Variables
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Many inputs such as the message and accept variables which will be substituted when possible. Variables are always wrapped in --. For example, you could set the Say/Play message to be:
These variables will be substituted and the become something like:
Not all variables are always present. For example, if the caller calls from a mobile phone we won't know the --call.FromCity--, in this case, the variable will be replaced will be ignored.
The available variables change depending on your flow type and trigger.
All flows will have contact variables available for use. These are particularly useful for sending personalised greetings, SMS and emails. Note that these variables will not always be present. We recommend you into our contact system so you'll always have access to this data.
Name
Always Present?
Description
contact.id
Yes
Pickle Contact ID
contact.userId
No
User ID in your CRM or database
contact.firstName
No
First Name
contact.lastName
No
Last Name
contact.company
No
Company Name
contact.email
No
Email address
contact.phoneNumber
No
Primary phone number
contact.phoneNumbers
No
Array of other phone numbers. contact.phoneNumbers[0] will be the primary number
contact.customFields
No
Custom fields, eg) contact.customFields.example
contact.tags
No
Array of tags, eg) contact.tags[0] for the first tag
Name
Always present?
Description
call.CallSid
All incoming calls
Unique id for the call.
call.From
All incoming calls
From phone number. eg: +61499998888
call.To
All incoming calls
To phone number
call.CallStatus
All incoming calls
queued | ringing | in-progress | completed | busy | failed | no-answer
call.ForwardedFrom
No
Phone number that forwarded this call
call.FromCity
No
The city of the caller
call.FromState
No
The state or province of the caller
call.FromZip
No
The postal code of the caller
call.FromCountry
No
The country of the caller
call.ToCity
No
The city of the called party
call.ToState
No
The state or province of the called party
call.ToZip
No
The postal code of the caller
call.ToCountry
No
The country of the called party
Name
Always present?
Description
message.MessageSid
All incoming SMS
Unique id for the message.
message.From
All incoming SMS
From phone number. eg: +61499998888
message.To
All incoming SMS
To phone number
message.Body
All incoming SMS
The text body of the message. Up to 1600 characters long.
message.NumMedia
All incoming SMS
Number of MMS attachments
message.FromCity
No
The city of the sender
message.FromState
No
The state or province of the sender
message.FromZip
No
The postal code of the sender
message.FromCountry
No
The country of the sender
The variable name shown in Flow Logs have been transformed to make them more readable. For example, numMedia becomes Num Media. You'll need to use the camel-case version - numMedia.
If you have a Call flow triggered with an '' trigger:
If you have an SMS flow triggered with an '' trigger:
After your flow has run once, you'll be able to view the flow log from the flow . This will show exactly what the values were for the variables described above. For example:
