint in the http in node to your liking.
    In the above example, it is /twilio/message.

    Now the mobile phone user can send a text message to the Twilio number and converse with the

  3. chatbotClick on Done and Deploy the Experience Designer flow.

Twilio Configuration

  1. Navigate to https://console.twilio.com/

  2. From the Side navigation bar, select Phone Numbers > Manage > Active Numbers and click on the phone number to go to the configuration page.

  3. On the configuration page, select the “Configure“ tab and scroll down to the Messaging section.

    Image Added


    Add the webhook web hook (URL endpoint) you created in the Experience Designer.
    In this example, it is https://sandbox15.orbita.cloud:8443/oeapi/twilio/message

Best Practices

  1. Do not use special characters in the messages.

Video Content

https://cdn.orbita.cloud/assets/orbita/ivr/bidirectionaltwilio.mp4

Supporting Documentation

No additional supporting documentation

Useful Links

http://orbita.ai

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