Description
n8n-nodes-android-texter
n8n community node for Android Texter: send and receive SMS and MMS through your own Android phone and number. No Twilio account, no 10DLC registration, no per-message fees.
What it does
| Node | Operations |
|—|—|
| Android Texter | Send SMS/MMS, Send Broadcast, Get Message Status, Get Conversation History, Search Messages, List Conversations, List or Cancel Scheduled Messages, Create or Update Contact, List Contacts, List Devices, Flag or Unflag Spam |
| Android Texter Trigger | Polls for new incoming texts and starts your workflow when one arrives |
The Android Texter node can also be used as a tool by n8n’s AI Agent.
Quick start
1. Install the node in n8n: Settings, Community Nodes, Install, then enter n8n-nodes-android-texter.
2. Pair a phone and create an API key at androidtexter.com/dashboard/settings/api-keys. Keys start with atx_.
3. Create a credential in n8n: Credentials, New, Android Texter API, then paste your key. The credential test checks it.
4. Add the node to your workflow.
Use cases
- Lead capture to text reply. A form submission arrives, the node texts the lead from your business number.
- Order confirmations. A new order triggers a personalized text from your phone.
- Two-way support. A new incoming text starts the Trigger, an AI step drafts a reply, a person approves, the node sends it.
- Reminders to a group. Send Broadcast texts a list of numbers, each as its own message, with
{{first_name}}filled in per contact. - Send. To Phone (separate several numbers with commas for one group text), Message (up to 1600 characters). Options: Device ID, Media URL (makes it an MMS), Scheduled At, SIM Slot (dual-SIM phones). Returns the queued message, including
message_id. - Send Broadcast. Phones (commas or new lines, up to 500) and Message. Each recipient gets a separate text. Options: Device ID (send all from one phone), Media URL.
- Get Status. Message ID from a previous Send. Status is
queued,sent,failedorcancelled. - Get History. One conversation, newest first: Phone, Page, Limit. For a group text, add the Thread Ref from List Conversations.
- Search. Sent and received texts containing a word or phrase. Return All, or set a Limit. One item per message.
- List. Most recent first, up to Limit. Optional Folder filter: All (the default, everything except archived and spam), Inbox, Outbox, Archived, Spam. One item per conversation.
- List. Texts waiting to be sent. One item per message.
- Cancel. Stop a scheduled text by its message ID.
- Create or Update. Matched by phone. Fields you leave empty are kept, and tags are added rather than replaced.
- List. Return All, or set a Limit. Optional search (name, phone, email, company) and tag filter. One item per contact.
- List. Your paired phones with online status and last check-in.
- Flag / Unflag. Moves a conversation to Spam and mutes it, or brings it back.
- 0.2.2. No functional changes; republished so the 0.2.1 fixes go through n8n review.
- 0.2.1. Contact List and Search can return every result (Return All) instead of stopping at the first page; Conversation List’s Folder moved under Filters.
- 0.2.0. Send Broadcast, Search, List Conversations, Scheduled Messages, List Contacts, SIM slot and group thread support; usable as an AI Agent tool; meets n8n’s current community-node checks. Existing operations are unchanged.
- 0.1.4. API errors shown through n8n’s error display.
- Issues: https://github.com/argosautomation/n8n-nodes-android-texter/issues
- Email: [email protected]
- Web: https://androidtexter.com
Authentication
An API key sent as the X-API-Key header. No OAuth. The credential test calls GET /api/me.
Operations
Message
Conversation
Scheduled Message
Contact
Device
Spam
Trigger
Android Texter Trigger polls GET /api/messages/received on n8n’s polling schedule (set it under Poll Times). Each new incoming text is one item. It remembers the newest message it has seen, so turning a workflow off and on does not replay old texts. Filter by Phone limits it to one sender.
Anything else
Every API endpoint is documented at androidtexter.com/docs, with the OpenAPI spec at https://androidtexter.com/api/openapi.json. Use n8n’s HTTP Request node with the same X-API-Key header for anything this node does not cover.
