How to send alerts to WhatsApp

Receive notifications about your monitoring object on WhatsApp.

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Written by Ramina
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Do you want to receive notifications from YouScan on your smartphone? No problem 😉


Follow these steps to connect WhatsApp to YouScan:

Step 1: Navigate to the topic «Settings» and select «Integrations» from the right-hand menu;


Step 2: Click «+ Add» next to the WhatsApp integration;


Step 3: Enter WhatsApp phone number, integration name you want to create and click «Test integration»;

☝️ Please note that you can create an integration with only one number. Currently, there is no option available to create a group chat integration.

If everything goes well, you will receive a test message on WhatsApp. Click «Continue» in this message.

☝️ It may take 2-3 minutes to send a message. Don't worry if it doesn't arrive instantly.

Step 4: Click «Add integration» in a system.


​🎉 Congratulations! Your private messages integration is ready!


​How to automatically send mentions to WhatsApp

You can use Rules to create conditional statements in order to automatically send mentions to WhatsApp. For example: You can set this up to send specific mentions to private chat.


It is also possible to get all the new mentions to WhatsApp messenger. Just select all mentions without applied filters and hit the yellow magic wand to create a rule.


How to manually send mentions to WhatsApp

You can also send individual mentions to WhatsApp manually. To do so, click on the "Share" button on the mention and select the desired integration.


How to delete an integration

To delete the integration:
1. Navigate to the topic «Settings» and select «Integrations» from the right-hand menu;
​2. Click on the integration and in the window that appears, hover over the name of the integration and click on the bin icon.


☝️If you have created a rule with an integration, you must first delete the rule. Then you can delete the integration.


Why I don’t receive a message?

Possible causes:

  • Recipient phone number is not a WhatsApp phone number.

  • Recipient has not accepted WhatsApp’s new Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. To receive messages from YouScan you need to accept the latest WhatsApp Terms of Service: https://wa.me/tos/20210210

  • Recipient is using an old, unsupported version of the WhatsApp client for their phone.

    Good luck! Don’t hesitate to reach out to us via chat with any questions about setting up your WhatsApp integration :)

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