Bird

With Bird modules in Make, you can manage the SMS, contacts, and groups in your Bird account.

To use the Bird modules, you must have a Bird account. You can create an account at bird.com.

Refer to the Bird API documentation for a list of available endpoints.

Connect Bird to Make

To establish the connection, you must:

Obtain your API key in Bird

To obtain your API key from your Bird account:

Log in to your Bird account and go to Dashboard.
In the Your API Keys section, click Show and copy the API Key.

You will use this value in the Access Key field in Make.

Establish the connection with Bird in Make

To establish the connection in Make:

Log in to your Make account, add a Bird module to your scenario, and click Create a connection.
Optional: In the Connection name field, enter a name for the connection.
In the Access Key field, enter the API key copied above.
Click Save.
If prompted, authenticate your account and confirm access.

You have successfully established the connection. You can now edit your scenario and add more Bird modules. If your connection requires reauthorization at any point, follow the connection renewal steps here.

Build Bird Scenarios

After connecting the app, you can perform the following actions:

Messages

Delete an SMS Message

Deletes an SMS message.

Connection	Establish a connection to your Bird account.
Message ID	Enter the Message ID you want to delete.

Read an SMS Message

Gets details of an SMS message.

Connection	Establish a connection to your Bird account.
Message ID	Enter the Message ID you want to read.

List SMS Messages

Retrieves a list of SMS messages that were sent or received.

Connection	Establish a connection to your Bird account.
Limit	Enter the number of messages Make should return during one execution cycle.
Originator	Enter the sender number whose messages you want to list.
Recipient	Enter the recipient number whose messages you want to list.
Direction	Select the message direction: Sent Received
Type	Select the message type: SMS Binary Flash
Status	Select the status of the messages you want to list: Scheduled Sent Buffered Delivered Expired Delivery Failed

Send an SMS Message

Sends an SMS message via Bird.

Connection	Establish a connection to your Bird account.
Recipients	Enter the recipient number to whom you want to send the message.
Originator	Enter the sender details. You can either enter the sender's phone number with country code or name or text that is alphanumeric.
Body	Enter the message text.
Reference	Enter the client reference number of the message.
Report URL	Enter the message status report URL.

Watch SMS Messages

Triggers when a new SMS message is sent or received.

Connection	Establish a connection to your Bird account.
Limit	Enter the maximum number of messages Make should return during one execution cycle.
Originator	Enter the sender number whose messages you want to watch.
Recipient	Enter the recipient number whose messages you want to watch.
Direction	Select the message direction: Sent Received
Type	Select the message type: SMS Binary Flash
Status	Select the status of the messages you want to watch: Scheduled Sent Buffered Delivered Expired Delivery Failed

Contacts

Create a Contact

Creates a contact.

Connection	Establish a connection to your Bird account.
Phone Number	Enter the phone number of the contact.
First Name	Enter the first name of the contact.
Last Name	Enter the last name of the contact.
Custom Field 1 - 4	Add custom fields for the contact.

Get a Contact

Retrieves the information of an existing contact.

Connection	Establish a connection to your Bird account.
Contact ID	Enter the Contact ID whose details you want to retrieve.

Add a Contact to a Group

Adds a contact to a group.

Connection	Establish a connection to your Bird account.
Group ID	Enter the Group ID to which you want to add to the contacts.
IDs	Add the Contact IDs of the contact. You can add a maximum of 50 contacts.

Remove a Contact from a Group

Removes a contact from a group.

Connection	Establish a connection to your Bird account.
Group ID	Enter the Group ID from which you want to remove the contact.
Contact ID	Enter the Contact ID you want to remove from the group.

Delete a Contact

Deletes a contact.

Connection	Establish a connection to your Bird account.
Contact ID	Enter the Contact ID you want to delete.

Update a Contact

Updates the contact.

Connection	Establish a connection to your Bird account.
Contact ID	Enter the Contact ID you want to update.
Phone Number	Enter the phone number of the contact
First Name	Enter the first name of the contact.
Last Name	Enter the last name of the contact.
Custom Field 1 - 4	Add custom fields for the contact.

Create a Group

Creates a group.

Connection	Establish a connection to your Bird account.
Name	Enter the name of the group.

Delete a Group

Deletes a group.

Connection	Establish a connection to your Bird account.
Group ID	Enter the Group ID you want to delete.

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