So say a website has been updated, or some such statistic was put in (by a third party). Now, if I wanted to get this statistic sent to my phone (and this wasn't an option on the website), what would I do?
My first inclination would be to check if this site has a public API to pull information from. If that is so, you could make a server application that polls the API and sends you the data through an sms service like twillio.
I think this would be the most simple and straightforward approach.
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I am doing a proof of concept to find a way to make callouts from Apex code to send automated Whatsapp messages/communications from Salesforce to our customers at difference points of time in Sales life cycle (ex: one at lead conversion, one when a payment is received etc).
My assumption here is to send these messages via triggers. Only thing is i am not able to figure out the correct approach to start with. I did see an example online which is using middleware apps like twilio, weboxapp to convey the messages to Whatsapp servers. Is there a way these communications could be sent directly? Any leads are appreciated!
There appears to be a fairly new integration set up between Salesforce and WhatsApp. There's a good write up in the first link below, and then documentation from Salesforce in the 2nd link. I'd start by looking through there because it might help solve your requirements much more easily. I believe that Whatsapp's APIs are private and need to be accessed through an approved partner.
https://www.wearemarketing.com/blog/salesforce-whatsapp-integration-release.html
https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=sf.messaging_set_up_whatsapp.htm&type=5
My goal is to make a website, in which user could customize a photo and then provide his friends indicators like name or id. My next task is to fetch that info from database and send messages on specific date to provided users. Ex birthday wishes, greetings, and so on.
I studied facebook send api for a few days now and couldn't find solution for myself. If I want to send message, I need to have Page-scoped id of user, which is acquired when the person text you first, which is not desired, because person wouldn't know what it is.
Also I was looking into Customer matching API, also seems to require the same PSID. The next thing I checked was Send Dialog API, which seems to send messages instantly, but not on the specific date. Also I checked unofficial facebook-chat-api, which asks for user ID, whereas I can find my id, I couldn't find ids of my friends.
So I just want to know is it even possible, if yes, I'd really appreciate your help.
User to User communication is not possible (and not allowed) in an automatic way, there is no API for it except for the Send Dialog. The Messenger platform is for page to user communication only.
Do not use inofficial tools, they are not allowed and might get you banned.
I would need to write a script in order to automate this task:
Monitor new likes on a Facebook Page periodically.
When a new like is detected, identify the person who gave it
Send them a private message, thanking them and pointing them to additional resources that may be of their interest.
Would this be feasible using the Facebook API? The documentation strikes me as a little unwelcoming for the casual observer, and I'm not sure whether this is impossible or it's just that I haven't dived deep enough. Are the three steps above doable using the API?
You can use a cron job to get the number of likes of a Page with the /page-id endpoint.
You can´t get the fans of a Page with the API, and you can´t get the "last liker" either.
Auto-sending and message prefilling is not allowed (it would be spam anyway), and you can only reply to use messages as a Page. You can´t initiate a conversation.
I have built a Custom B2B app for one of our clients. My question is how to automate the distribution of the redemption codes.
I have already looked at some of the MDM providers. Their solutions are too expensive and all we really need is a way to distribute the app from a webserver, not manage a bunch of mobile devices.
As you probably already know, when a client buys a Custom B2B app through the Apple VPP program, they get a spreadsheet with valid redemption codes for the number of licenses they have built. This spreadsheet has 2 columns: 1) redemption code 2) URL to redeem the code
I want to provide my client with a URL where they can send their users to download the app. They just don't have the expertise/infrastructure to distribute the app themselves. And emailing clients is not going to work.
I'm not a web guy, but it seems to me that we could write a webpage that would look at the spreadsheet for the next available activation code and then redirect the user to the associated URL. I'm not concerned with the number of licenses they distribute since I have another way of auditing the real number of users (Flurry). So I want this to be as painless as possible.
In fact, I have multiple clients and want to provide them each with their own URL for their clients. It seems like this shouldn't be too difficult to code.
The problem is, I'm not the guy to write that code. Any ideas on how best to do this?
Assuming that you don't want to show the user a website you should be able to do this with an online service like parse.com and the features it offers.
From a user POV you would supply them with a link which directed them to parse.com with a path and parameters indicating the action to be taken (get app) and what account is associated. This would redirect the users browser to the appropriate destination.
The main issue (and this applies to any solution) is knowing if the user actually followed through and used the code. i.e. should it be removed from the DB so it isn't offered to another user in future. Then you would update the DB each time you get a new spreadsheet.
Anyway, this could be achieved with a little javascript in parse.com, specifically, by using cloud code which can interrogate and modify the DB and then redirect the user.
Obviously if you need user authentication of some kind or other restrictions then you would need to start adding some web interface on top of this in order to collect the details.
I would like to know how to send Multiple Direct message on Twitter. In my app using twitter api, i am able to send Direct message to one( Using DM Syntax ).
Currently i can see some tools like MultiDM website allows to send multiple Direct messages at a time.
So is that possible from iPhone's twitter api?
Also i wonder how the MultiDM website works as such
Pls let me know
In twitter API there is only 1 method of sending a DM: https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1/post/direct_messages/new
If you need to send multiple DM's - just call this method multiple times (with different recipient)
Yes you cant send DM to more than one user in a single call of the API.
If you want to send DM to multiple users, just make an array of all users id or screen name and in a loop send direct messages to All through the below API...
https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1/post/direct_messages/new