--- title: "Connect Lightspeed Retail POS (X-Series) to SMSAPI - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Updated Customer\" fires in Lightspeed Retail POS (X-Series), your agent runs \"Create Contact\" in SMSAPI." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/lightspeed-retail-pos-x-series-to-smsapi" --- # Connect Lightspeed Retail POS (X-Series) to SMSAPI When **Updated Customer** fires in [Lightspeed Retail POS (X-Series)](https://apiant.ai/connections/lightspeed-retail-pos-x-series), your agent runs **Create Contact** in [SMSAPI](https://apiant.ai/connections/smsapi). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Lightspeed Retail POS (X-Series) **1** trigger Lightspeed Retail POS (X-Series) **14** actions SMSAPI **12** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Lightspeed Retail POS (X-Series) and SMSAPI to do together? 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Lightspeed Retail POS (X-Series) can start in SMSAPI - When **Updated Customer** in Lightspeed Retail POS (X-Series) then **Create Contact** in SMSAPI - When **Updated Customer** in Lightspeed Retail POS (X-Series) then **Send Text Message** in SMSAPI Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with Lightspeed Retail POS (X-Series) and SMSAPI ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 26 actions - Trigger **Updated Customer** Triggers when a customer is updated. - Action **Add Product to Consignment** Adds a product line to a consignment in Lightspeed Retail, with its expected count and cost. - Action **Add Stock Adjustment** Adjusts a product's stock level at an outlet, recording the reason such as stock found, damage or theft. - Action **Create Consignment** Creates a consignment in Lightspeed Retail: a supplier order, outlet transfer, supplier return or inventory count. - Action **Create Customer** Creates a new customer. - Action **Create Customer Group** Creates a new customer group. - Action **Create Product** Creates a new product. - Action **Get Consignment** Returns a single consignment from Lightspeed Retail by its id, with its type, status and dates. - Action **Get customer** Returns a single customer by its id. - Action **Get product** Get a product by id. - Action **Get sale** Get a sale by id. - Action **List outlets** List all outlets. - Action **List Registers** Returns the registers in the Lightspeed Retail store, with their outlet and whether each is open. - Action **Update Consignment** Updates a consignment in Lightspeed Retail, such as moving a supplier order from open to sent, dispatched or received. - Action **Update customer** Update an existing customer. - Action **Add Blacklisted Number** Adds a phone number to the account's blacklist so no SMS messages are sent to it, optionally until an expiration date. - Action **Add Sender Name** Adds a new sender name to the SMSAPI account. The name starts inactive until SMSAPI verifies it. - Action **Check HLR Lookup** Checks a mobile number against the HLR (Home Location Register). The lookup is accepted immediately; the detailed network result is sent to the HLR callback URL set in the SMSAPI Customer Portal. - Action **Create Contact** Creates a contact in the SMSAPI contact database. - Action **Delete Blacklisted Number** Removes a single number from the SMSAPI blacklist, so messages can be sent to it again. - Action **Delete Contact** Deletes a contact from the SMSAPI contact database by its ID. - Action **Get Account Balance** Returns the current credit balance (points) and profile details of the connected SMSAPI account. - Action **List Blacklisted Numbers** Lists the phone numbers on the account's blacklist (numbers SMS sending is blocked to), with each entry's id, number, date added and expiration date. - Action **List Sender Names** Lists every sender name on the SMSAPI account with its status (ACTIVE / INACTIVE), whether it is the default, and when it was created. - Action **Send Text Message** Sends an SMS to one or more phone numbers through SMSAPI. - Action **Send Text Message to Group** Sends an SMS to every contact in a group from the SMSAPI contacts database. - Action **Update Contact** Updates an existing contact in the SMSAPI contacts database. Only the fields you fill in are changed. ## Each app on its own - [ **Lightspeed Retail POS (X-Series)** Lightspeed Retail POS (X-Series) is a cloud-based POS and retail management software that lets retailers run...](https://apiant.ai/connections/lightspeed-retail-pos-x-series) - [ **SMSAPI** SMSAPI allows you to send text messages automatically. Messages can be fully personalized.](https://apiant.ai/connections/smsapi) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Lightspeed Retail POS (X-Series) - [ **Lightspeed Retail POS (X-Series) to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/lightspeed-retail-pos-x-series-to-salesforce) - [ **Lightspeed Retail POS (X-Series) to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-smsapi) - [ **Google Sheets to SMSAPI** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-smsapi) - [ **Gmail to SMSAPI** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-smsapi) Questions ## Lightspeed Retail POS (X-Series) and SMSAPI, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Lightspeed Retail POS (X-Series)? Any of Lightspeed Retail POS (X-Series)'s 1 trigger in the catalog, including Updated Customer. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in SMSAPI when something happens in Lightspeed Retail POS (X-Series)? Any of SMSAPI's 12 actions, including Create Contact, Send Text Message, Send Text Message to Group and Update Contact. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from SMSAPI to Lightspeed Retail POS (X-Series)? SMSAPI has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Lightspeed Retail POS (X-Series). If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads SMSAPI's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Lightspeed Retail POS (X-Series) or SMSAPI? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use Lightspeed Retail POS (X-Series) and SMSAPI without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.