Zapier: Calendly Integration - Send an Automated Appointment Confirmation
Send an automated appointment confirmation as a WhatsApp message. Guide on Calendly.
Introduction
In this article, we will explain how to send an automated appointment confirmation as a WhatsApp message. This is part 2 of the Calendly x Superchat series. If you haven’t watched the video on contact synchronization yet, please do so. Important! This guide only covers the path where a contact is created in Superchat. The same steps apply to contact updates as well.
Video Tutorial
Step-by-Step Guide
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Add a Formatter as the 3rd step and select Date/Time as the Event.
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Choose Format under Transform.
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Select the Scheduled Event Start Time from step 1 in Calendly as the Input
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Choose the desired format for the time/date under To Format (individual).
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Select the appropriate timezone under To Timezone for the event.
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Translate the event date to the correct language (optional).
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Choose the Source Language of the event.
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Select the Output from the formatted date in step 4 as the Text.
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Choose the Target Language for the time/date translation.
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Create a WhatsApp Template in Superchat with the appointment confirmation message, including a wildcard field for the appointment details.
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Set the next step to Superchat and choose Send WhatsApp Template as the Event.
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For To (Phone Number or Contact ID), select the Output from step 3 (formatted phone number).
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Choose the created WhatsApp Template with the appointment confirmation message in Template.
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For First Name, select the first name from step 1 in Calendly (the text placeholder “First Name” must be included in the WhatsApp template).
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For Wildcard, select the translated date from step 6 (the text placeholder “Wildcard” must be included in the WhatsApp template)
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Next Step
We recommend the following article to add a step in the Zap that automatically sends an automated appointment reminder (with rescheduling option) via WhatsApp one day before the appointment:
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