Get a definition from a WhatsApp selection
When an interactive reply contains a word, Notis looks it up and shares the result in your selected report channel.
Trigger
Interactive Reply Received
Triggered when a customer taps a quick-reply button or selects an option from an interactive list message you sent.
Action
Get Word Definition V2
Tool to retrieve definitions, phonetics, origin, and meanings of a given word using freedictionaryapi v2. use when you need comprehensive lexical data for a specific word.
Why this helps
A word selected from a chat menu can be easy to lose before you have time to look it up.
- Turn a selected word into a focused lookup.
- Receive available meanings and pronunciation details together.
- Keep the lookup result in your chosen report channel.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect WhatsApp and Dictionary API once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a name.
- 3Tell Notis to treat the selected word in an incoming interactive reply as the lookup word and return the result in the run report.
- 4Choose Interactive Reply Received as the trigger and select where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real interactive reply containing a word.
Questions about this workflow
What content does this workflow look up?
It uses the word contained in the incoming interactive reply. The reply needs to provide a specific word for Dictionary API to look up.
Does it create or send an interactive WhatsApp message?
No. The trigger is an interactive reply already received, and the action retrieves a dictionary entry. The result goes to the report channel you choose.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Whatsapp to Dictionary api. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Whatsapp triggers
Dictionary api actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Get Word Definition V2
Tool to retrieve definitions, phonetics, origin, and meanings of a given word using freedictionaryapi v2. use when you need comprehensive lexical data for a specific word.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Message Status Updated
Triggers when a WhatsApp message status changes. IMPORTANT LIMITATION: WhatsApp Cloud API does not provide a native polling endpoint for message status. Status updates are ONLY delivered via webhooks in real-time. This trigger cannot directly poll the WhatsApp API for status updates. This trigger will return empty results as WhatsApp does not support this operation. To track message status updates, you must: 1. Set up a webhook endpoint to receive status notifications from WhatsApp 2. Store the webhook data in your own database 3. Use a different mechanism to query your stored webhook data For more information, see: - https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/cloud-api/webhooks
New Message Received
Triggered in real time when your WhatsApp Business number receives an inbound message from a customer (text, media, location, or contact). Delivered via the Cloud API webhook.
Interactive Reply Received
Triggered when a customer taps a quick-reply button or selects an option from an interactive list message you sent.
Message Template Status Update
Triggered when the review status of a WhatsApp message template changes — for example approved, rejected, or flagged — on your WhatsApp Business Account.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Whatsapp and Dictionary api, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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