Contacts Flow Automatically to WhatsApp
When you share someone's contact via email, Notis sends it as a WhatsApp contact card so it's instantly saved on your phone.
Trigger
Email Sent
Triggers when a Gmail message is sent by the authenticated user. It polls the 'SENT' label and emits metadata including sender, recipients, subject, timestamp, and thread ID.
Action
Send contacts
Send contacts whatsapp number. note: the message will be delivered to the recipient only if they have initiated a conversation first.
Why this helps
You share contacts via email but have to manually add them to WhatsApp or your phone. Extra steps waste time.
- Contacts auto-saved to WhatsApp
- No manual entry needed
- Professional contact handling
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Gmail and WhatsApp integrations.
- 2Ask Notis: 'When I send an email with contact details, send it as a WhatsApp contact.'
- 3Select 'Email Sent' as the trigger.
- 4Send a test email forwarding a contact.
- 5Notis sends the contact card to WhatsApp where it can be saved directly.
Questions about this workflow
Do I need to format emails in a special way?
No. Notis recognizes common contact formats and extracts name, phone, and email automatically.
Can I add the contact to multiple WhatsApp chats?
Yes. Notis can broadcast the contact to a group or multiple recipients if needed.
What if the contact is incomplete?
Notis will send what's available. You can always add details manually in WhatsApp afterwards.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Gmail to Whatsapp. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Gmail triggers
Whatsapp actions
Email Sent
Triggers when a Gmail message is sent by the authenticated user. It polls the 'SENT' label and emits metadata including sender, recipients, subject, timestamp, and thread ID.
Create message template
Create a new message template for the whatsapp business account. templates must be approved by whatsapp before they can be used. templates are required for marketing messages and messages sent outside the 24-hour window.
New Gmail Message Received Trigger
Triggers when a new message is received in Gmail.
Delete message template
Delete a message template from the whatsapp business account. this permanently removes the template and it cannot be recovered. only delete templates that are no longer needed.
Get business profile
Get the business profile information for a whatsapp business phone number. this includes business details like description, address, website, and contact info.
Get media
Get information about uploaded media including a temporary download url. the download url is valid for 5 minutes and can be used to retrieve the actual media file. this is useful for downloading media that was sent to your whatsapp number.
Get media info
Get metadata about uploaded media without generating a download url. this is useful for checking file size, type, and hash without downloading the file. use get media if you need the actual download url.
Get message templates
Get all message templates for the whatsapp business account. templates are required for sending messages outside the 24-hour window and for marketing/utility messages.
Get phone number
Get details of a specific phone number associated with a whatsapp business account.
Get phone numbers
Get all phone numbers associated with a whatsapp business account (waba).
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
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