How to connect ManyChat to Albato

Last update: 8/15/2022 · 2 min read

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ManyChat is a platform that allows you to create chatbots for Facebook Messenger. You can use these chatbots for a range of purposes, such as marketing and customer support.

Albato lets you connect your ManyChat account with hundreds of the most popular apps - no code required! You can automate your daily tasks and focus on more important work.

Available Trigger:

Triggers are events that trigger an automation. All triggers run in real time; that is, data is transferred the moment the event occurs.

• New events

Available Actions

Actions are what Albato performs when your automation is running. Actions also allow you to transfer data to other apps and systems.

• Find subscriber by name
• Create subscriber
• Get page info
• Add tag to subscriber by tag id
• Add tag to subscriber by tag name
• Remove tag from subscriber by tag id
• Remove tag from subscriber by tag name
• Send text message to subscriber
• Send flow to subscriber
• Set custom field by name
• Find subscriber by id
• Get page tags
• Remove tag from page by tag id
• Remove tag from page by tag name

Before setting up automations with ManyChat, connect the app to Albato.

To do this, go to the Apps section and click the Add a connection button.

Select the app from the drop-down list or use the search bar. Click the Add a connection button.

Set the name for your connection. Paste the API key from your ManyChat account.

How to get API key

Sign in to your ManyChat account. Go to the Settings section → «Extensions» → API. Click the Create your API key button.

Please note: if you update or delete the token, all connected API methods will be disabled!

Copy the key.

Paste the key into the Albato connection field. Click the Continue button.

Your connection is ready!

For more information, see this article:

Automate ManyChat with Albato.

How to set up a webhook for ManyChat

1. Copy the webhook URL from the Albato connection page for ManyChat. This URL is required so that ManyChat can send data to Albato.

2. Go to your ManyChat account and add an Action block to your automation.

3. Next, go to Automation → Make External Request.

4. Once you click Add your request, the configuration window will open.

5. In this window, you can choose the request type POST, GET, PUT, or DELETE. After you select the request type, enter the Request URL and fill in any necessary headers.

Note: Only HTTPS links are allowed.

For more information, visit the ManyChat Support documentation.