Africa's Talking connector for Okou
Connect Africa's Talking to send SMS and Airtime, check account balance, inspect message and transaction status, and generate auth tokens.
Communication · API Key
Use Africa's Talking in Okou
Use the Africa's Talking API to send bulk SMS, fetch inbound SMS messages, send Airtime, look up Airtime transaction status, read account and application balance data, and generate auth tokens.
Once connected, supported Africa's Talking actions can become steps in a reusable workflow alongside the other services your team uses. Run the workflow once, on a schedule, or when an event starts it.
What you can do with Africa's Talking
- Read the connected application's account and balance data.
- Look up the status of an Airtime transaction by transaction id.
- Generate a reusable auth token. The returned token is a credential and must be stored securely.
- Fetch inbound SMS messages for the connected application.
- Send Airtime to one or more recipients. This consumes the connected account's prepaid balance.
- Send a bulk SMS message to one or more recipients. This is a billable external side effect.
How the Africa's Talking connector works
A connected service becomes one permissioned step in the work you hand off.
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Connect Africa's Talking
Choose API Key.
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Choose the work
Use only the supported actions your workflow needs.
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Run it your way
Start it once, schedule it, or attach an event trigger.
Connect Africa's Talking securely
Use the connection method that fits your account and grant only the access the workflow needs.
- API Key
Connector access is controlled per service and per action, so a workflow does not need broader access than the work you ask it to do.
Africa's Talking connector questions
- What can Okou do with Africa's Talking?
- Connect Africa's Talking to send SMS and Airtime, check account balance, inspect message and transaction status, and generate auth tokens. Documented actions include: Read the connected application's account and balance data. Look up the status of an Airtime transaction by transaction id.
- How do I connect Africa's Talking to Okou?
- Connect Africa's Talking using API Key. The connection controls which supported actions a workflow can use.
- Can Africa's Talking run in an automated workflow?
- Yes. After it is connected, supported Africa's Talking actions can run in reusable Okou workflows on demand, on a schedule, or from an event trigger.
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