How to Automatically Receive Email Body Content as SMS Using Pabbly Connect

Learn how to integrate Gmail and Twilio using Pabbly Connect to receive email body content as SMS automatically. Step-by-step tutorial included! Learn to create powerful connections between your critical applications without requiring specialized programming knowledge or extensive technical background.

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1. Accessing Pabbly Connect for Integration

To receive body content of an email as SMS automatically, you first need to access Pabbly Connect. Sign in to your existing account or create a new one for free, which gives you 100 tasks every month.

Once logged in, navigate to the Pabbly Connect dashboard. Click on the ‘Create Workflow’ button located in the top right corner. You will be prompted to name your workflow, which can be titled ‘Receive Body Content of an Email as SMS Automatically.’ Choose a folder to save this workflow, such as ‘Email Parser,’ and click on ‘Create’ to proceed.

2. Setting Up the Email Parser Trigger in Pabbly Connect

In this section, you will set up the trigger application using Pabbly Connect. The trigger will capture emails from your Gmail account. For this, select the ‘Email Parser’ as your trigger application.

• Select Email Parser as the trigger application.
• Connect it to your Gmail account via the email hook provided.
• This email hook will capture incoming emails and send them to Pabbly Connect.

After selecting the trigger application, you will see the email hook provided by Pabbly Connect. Copy this hook, as you will need it for the Gmail settings to forward emails automatically.

3. Configuring Gmail to Forward Emails to Pabbly Connect

Next, you will configure your Gmail account to forward emails to the email hook from Pabbly Connect. Go to your Gmail settings, navigate to ‘See All Settings’, and select the ‘Forwarding and POP/IMAP’ tab.

• Click on ‘Add a forwarding address’ and paste the email hook from Pabbly Connect.
• Confirm the forwarding address by checking the confirmation link sent to the email hook.
• Once confirmed, select ‘Forward a copy of incoming mail to this address’ and save your changes.

This setup allows Pabbly Connect to capture incoming emails automatically whenever they arrive in your Gmail account, setting the stage for SMS notifications.

4. Connecting Twilio to Send SMS via Pabbly Connect

Now that your trigger is set up, it’s time to configure the action application, which is Twilio in this case. In Pabbly Connect, select Twilio as your action application and choose the action event as ‘Send SMS’.

To establish a connection between Twilio and Pabbly Connect, you need to enter your Twilio Account SID and Authorization Token. You can find these in your Twilio account dashboard. Copy and paste them into the respective fields in Pabbly Connect, and click on ‘Save’ to create the connection.

Once connected, you will map the body content of the email to the SMS message field. This is crucial to ensure that the SMS sent contains the relevant information from the email. Use the mapping feature to select the email body from the previous step.

5. Testing the Integration and Automation

With everything set up, it’s time to test the integration. Send a test email to your Gmail account that you configured earlier. Upon receiving the email, Pabbly Connect should capture the email body content.

After sending the email, go back to your Pabbly Connect dashboard and click on ‘Recapture Email Parser Response’. This action will allow you to see the captured email body. Once confirmed, proceed to send a test SMS to ensure the body content is correctly transmitted.

Check your phone to verify that you have received the SMS with the email content. This confirms that the integration between Gmail, Twilio, and Pabbly Connect is successful, allowing you to receive the body content of emails as SMS automatically whenever an email is received.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we explored how to use Pabbly Connect to automate the process of receiving body content from Gmail emails as SMS through Twilio. By following the steps outlined, you can streamline communication within your team effortlessly.