Retrieve type from phone number

[ChrisSka83]

Hello everyone,
does anyone have any idea how I can read the type of phone number from the contacts?

The idea behind it:
I want to create a whatsapp button in the contact entity, but only if the phone number is a cell phone number.
If it is a cell phone number, then a formula should write the link in the button.
If it is another number, e.g. a landline number, then it should not write anything.
I use the link button extension from Kharg .

With this formula it only writes the first number:
ifThenElse(phoneNumber != null, whatsapp=string\concatenate('https://wa.me/', phoneNumber), whatsapp = null);

[yuri]

Hi, You can check in phoneNumberData. It's an array of objects. An item contains information for a single email address.

[lazovic]

Hi ChrisSka83,

You can get the primary phone number Type value using the following formula script (using the last line you can test it in Administration > Formula Sandbox by selecting any contact):

$phoneNumberData = json\encode(phoneNumberData);
$phoneNumberType = json\retrieve($phoneNumberData, string\concatenate(0, '.type'));
output\printLine($phoneNumberType);

To get Type values for all phone numbers (not just the primary one), you can use the following script:

$phoneNumbersCount = array\length(phoneNumberData);

$phoneNumberData = json\encode(phoneNumberData);

$i = 0;

while ($i < $phoneNumbersCount) {

  $phoneNumberType = json\retrieve($phoneNumberData, string\concatenate($i, '.type'));

  $phoneNumbersTypesArray = array\push($phoneNumbersTypesArray, $phoneNumberType);

  $i = $i + 1;
}

$phoneNumbersTypes = array\join($phoneNumbersTypesArray, '\n');

output\printLine($phoneNumbersTypes);

Please keep in mind that if you get red dots at the beginning of lines when pasting these formula scripts, simply erase them.

[ChrisSka83]

Ok, reading out the data has already worked.
But how do I now pass on the phone number if the type is mobile?
I thought I could solve this with an If query, but unfortunately nothing came of it.

[rabii]

Hi ChrisSka83

Try this code, it should work

$i = 0;

while ($i < array\length(phoneNumberData)) {
  
  $type = object\get(array\at(phoneNumberData, $i), 'type');
  
  if ($type == 'Mobile') {
    $mobile = object\get(array\at(phoneNumberData, $i), 'phoneNumber');
    break;
  }
  $i = $i + 1;
}​ 

The code simply iterate through the phone number data and if a mobile type exists then it will be assigned to a $mobile variable and it will break the loop.

[ChrisSka83]

Thank you

your script does exactly what I had in mind.
My script now looks like this:

$i = 0;

while ($i < array\length(phoneNumberData)) {
  
  $type = object\get(array\at(phoneNumberData, $i), 'type');
  
  if ($type == 'Mobile') {
    $mobile = object\get(array\at(phoneNumberData, $i), 'phoneNumber');
    break;
  }
  $i = $i + 1;
}

ifThenElse($mobile != null, whatsapp=string\concatenate('https://wa.me/', $mobile), whatsapp = null);
ifThenElse($mobile != null, handynummervorhanden = true, handynummervorhanden = false);​ 

Now I have added a bool field, if mobile exists, then it will be set to true.
So that I can check whether a mobile number is available and show the button, otherwise hide it.
I actually wanted to shorten the formula, but the following formula didn't work somehow:

ifThenElse($mobile != null, whatsapp=string\concatenate('https://wa.me/', $mobile) && handynummervorhanden = true, whatsapp = null && handynummervorhanden = false); 

[rabii]

may be try this

while ($i < array\length(phoneNumberData)) {
  
  $type = object\get(array\at(phoneNumberData, $i), 'type');
  
  if ($type == 'Mobile') {
    
    $mobile = object\get(array\at(phoneNumberData, $i), 'phoneNumber');
    
    if ($mobile) {
        whatsapp = string\concatenate('https://wa.me/', $mobile);
        handynummervorhanden = true;
    }
    break;
  } else {
        whatsapp = null;
        handynummervorhanden = null;
  }​
  $i = $i + 1;
}​ 

[ChrisSka83]

An error has crept into your code.
I only noticed it when I had a contact with just a landline number and no mobile number.

} else {
whatsapp = null;
handynummervorhanden = null; <- false must be entered here, not null

[rabii]

Sorry i missed that one, good you spotted that error.
Thanks

[ChrisSka83]

Great, works perfectly.

Many thanks rabii

[rabii]

you are welcome

[esforim]

Are you combining this with Kharg: https://forum.espocrm.com/forum/exte...ge2#post104838 ?

Sound like I need to copy this idea, too bad we don't use WhatApp in our country often enough

[ChrisSka83]

Of course it can be copied. That's what the forum is for, to exchange information.
You don't have to use WhatsApp. You can use any app.
I would have liked to use Telegram, but it's by username and not by cell phone number.