Look up a word from a WhatsApp message
Send a word or ask what it means. Notis looks it up and puts the result in your chosen report channel.
Trigger
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.
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
An unfamiliar word in a busy chat can pull you into a separate search and break your train of thought.
- Keep word lookups close to the conversation that prompted them.
- Get available meanings, phonetics, and origin in one result.
- Choose a report channel for lookup results.
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 look up the word in an incoming WhatsApp message and return its definitions, phonetics, and origin in the run report.
- 4Choose New Message Received as the trigger and select where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real message containing a word you want defined.
Questions about this workflow
Will Notis send the definition back as a WhatsApp reply?
This workflow uses the Dictionary API lookup action. Choose a report channel to receive the run result; sending a WhatsApp reply is not part of this workflow.
What should I include in the message?
Send a specific word, or ask what a specific word means. The automation prompt tells Notis to use that word for the lookup.
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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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