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

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Message → Send

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Summary

Send a direct SMS or WhatsApp message through RapidPro without starting a flow. Enter the message text and choose recipients by phone number (URN), contact UUID, or group UUID; the node posts those values to RapidPro’s broadcasts endpoint.

Inputs

  • Message Text (required) — Message body; supports RapidPro expressions such as @contact.name.
  • Send To (required) — Choose Phone Numbers (URNs), Contact UUIDs, or Group UUID.
  • Phone Numbers (required) — One or more recipient URNs, such as tel:+250788123456 or whatsapp:+250788123456. Inputs without a recognized tel:, whatsapp:, or telegram: prefix are normalized to tel: with a leading plus sign.
  • Contact UUIDs (required) — One or more recipient contact UUIDs; shown when Send To is Contact UUIDs.
  • Group UUID (required) — One or more group UUIDs; all group members receive the message.

Output shape

A single record containing the RapidPro API response for the submitted broadcast.

The response is emitted as one n8n item. With Continue On Fail enabled, an API error is emitted as an item containing an error field.

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