RingCentral Texting
This integration requires RingCentral Open API, which is available with Premium or Ultimate RingCentral accounts
For more information please see https://www.ringcentral.com/office/plansandpricing.html
Mobile carriers implemented a new registration requirement to help verify messaging traffic from business phone numbers. These requirements apply to all RingCentral customers sending SMS from long code numbers, regardless of country and use case. See additional formation on How to enable SMS and campaign registration
To enable the SMS, kindly register the company first to the TCR via the SMS Campaign Registration Page or you can download the PDF form via TCR Brand and Campaign Registration PDF Form
Please make sure to do this, as Carriers are now requiring everyone to ensure we (RingCentral) are compliant with their guidelines and help identify real businesses, and cut down on spam. Failure to register may result in your SMS being blocked by carriers.
Once you have completed the form, please ensure to rename the file by replacing "Customer" with your company's name; this helps ensure RingCentral knows who has uploaded the form.
Once you have completed the TCR Brand and Campaign Registration PDF Form you will save the form to your computer rename the file and replace the “CUSTOMER” with your Company Name.
When you have completed the above step you can use the Secure Box Upload Link to upload/submit the completed form to RingCentral.
Please perform this step if you have Server Based System.
Kindly have your IT Professional configure Port 443 (or Port 80) on your server https://smartadvocate.atlassian.net/l/c/BkHN739r
RingCentral texting configuration.
if you want to send text messages from company main number, we will need RingCentral JWT token from the user who selected as Auto - Receptionist, if not then JWT token should be generated in the account from where you want to send text messages.
After completion please provide JWT and phone number from where you want to send text messages.
Please email Implementation@SmartAdvocate.com once completed.
Open RingCentral developer console: RingCentral Developers
Open Credentials settings:
Click “Create JWT”
Set this parameters:
Label – SmartAdvocate
Select environment– Production
What apps are permitted to use this credential? *
Select - Only specific apps of my choice
And set the value - xbVqYQqwSzK_HyJHTnxVwg. After that click on the button “Add App”
Click on the button “Create JWT”
After that provide us JWT token
If you will be texting from multiple texting numbers, we will need a list of all your user names, phone numbers and JWT for each of the texting numbers.
Here is an example of a RingCentral User Listing:
User | Phone | JWT |
Aaron | (555) 555-5551 | ghmnghjmghjsdafsdfsdf21esda |
Bill | (555) 555-5552 | ghjfghjfghjgfhjTesdfs2323rxt124 |
Cathy | (555) 555-5553 | dshfgsdfgdsgsdffsdf22323sdfsd |
David | (555) 555-5554 | dfgsdfgdsfsdfsdfsfd423423fsf |
Freddy | (555) 555-5555 | hfghfghfdsg3223dsfasdf |
Ginger | (555) 555-5556 | asdfasdfsadfdfgdfg32423sdf |
Harrold | (555) 555-5557 | Text1sadfasf23er23r29 |
Igor | (555) 555-5558 | Tedfsasdf23w43fsdfxt130 |
Juvonn | (555) 555-5559 | Tesdfasdfasdf2f3fesfxt131 |
Kelly | (555) 555-5560 | Texsdfasdfasdf23fsdft132 |
Lorenzo | (555) 555-5561 | asdfasdfasdf2323Text133 |
Manny | (555) 555-5562 | Texsdfasdfasef23234t134 |
Once your RingCentral integration has been configured, you will need to test the integration using the following instructions:
Find a case you are a staff member of in SmartAdvocate.
Make sure your contact card has your cell phone number and the number has text selected.
Select the text icon from the quick add bar.
Select your name in the “To” section and click send thereafter.
You will receive a text message on your cell phone. Reply to the text message with a plain text message.
Next reply to the text message with a photo and or video.
Once you have sent the text messages with and without photo, go back to the case in SmartAdvocate. Go to the notes screen of the case and verify the text messages you have sent. They will be under the type of Incoming text message. You will see the plain text and the mms attachment.
Any MMS text messages will also appear in the documents screen of the case.
To create text message templates please go to admin > text message templates.
If you have further questions about RingCentral directly, please contact:
Jacob Balandra
ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE – SMB SALES UCAAS CAAS
Connect with me: +1-212-274-8211
jacob.balandra@ringcentral.com
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