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