SMS - Features, integrations, alternatives & more
What it does
This action sends an SMS notification to provided mobile numbers. Buddy charges extra for an SMS, this is $0.25 per SMS'
How it works
The action requires a mobile phone number that doesn't contain a zero or '+' before the country code as well as any other special characters such as spaces or dashes. The only correct format is the following: 0015550100000
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SMS Action Features
- A message can be custom crafted using environment variables
- Unlimited number of recipients is supported
- In workspace settings it’s possible to set global SMS sending limit to keep costs under control
- The action can be configured in YAML mode. See SMS YAML parameters and SMS YAML config example
- Buddy's SMS API is supported
- The action supports conditional execution: it can be run on each execution, only if there are changes in the repository or specific paths since last execution or if an environment variable has a specific value
- Error handling: you can either stop the execution, mark action and pipeline as failed or proceed the execution, mark action as warning and jump to the next action