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  • Great Code. I just implemented an autoreply system to send zoom links for meetings...too many people were asking for the links 5 minutes before the meeting start and this was a a great way to tell them "text ZOOM to (201)555-1234" and the link will be returned. I created a gmail filter to detect the word 'zoom' in incoming texts, tag the message with the appropriate label, and this code will automagically reply with the link. I think the next enhancement is for it to retrieve a specific "template" from gmail to use as the autoreply text so zoom link changes don't require app changes. Commented Oct 6, 2021 at 21:32
  • i'm so happy this is of use to someone else. One caveat - if you end up sending one of these auto-replies to a number that will send an auto-reply back to you, you could end up bouncing back and forth. i keep worrying about this, because I'm not sure if that would end up getting you or the other person marked as spam at some point by your carrier. I keep thinking it might be good to have some check to see if you've received x number of replies from the user you're about to reply to in the last y minutes, or something like that, and if so, skip the auto-reply. just a thought! Commented Oct 6, 2021 at 21:39
  • excellent idea on the template by the way. i hadn't thought about that. Commented Oct 6, 2021 at 21:40
  • I think the main way to avoid the bouncing SMSs is to ensure the gmail filter doesn't label bounced responses. In my use case, I could see some sort of thumbs up emoticon being an autoreply from the other end, but it would not have the word 'zoom' in it. Crafting the gmail filter which adds the label is key. For me it was a bit of a challenge, since I have other gmail filters such as autoforwards and I don't want incoming 'zoom' requests to be forwarded, I had to adjust the autoforward filters to ignore the txt.voice.google.com Froms with the word ZOOM, but allow other SMSs to be forward.. Commented Oct 7, 2021 at 12:00
  • @DavidG - I wanted to give you a heads up - today I went to log in to Google Voice and found they had suspended my account. I only ever used this number to contact my friends and family, and that too was rare, so I can only assume its because i had these auto-replies set up. Please be careful, perhaps this violates Googles TOS, if it does, be aware your account could be suspended. I have made an appeal to their account team, not sure what will happen. So sorry if this led you down the wrong road. Pity, I just wanted to send replies so people would not think I was ignoring them while I'm away. Commented Mar 21, 2022 at 21:24