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With Ringotel and Telnyx integration, you can enable SMS and MMS messaging for softphone users in a few clicks.

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Written by Alex Brainin
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Telnyx provides developers access to real-time voice and SMS capabilities via communication API.

How does it work

The Telnyx SMS/MMS integration allows you to add your Telnyx phone numbers and assign multiple users who will be able to send/receive messages via these numbers.

SMS/MMS integration is part of the Pro package. Upgrading an organization to Pro pricing is required to enable this feature.

Step 1. Enable SMS integration for a Ringotel organization.

Navigate to the connection features settings where the users for which you would like to enable integration are created. Then, set Enable SMS via Integrations and hit Save changes.

“Enable SMS” option is set to “via Integrations”

Then, navigate to your organization → Integrations tab. Click Enable Integration button on the Telnyx panel.

Integrations tab in the Ringotel portal

Then, copy Webhook URL provided.

Step 2. Set up your Telnyx account.

Navigate to your Telnyx admin portal (http://portal.telnyx.com ) → Real-Time CommunicationsMessaging → Programmable Messaging and click Add new profile to create a new Messaging Profile. Follow the setup steps to create a new messaging profile.

In the Inbox settings, enter the Webhook URL that you copied earlier from the Ringotel portal in the Webhook URL field.

Inbound settings of a new Messaging Profile in the Telnyx portal

In the Senders settings assign your Telnyx numbers to the new Messaging Profile. Complete other steps to create a profile.

Next, once the new messaging profile is created, navigate to Account SettingsAPI keys.

Opened account menu in the Telnyx portal

Click Create API Key to generate a new key.

New API key in the Telnyx portal

Step 3. Complete the Ringotel integration.

Switch to the Ringotel admin portal and enter the copied API Key into the Telnyx integration settings.

Click Save changes.

Manage numbers

Once the integration settings are successfully saved, click the Manage numbers button, add your Telnyx phone numbers, and assign users who will be able to send/receive SMS/MMS via these phone numbers.

SMS number settings in the Ringotel portal

Country

Specify the country code for your SMS phone number.

Phone number

In the Phone number field, enter your SMS phone number.

Display Name

You can set a name for this phone number that will appear in the title of the group chat dialog box.

Session stickiness

For shared numbers, this options allows users to initiate private chats with customers. For example, if you create a shared number and set the “Session stickiness” to 1 day, this will allow users to initiate private chats with customers. And if the customer responds within that window, it will remain a private chat between the user who initiated the conversation and the customer. However, if the customer responds outside of the session stickiness window, that particular private chat will automatically turn into a group chat where all other users assigned to the SMS number will be able to continue the conversation and view the chat history.

Users

Select users who will send and receive SMS/MMS through this phone number. Create shared numbers with group chat behaviour by assigning multiple users to one SMS number. Click "Select All" to select all users from this connection.

Select user names in messages

With this option, customers will see user display names in messages sent by those users.

Auto-replies

Auto-replies can be used in a variety of cases, such as 10DLC opt-out compliance, text-based IVRs with keyword-based autoresponders, and automatic greetings when a new dialog is created. Enter * (asterisk) as a keyword to configure an automatic welcome message when a new dialog is created.

Reformat outbound/inbound numbers

Reformat outbound/inbound numbers rules allow to transform numbers before they are received in the application or on the carrier’s side. By default, they are set to recommended values.

Click Save to create or update an SMS number.

Note:

You can add more phone numbers by clicking Add SMS number button.

Important:

After setting up an integration, users who you assigned to the phone numbers will need to re-login from their Ringotel app.

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