Daily Birthday SMS via Google Sheets & Twilio

The workflow JSON

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{
  "nodes": [
    {
      "name": "Daily Trigger",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.cron",
      "position": [
        200,
        400
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "triggerTimes": {
          "item": [
            {
              "hour": 8
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "Congratulations Calendar",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets",
      "position": [
        400,
        400
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "range": "A:E",
        "options": {
          "valueRenderMode": "FORMATTED_VALUE"
        },
        "sheetId": "",
        "authentication": "oAuth2"
      },
      "credentials": {
        "googleSheetsOAuth2Api": "<your credential>"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "Any Event Today?",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.if",
      "position": [
        600,
        400
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "conditions": {
          "string": [
            {
              "value1": "={{$node[\"Congratulations Calendar\"].json[\"Date\"]}}",
              "value2": "={{(new Date).getDate()}}/{{(new Date).getMonth()+1}}"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "Do Nothing",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.noOp",
      "position": [
        800,
        550
      ],
      "parameters": {},
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "Congratulations Messages",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets",
      "position": [
        1000,
        550
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "range": "Congratulations Messages!A:B",
        "options": {},
        "sheetId": "",
        "authentication": "oAuth2"
      },
      "credentials": {
        "googleSheetsOAuth2Api": "<your credential>"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "Merge Data",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.merge",
      "position": [
        1200,
        400
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "mode": "mergeByKey",
        "propertyName1": "Event Name",
        "propertyName2": "Event Name"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "Personalize Message",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.function",
      "position": [
        1400,
        400
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "functionCode": "const newItems = [];\n\nfor (let i=0;i<items.length;i++) {\n  wishes_array = items[i].json.Congratulations.split(',');\n  greeting = wishes_array.shift();\n  \n  new_wish = greeting + ' ' + items[i].json['First Name'] + ',' + wishes_array.join(',');\n  newItems.push({json: {Wishes: new_wish, \"Phone Number\": items[i].json['Phone Number']}});\n}\n\nreturn newItems;"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "Send SMS",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.twilio",
      "position": [
        1600,
        400
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "to": "={{$node[\"Personalize Message\"].json[\"Phone Number\"]}}",
        "from": "",
        "message": "={{$node[\"Personalize Message\"].json[\"Wishes\"]}}"
      },
      "credentials": {
        "twilioApi": "<your credential>"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    }
  ],
  "connections": {
    "Merge Data": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Personalize Message",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Daily Trigger": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Congratulations Calendar",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Any Event Today?": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Merge Data",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ],
        [
          {
            "node": "Do Nothing",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Personalize Message": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Send SMS",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Congratulations Calendar": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Any Event Today?",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Congratulations Messages": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Merge Data",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 1
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  }
}

Credentials you'll need

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• googleSheetsOAuth2Api
• twilioApi

About this workflow

Automated Congratulations With Google Sheets Twilio And N8N. Uses googleSheets, noOp, twilio. Scheduled trigger; 8 nodes.

Source: https://github.com/Zie619/n8n-workflows — original creator credit. Request a take-down →

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