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Cisco Webex

The Cisco Webex modules enable you to monitor, create, retrieve, update, or delete messages, rooms, attachment actions, memberships, and teams in your Cisco Webex account.

Getting Started With Cisco Webex

Prerequisites

Note

The module dialog fields that are displayed in bold (in the Make scenario, not in this documentation article) are mandatory!

Connecting Cisco Webex to Make

  1. Go to the Cisco Webex Integration page and click Create a new scenario. Open the Cisco Webex module's Create a connection dialog.

  2. Enter a name for the connection in the Connection name field, and click Continue.

    After you click the Continue button, Make will redirect you to the Cisco Webex website, where you will be prompted to log in and grant Make access to your account.

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Confirm the dialog by clicking the Accept button.

Message

Triggers when messages are added or deleted.

Webhook name

Enter the name for the webhook, e.g., Message Created.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Cisco Webex account.

Name

Enter a user-friendly name for the webhook, only seen when you list all your webhooks via the API.

Event

Select whether to trigger the module when a message is created or deleted.

Filter

Set the filter to return messages based on the filter settings only.

Retrieves messages based on filter settings.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Cisco Webex account.

Messages From

Select whether to retrieve messages from:

  • Room - to list messages in a room. Enter the ID, or select the room in the Room ID field below.

  • Person by ID - to list messages by the person ID of the message author. Enter (map) the ID of the person in the Person ID field below, or use the Search button to find the ID by user's name or user's email address.

  • Person by email - to list messages by the email address of the message author. Enter the email address of the person in the Person Email field below.

Parent Message ID

Enter (map) the ID of the message to retrieve replies for.

Is Mentioned

Enable to list messages with these people mentioned. Only the current API user or the person ID of the current user may be specified. Bots must include this parameter to list messages in group rooms (spaces).

Before Date

Enter the date and time to retrieve messages sent before a specified date and time. See the list of supported date and time formats.

Before Message ID

Enter (map) the ID of the message to retrieve messages sent before this message.

Limit

Set the maximum number of messages Make will return during one execution cycle.

Posts a message to the room or the specified person.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Cisco Webex account.

Send To

Select whether to send a message to:

  • Room - to send a message to the room. Enter the ID, or select the room in the Room ID field below.

  • Person by ID - to send a message to the person. Enter (map) the ID of the person in the Person ID field below, or use the Search button to find the ID by user's name or user's email address.

  • Person by email - to send a message to the person specified by email address, enter the person's email address. Enter the email address of the person in the Person Email field below.

Content Type

Select whether you want to create a plain-text message or a markdown-formatted message.

Text / Markdown

Enter the content of the message in the corresponding format. Maximum 7439 characters.

Attachment Type

Select whether to attach a file or an adaptive card.

Parent Message ID

Enter (map) the ID of the message you want to reply to.

Retrieves message details.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Cisco Webex account.

Message ID

Enter (map) the ID of the message you want to retrieve details about.

Deletes a message.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Cisco Webex account.

Message ID

Enter (map) the ID of the message you want to delete.

Attachment Action

Triggers when an attachment card is submitted.

Webhook name

Enter the name for the webhook.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Cisco Webex account.

Name

Enter a user-friendly name for the webhook, only seen when you list all your webhooks via the API.

Filter

Set the filter to return messages based on the filter settings only.

Creates a new attachment action - clicks on a submit button in a card.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Cisco Webex account.

Message ID

Enter (map) the ID of the message that contains the attachment you want to click the submit button on.

Inputs

Enter the attachment action's inputs key-value pairs.

Example:

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Retrieves details for an attachment action.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Cisco Webex account.

Attachment Action ID

Enter (map) the ID of the attachment action you want to retrieve details for.

Room

Triggers when a room is created or updated.

Webhook name

Enter the name for the webhook, e.g., Room Created.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Cisco Webex account.

Name

Enter a user-friendly name for the webhook, only seen when you list all your webhooks via the API.

Event

Select whether to trigger the module when a room is created or deleted.

Filter

Set the filter to return rooms based on the filter settings.

Retrieves rooms based on filter settings.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Cisco Webex account.

Team ID

Enter the ID of the team to list rooms associated with the team.

Type

Select the type of room you want to list:

  • Direct to list 1:1 rooms

  • Group to list group rooms.

Sort By

Select the sorting order of the results.

Limit

Set the maximum number of rooms Make will return during one execution cycle.

Creates a room.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Cisco Webex account.

Title

Enter the name for the room.

Team ID

Select or enter the ID of the team with which this room is associated.

Retrieves room details.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Cisco Webex account.

Room ID

Enter (map) or select the room you want to retrieve details for.

Updates an existing room.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Cisco Webex account.

Room ID

Enter (map) or select the room you want to update.

Title

Enter the new name for the room.

Membership

Triggers when membership is added, updated, or deleted.

Webhook name

Enter the name for the webhook, e.g., Membership Deleted.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Cisco Webex account.

Name

Enter a user-friendly name for the webhook, only seen when you list all your webhooks via the API.

Event

Select whether to trigger the module when a membership is created, updated, or deleted.

Filter

Set the filter to return memberships based on the filter settings.

Retrieves members of the specified room.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Cisco Webex account.

Room ID

Enter (map or select) the ID of the room to list memberships associated with the room.

Person ID

Enter the ID of the person to list memberships associated with the person, or use the Search button to find the ID by user's name or user's email address. The Room ID field is required when using this parameter.

Person Email

Enter the person's email address to list memberships associated with the person. The Room ID field is required when using this parameter.

Limit

Set the maximum number of memberships Make will return during one execution cycle.

Adds a person to a room.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Cisco Webex account.

Add Membership By

Select whether to specify the person by ID or email address:

  • ID - Enter (map) the ID of the person in the Person ID field below, or use the Search button to find the ID by user's name or user's email address.

  • Email - Enter the email address of the person in the Person Email field below.

Is Moderator

Enable this option to set the person as a room moderator.

Retrieves membership details.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Cisco Webex account.

Membership ID

Enter (map) or select via the Search button the ID of the membership you want to retrieve details for.

Updates properties for a membership.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Cisco Webex account.

Membership ID

Enter (map) or select via the Search button the ID of the membership you want to update.

Is Moderator

Enable this option to set the participant as a room moderator.

Room Hidden from Cisco Webex Clients

Enable this option to set the room as hidden from the Webex clients.

Deletes a membership.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Cisco Webex account.

Membership ID

Enter (map) or select via the Search button the ID of the membership you want to delete.

Team

Retrieves a list of teams in your Cisco Webex account.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Cisco Webex account.

Limit

Set the maximum number of teams Make will return during one execution cycle.

Creates a new team.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Cisco Webex account.

Name

Enter a user-friendly name for the team.

Updates a team name.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Cisco Webex account.

Team ID

Enter (map) the ID of the team you want to update.

Name

Enter the new user-friendly name for the team.

Deletes a team.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Cisco Webex account.

Team ID

Enter (map) the ID or select the team you want to delete.

Team Membership

Retrieves a list of team members.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Cisco Webex account.

Team ID

Enter (map) the ID or select the team you want to list memberships for.

Limit

Set the maximum number of memberships Make will return during one execution cycle.

Adds a person to the team.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Cisco Webex account.

Team ID

Enter (map) the ID or select the team you want to add a person to.

Add Team Membership By

Select whether to specify the person you want to add to the team by the ID or email address:

  • ID - Enter (map) the ID of the person in the Person ID field below, or use the Search button to find the ID by user's name or user's email address.

  • Email - Enter the email address of the person in the Person Email field below.

Is Moderator

Enable this option to set the person as a team moderator.

Allows you to set the person as a moderator.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Cisco Webex account.

Team ID

Enter (map) the ID or select the team you want to update.

Team Membership ID

Select the member of the team whose permissions you want to update.

Is Moderator

Enable this option to set the person as a team moderator.

Removes a member from the team.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Cisco Webex account.

Team ID

Enter (map) the ID or select the team you want to remove the user from.

Team Membership ID

Select the member whom you want to remove from the team.

Other

Triggers when an attachment action, membership, message, or room event occurs.

Webhook name

Enter the name for the webhook, e.g., Message Created.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Cisco Webex account.

Name

Enter a user-friendly name for the webhook, only seen when you list all your webhooks via the API.

Allows you to perform a custom API call.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Cisco Webex account.

URL

Enter a path relative to https://webexapis.com.For example: /v1/people/me/.

Note

For the list of available endpoints, please refer to the Cisco Webex API Documentation.

Method

Select the HTTP method you want to use:

GET

to retrieve information for an entry.

POST

to create a new entry.

PUT

to update/replace an existing entry.

PATCH

to make a partial entry update.

DELETE

to delete an entry.

Headers

Enter the desired request headers. You don't need to add authorization headers; we've already added those for you.

Query String

Enter the request query string.

Body

Enter the body content for your API call.

The following API call returns all messages in the specified room in your Webex Teams account:

URL:

/v1/messages

Method:

GET

Query String:

Key:

roomId

Value:

{room_ID}

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The result can be found in the module's Output under Bundle > Body > items.

In our example, 5 items were returned:

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