Learn how to use the Africa’s Talking provider to send sms notifications using Novu
You can use Africa’s Talking provider to send SMS messages to your customers using the Novu platform with a single API to create multi-channel experiences.
To use Africa’s Talking provider in the SMS channel, the first step is to create an Africa’s Talking account and add your API Key
, username
and Sender's ID
to Africa’s Talking integration on the Novu platform.
You’ll need to create an application to create a username in Africa’s Talking. To do so, follow the steps below:
Select the team you want your app to be in.
If you're a new user and don't have a team yet, you'll have to do so by clicking on New Team and entering your team name. Click on Save when you're done.
username
is what you will use on the Novu platform.Enter your application name, username and select a country
To generate a new API key, you can follow these steps:
Ensure you have created an app in your team.
Click on the app you created.
Click on API Key from the dropdown options
Enter your password and click Generate.
Once you’ve generated your API Key, wait about 3 minutes before testing it.
Sender IDs allow you to brand your messages as you send them to your customers. There are two kinds of sender IDs, shortcodes and alphanumerics. The difference is that you can send and receive messages with shortcodes but only send messages with an alphanumeric.
To create a Short Code:
Shortcodes
from the dropdown options. This will also display a dropdown from which you can then click on My Shortcodes
to view your codes.Click on `My Shortcodes` to view your codes
Shortcodes
dropdown option, click on Request
.
On the page that appears, fill in the form and submit.Fill in the form and submit to create shortcode
Alphanumerics
from the dropdown options. This will also display a dropdown from which you can then click on My Alphanumerics
to view your codes.Click on `My Alphanumerics` to view your codes
Alphanumerics
dropdown option, click on Request
.
On the page that appears, fill in the form and submitClick on request, fill in the form and submit
from
field on the Novu platform.API key
.username
field.from
field. This is your registered short code
or alphanumeric
value.Disabled
button and mark it as Active
.Now it is possible to send SMS notifications using Africa’s Talking in Novu.