Power Automate | Receiving SMS in your Power Automate Workflows

If you're using Microsoft Power Automate (formerly Microsoft Flows) in your business, you may like to receive SMS in your workflows.

The very first time you add an action or trigger from the Sinch connector, you'll be asked to provide API credentials for your messaging provider. To create a new API key and secret, just follow the steps in this article and save your API key and secret somewhere safe until you're prompted to input the API credentials. 

Follow this article for step by step instruction on how to connect to the Sinch messaging provider.

Adding the Receive SMS Trigger to a Workflow

1. Open Power Automate and go to My Flows and create a New Flow.

2. Next, add a trigger to your workflow. In the pop up on the left, search for "Sinch" and you will then see the Sinch connector appear in the results as a premium connector. Select the When receive an SMS trigger to add it your workflow.

3. Select the "RECIEVED_SMS" event from the drop down which will allow you to start receiving the replies coming in from your connected Sinch account. 

4. Depending on the purpose of your workflow, you may want to add a condition straight after the trigger to action the next step.

For example: You could check the content of the inbound message and if it contains a specific keyword, then send an SMS.

5. When you've finished configuring your workflow just click Save and you're done, and remember to test out your flow to make sure you receive the replies and everything is set up properly.