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How do I format and send international phone numbers from forms for SMS via Zapier & Simple Texting?

  • 28 December 2023
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Hello,

I am receiving phone numbers from multiple countries in my forms. I would like to set a zap that Determines which country the phone number belong to and later format the number correctly to fit to send an SMS via Simple Texting.


I have tried to use Numbers in Formatter by Zapier but that needed the Phone Number Country Code which is hard to determine since country codes for each country is different and the input in the form are also different even for the same country.

Here are some of the example phone numbers

(082) xxx-xxxx
xxx-xxx-9115

00 xxx xx xxxx 7980

xxxxx3105

xxxxxx60597

My whole concept for the Zap is likely entail a multi-level zap that:

Takes the number from the form
Determines which country list it should belong to
Format the number correctly to fit the tool it will be sent to
Sends contact to the SMS platform
Confirmation SMS is sent. 
The remaining autoresponder SMSs are sent.
Is there a way I can do this? Please help.

Thanks,

Hillary


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Hi @Begginer 

Perhaps use AI. (e.g. ChatGPT / OpenAI)

Prompt AI with a list of the country codes along with the phone number and ask for it to return the desired output.

ChatGPT: https://zapier.com/apps/chatgpt/integrations#triggers-and-actions

OpenAI: https://zapier.com/apps/openai/integrations#triggers-and-actions

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