CloudTalk

The CloudTalk modules allow you to monitor, add, update, list, and delete the contacts and activities from your CloudTalk account.

Getting Started with CloudTalk

Prerequisites

A CloudTalk account

In order to use CloudTalk with Make, it is necessary to have a CloudTalk account. If you do not have one, you can create a CloudTalk account at my.cloudtalk.io/registration.

Note

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

Connecting CloudTalk to Make

To connect your CloudTalk account to Make you need to obtain the API Key from your CloudTalk account and insert it in the Create a connection dialog in the Make module.

Log in to your CloudTalk account.
Click Account >Settings > API Keys.
Click Show. Copy the Access Key ID and Access Key Secret to a safe place.
Go to Make and open the CloudTalk module's Create a connection dialog.
In the Connection name field, enter a name for the connection.
In the Access Key ID and Access Key Secret fields, enter the key copied in step 3 and click Continue.

The connection has been established.

Contacts

Search Contacts

Returns a list of contacts.

Connection	Establish a connection to your CloudTalk account.
Country	Select or map the country to search for the contacts that match the specified country name.
Tag	Enter the tags separated by a comma to search the contacts with the specified tags.
Industry	Enter the industry names separated by a comma to search the contacts that match the specified industries.
Keyword	Enter a keyword to search the contacts that match the specified keyword.
Limit	Set the maximum number of contacts Make should return during one scenario execution cycle.

Get a Contact

Gets a contact.

Connection	Establish a connection to your CloudTalk account.
Contact ID	Select or map the Contact ID whose details you want to retrieve.

Create a Contact

Creates a contact.

Connection	Establish a connection to your CloudTalk account.
Name	Enter the contact's name.
Title	Enter the contact's position in the company.
Company	Enter the contact's company name.
Industry	Enter the industry name in which the contact's company does business.
Website	Enter the contact's company website URL address.
Address	Enter the contact's or contact's company address. Enter the street name.
City	Enter the city name.
ZIP Code	Enter the area ZIP code.
State	Enter the state name.
Country	Enter the country name.
Favorite Agent	Select or map the favorite agent of the contact.
External URL	Add the List of all URLs which point to a detailed page of contact in an external service. For example, CRMs, Helpdesk, or any other customer service you use. You may list up to three URL addresses.
Contact Number	Enter the contact's mobile or phone number. You can add multiple numbers.
Contact Email	Enter the contact's email address. You can add multiple email addresses.
Contact Tags	Enter the tags separated by a comma to add to the contact.
Contact Attributes	Add the attributes for the contact: Attribute ID Select or map the Attribute ID of the contact. Value Enter the value for the attribute.

Update a Contact

Modifies a contact.

Connection	Establish a connection to your CloudTalk account.
Contact ID	Select or map the Contact ID whose details you want to update.
Name	Enter the contact's name.
Title	Enter the contact's position in the company.
Company	Enter the contact's company name.
Industry	Enter the industry name in which the contact's company does business.
Website	Enter the contact's company website URL address.
Address	Enter the contact's or contact's company address. Enter the street name.
City	Enter the city name.
ZIP Code	Enter the area ZIP code.
State	Enter the state name.
Country	Enter the country name.
Favorite Agent	Select or map the favorite agent of the contact.
External URL	Add the List of all URLs which point to a detailed page of contact in an external service. For example, CRMs, Helpdesk, or any other customer service you use. You may list up to three URL addresses.
Contact Number	Enter the contact's mobile or phone number. You can add multiple numbers.
Contact Email	Enter the contact's email address. You can add multiple email addresses.
Contact Tags	Enter the tags separated by a comma to add to the contact.
Contact Attributes	Add the attributes for the contact: Attribute ID Select or map the Attribute ID of the contact. Value Enter the value for the attribute.

Delete a Contact

Removes a contact.

Connection	Establish a connection to your CloudTalk account.
Contact ID	Select or map the Contact ID you want to delete.

Watch New Contact

Triggers when a contact has been created.

Connection	Establish a connection to your CloudTalk account.
Limit	Set the maximum number of new contacts Make should return during one execution cycle.

Activities

Search Activities

Return a list of activities.

Connection	Establish a connection to your CloudTalk account.
Contact ID	Select or map the Contact ID whose activities you want to search.
Activity Type	Select or map the Activity ID whose details you want to search.
Limit	Set the maximum number of activities Make should return during one execution cycle.

Create an Activity

Creates an activity.

Connection	Establish a connection to your CloudTalk account.
Contact ID	Select or map the Contact ID whose activity you want to create.
Activity Type	Select or map the activity type: Order Task Chat Ticket Invoice Performa Estimate Cancel Other
Name/Title	Enter the activity name.
Activity Date	Enter the date on which the activity is performed.
Description	Enter the details of the activity.
Activity Author	Enter the user name you want to display on the activity.
External ID	Enter the activity's external ID to identify from an external system. For example, `your Order ID`.
External URL	Enter the activity's external URL address which can be opened from activity details.

Update an Activity

Modifies an activity.

Connection	Establish a connection to your CloudTalk account.
Activity ID	Select or map the Activity ID whose details you want to update.
Contact ID	Select or map the Contact ID whose activity you want to create.
Activity Type	Select or map the activity type: Order Task Chat Ticket Invoice Performa Estimate Cancel Other
Name/Title	Enter the activity name.
Activity Date	Enter the date on which the activity is performed.
Description	Enter the details of the activity.
Activity Author	Enter the user name you want to display on the activity.
External ID	Enter the activity's external ID to identify from an external system. For example, `your Order ID`.
External URL	Enter the activity's external URL address which can be opened from activity details.

Delete an Activity

Removes an activity.

Connection	Establish a connection to your CloudTalk account.
Activity ID	Select or map the Activity ID you want to delete.

Other

Send an SMS

Send an SMS.

Connection	Establish a connection to your CloudTalk account.
Recipient	Enter or map the recipient's contact number.
Message	Enter the message text.
Sender	Enter or map the recipient's contact number.
Country Code	Select or map the country code to which you are sending the SMS.

Watch New Call

Triggers when a new call has been created.

Connection	Establish a connection to your CloudTalk account.
Limit	Set the maximum number of new calls Make should return during one execution cycle.

Make an API Call

Performs an arbitrary authorized API call.

Connection	Establish a connection to your CloudTalk account.
URL	Enter a path relative to `https://my.cloudtalk.io/api`. For example: `/contacts/add.json` For the list of available endpoints, refer to the CloudTalk 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 have to add authorization headers; we already did that for you.
Query String	Enter the request query string.
Body	Enter the body content for your API call.

Example of Use - List Contacts

The following API call returns all the contacts from your CloudTalk account:

URL:

/contacts/index.json

Method:

GET

Matches of the search can be found in the module's Output under Bundle > Body > data.

In our example, 2 contacts were returned:

In this section: