Add Contacts To Group

messagebird.add_contacts_to_group

ActionVoice & SMSconnection required

Calls the MessageBird API with the connection's credentials.

Add existing contacts to a group. MessageBird accepts at most 50 contact ids in one call, so a longer list is refused here rather than silently truncated.

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Connection

Required: Yes — the node will not save without one
Auth type: API key
Providers: MessageBird
Secret shape: the access key, or {"access_key": "…"}
Config it needs: originator, base_url
Resolved by: config.connection_id, else node.connection_id

Configuration

2 fields, 2 required. A dotted path is a nested object and name[] an array of objects — the editor renders the same tree.

Field	Type	Required	Default	Constraints	Example
group_id The MessageBird id of the group to add to.	string	Yes	—	—	—
contact_ids Contact ids to add, as a comma-separated list or a JSON array; at most 50 per call.	string	Yes	—	—	—

Output

One shape.

result

Field	Type	Example
group_id The group the contacts were added to.	string	—
contact_ids The contact ids that were sent to MessageBird.	array	—
count How many contact ids were sent.	number	—
added True when MessageBird accepted the change.	boolean	—

{
  "added": false,
  "contact_ids": [],
  "count": 0,
  "group_id": ""
}

Related MessageBird nodes

See Add Contacts To Group run in a workflow.

In a technical demo we add the MessageBird connection, drop the node on the canvas and let Workflow Health pre-flight it before the first real run.

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