Today, we'll look at how to integrate your Zoho Creator app with Clickatell. Many of you need to regularly send SMS notifications to your users when a Form is submitted, or based on a specific set of criteria. For example, you might need to send a reminder for a task, or update the customer about an order status, or alert your customer when a payment is due. The solution is to either use the default SMS connection provided by Zoho Creator or create a new connection with any of the supported SMS providers you have an account with. Zoho Creator supports:

• Twilio
  
• Clickatell
  
• Screen Magic
  
• ClockWorkSMS
  
• Hoiio
  

First and foremost, you need to create an account with Clickatell. All you need to do is provide your details and an account name to get started.

 

 Here's how to add a new connection:

1. Go to Settings on your Creator homepage and click Add Connection.
   

2. Then, in the Service drop-down choose an SMS provider from the list of service providers listed in the Add Connections page. In this case, you can choose Clickatell.
   

3. Finally, you need to specify a unique connection name and enter the other parameter values, like username, password, account id, and API key. 
   

Here are a few things to remember:

• The phone number should be without + country code followed by the number.
  

• Make sure you do not have DND activated on the destination phone number.
  

• If you want to send SMS notifications to multiple phone numbers you can generate a list of phone numbers with comma as a delimiter.