SMS enable your workflows and automations with the Power Automate Connector for BulkSMS.
BulkSMS.com
You will need an active BulkSMS.com account to use this connector. Sign-up for a free account at https://www.bulksms.com. New accounts will receive 5 free SMS text credits. Additional credits can be purchased on a Pay-As-you-Go basis. Credits don't expire. No long term contracts or commitments. High volume pricing with post-pay options are also available. Please contact sales@bulksms.com for additional information.
Send an SMS Message to a mobile number
We recommend that you use an API Token, but you can also use your BulkSMS account username and password directly. To generate an API Token, sign into https://www.bulksms.com, then navigate to Settings / Advanced / Manage API Tokens / Create Token
- Create a new Automation
- Select your trigger (for example, an Instant cloud flow)
- Select the BulkSMS connector, name it and enter your Credentials
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Auto-Unicode (required) | When Yes is selected, then messages are automatically sent as Unicode if required. Unicode messages allow 70 characters per message part. Standard messages allow 160 characters per message part. If No is selected, then the message is sent as a standard 7-bit message. Unicode characters are substituted by the mobile network. This may result in ? substitutions. |
| to | The destination mobile / cell number. Numbers must begin with a country code (eg. 1 for US. 44 for UK) and must be numeric with no spaces. Valid example : 1234567890, Invalid example: (0123)456-7890. |
| body (required) | The message content. For example Hello World. Standard messages allow 160 characters per message part. Unicode messages allow 70 characters per message part. If message length is exceeded, then messages will automatically be concatenated to a maximum of longMessageMaxParts message parts. |
| longMessageMaxParts | See body above for additional information. Each message part costs the same as one SMS. Concatenation reduces each message part by 7 characters. For example, a message of 161 characters will use 2 message parts and allow a total of 153 + 153 characters (thus 306 characters) |
| from | This is the Sender ID field. When left blank, the message will be sent from a reply pool of numbers or default sender ID, depending on region and account settings. If the message is from a reply number, then reply messages are routed back to the Inbox of your BulkSMS account. Additional Webhooks and other triggers can be configured from your BulkSMS account (see Settings / Message / Replies and Settings / Advanced / Webhooks. You may specify a custom sender ID in this field, but you must first have this sender ID registered and added to your BulkSMS account. See Settings / Message / Sender IDs. See the Notes on Sender ID lower in this document for additional information. |
This connector offers full featured outbound SMS messaging. You can only send to one number at a time. We don't yet relay reply messages and other events through this connector. You can however, from your BulkSMS account, configure Webhooks for mobile originated / reply messages and delivery / status reports. Navigate to Settings / Advanced / Webhooks
Custom Sender ID's need to be preloaded on your BulkSMS account. Sender ID rules :
- can be numeric or alpha-numeric (eg 15554321 or BobsPizza),
- must not contain any special characters or punctuation (eg #, $, %)
- must not exceed 11 characters in length
To request one or more custom sender ID's, please sign into your BulkSMS account and navigate to Settings / Message / Sender IDs
Note ! Messages sent with a Custom sender ID are not repliable.
To send repliable messages, ensure your account has the Default Repliable setting enabled.
Yes. You can use the same BulkSMS account for Power Automate and any of our other SMS products and integrations.
No. Credits do not expire.
Yes. Just head over to our developer portal
Absolutely. Just email support@bulksms.com and make sure you mention the Microsoft Power Automate Connector when you describe your problem.