6. Notifying the Team#

In this step of the workflow, you will learn how to send messages to a Discord channel using the Discord node. After this step, your workflow should look like this:

View workflow file

Now that you have a calculated summary of the booked orders, you need to notify Nathan's team in their Discord channel. For this workflow, you will send messages to the SMS-iT Workflow server on Discord.

Before you begin the steps below, use the link above to connect to the SMS-iT Workflow server on Discord. Be sure you can access the #course-level-1 channel.

Communication app nodes

You can replace the Discord node with another communication app. For example, SMS-iT Workflow also has nodes for Slack and Mattermost.

In your workflow, add a Discord node connected to the Code node.

When you search for the Discord node, look for Message Actions and select Send a message to add the node.

In the Discord node window, configure these parameters:

  • Connection Type: Select Webhook.
  • Credential for Discord Webhook: Select - Create New Credential -.
    • Copy the Webhook URL from the email you received when you signed up for this course and paste it into the Webhook URL field of the credentials.
    • Select Save and then close the credentials dialog.
  • Operation: Select Send a Message.
  • Message:
    • Select the Expression tab on the right side of the Message field.
    • Copy the text below and paste it into the Expression window, or construct it manually using the Expression Editor. 
      1
      This week we've {{$json["totalBooked"]}} booked orders with a total value of {{$json["bookedSum"]}}. My Unique ID: {{ $('HTTP Request').params["headerParameters"]["parameters"][0]["value"] }}

Now select Execute step in the Discord node. If all works well, you should see this output in SMS-iT Workflow:

Discord node output
Discord node output

And your message should appear in the Discord channel #course-level-1:

Discord message
Discord message

What's next?#

Nathan 🙋: Incredible, you've saved me hours of tedious work already! Now I can execute this workflow when I need it. I just need to remember to run it every Monday morning at 9 AM.

You 👩‍🔧: Don't worry about that, you can actually schedule the workflow to run on a specific day, time, or interval. I'll set this up in the next step.