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Send SMS and WhatsApp messages, manage contacts, trigger flows, and broadcast alerts via RapidPro.

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Broadcast → Create

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Summary

Send a RapidPro broadcast by posting a message to selected groups, contacts, or phone number URNs. Provide the message text and choose one target type, then enter the corresponding group UUIDs, contact UUIDs, or phone numbers.

Inputs

  • Message Text (required) — The broadcast message text. The UI recommends keeping it under 160 characters for a single SMS.
  • Target Type (required) — Choose Groups, Contacts, or Phone Numbers (URNs); this determines which recipient list to provide.
  • Group UUIDs (required) — One or more group UUIDs. All members of those groups receive the broadcast; shown when Target Type is Groups.
  • Contact UUIDs (required) — One or more contact UUIDs; shown when Target Type is Contacts.
  • Phone Numbers (required) — One or more recipient numbers, such as tel:+250788123456; shown when Target Type is Phone Numbers (URNs). The node normalizes unprefixed numbers to tel: URNs.

Output shape

A list of n8n items containing the RapidPro API response.

The node sends a POST request to /broadcasts.json with the message text and the selected recipient field. A non-array response is returned as one item; an array response becomes one item per element. Errors are thrown unless Continue On Fail is enabled, in which case an error item is returned.

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