Send an SMS with Zapier

This example shows you how to create a Smart Action "Send SMS" that triggers a Zapier webhook to send an SMS message with Twilio.
Requirements
An admin backend running on forest-express-sequelize
A Zapier account
​node-fetch npm package
How it works
Directory: /models
This directory contains the users.js file where the model is declared.
/models/users.js
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module.exports = (sequelize, DataTypes) => {
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  const { Sequelize } = sequelize;
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  const Users = sequelize.define('users', {
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    email: {
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      type: DataTypes.STRING,
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    },
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    phoneNumber: {
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      type: DataTypes.STRING,
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    },
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  }, {
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    tableName: 'users',
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    timestamps: false,
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    schema: process.env.DATABASE_SCHEMA,
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  });
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​
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  Users.associate = (models) => {
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  };
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​
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  return Users;
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};
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Directory: /forest
This directory contains the users.js file where the Smart Action Send SMSis declared.
/forest/users.js
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const { collection } = require('forest-express-sequelize');
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​
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collection('users', {
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  actions: [{
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    name: 'Send SMS',
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    type: 'single'
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  }],
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});
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Directory: /routes
This directory contains the users.js file where the implementation of the route is handled. The POST /forest/actions/send-sms API call is triggered when you click on the Smart Action in the Forest UI. The route implementation retrieves all the necessary data and triggers another API call directly to a Zapier hook.
/routes/users.js
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const fetch = require('node-fetch');
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//...
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​
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// Send SMS
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router.post('/actions/send-sms', (request, response) => {
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  let userId = request.body.data.attributes.ids[0];
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  return users
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    .findByPk(userId)
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    .then((user) => {
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      user = user.toJSON()
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      return fetch('https://hooks.zapier.com/hooks/catch/4760242/o1uqz0r/silent', {
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        method: 'POST',
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        body: JSON.stringify({
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          phoneNumber: user.phoneNumber
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        }),
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        headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
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      });
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    })
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    .then(() => {
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      response.status(204).send();
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    });
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});
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​
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//...
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​
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module.exports = router;
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