Integrations / Developer Tools
Backendless on WhatsApp: manage files and users with an AI agent
Flann turns Backendless into something you can message. Ask on WhatsApp, by text or voice note, and Flann does the work in Backendless for you. Your website, booking system or app depends on tools you never open yourself. Your developer does. Connect Backendless to Flann and you can ask how things are running in plain words, on WhatsApp, without waiting for someone to translate a dashboard for you.
30 actions in Backendless. 9 only look things up, and 21 create, update, send or delete. You connect with your API key.
What you can ask Flann to do in Backendless
You do not need the exact wording. These are the kinds of messages Flann turns into Backendless actions.
“Look up the file count in Backendless.”
“Show me my values in Backendless.”
“Look up the timer in Backendless.”
“Move the file in Backendless.”
“Publish the message in Backendless.”
“Create a hive in Backendless.”
What Flann can work with in Backendless
Backendless gives Flann 30 actions across 9 kinds of record. These are the ones you are most likely to use.
| Record | What Flann can do | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Files | copydeletemove | 3 |
| Users | deletesearchupdate | 3 |
| Timers | createdeletelook upupdate | 4 |
| Counter values | look upupdate | 2 |
| Directories | createdelete | 2 |
Here is what changes when Backendless goes through Flann instead of its own screens.
| Compare | Opening BackendlessLog in, find it, do it | Backendless through FlannAsk and get it done |
|---|---|---|
| Getting started on a job | Log in and click through the screens | Text or voice note, in your own words |
| Looking things up about files | By hand, screen by screen | 9 look-ups, answered straight away |
| Creating and updating | Typed in by hand | 21 changes, made from a message |
| Backendless records | All of them, one screen at a time | 9 kinds, from one chat |
| Set-up | Nothing new to set up | Your Backendless API key, once |
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Step by step: Backendless jobs you can hand to Flann
How a request turns into real Backendless actions, one step at a time.
Fix a user without opening Backendless
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Change the user in Backendless: here is what is different.”
- Flann runs
Find User by IDin Backendless and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Update Userin Backendless. - Flann makes the change in Backendless and confirms in the chat.
Create a timer from a voice note
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Create a timer in Backendless with these details.”
- Flann runs
Get Backendless Timerin Backendless and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Create Backendless Timerin Backendless. - Flann creates it in Backendless and confirms in the chat.
Get answers about your values
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our values in Backendless?”
- Flann runs
Get All Valuesin Backendless and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Backendless is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Where Flann saves you time in Backendless
Small jobs, repeated often, are where the time goes. Here is how they change once Backendless is connected.
Overnight problems, summarised
Today
Errors build up overnight. Nobody reads the logs until something breaks in front of a customer.
With Flann
“Anything go wrong overnight on our systems?”
Flann reads the overnight errors and incidents in Backendless, groups the repeats and ranks what is left by how much it affects customers. You get the few things worth knowing. Nothing is changed; this is a report.
What you stop doing: No more scrolling through logs you were never meant to read.
Security warnings explained
Today
Late at night, a suspicious sign-in report lands in your inbox. Without context you cannot tell a real threat from a member of staff on holiday.
With Flann
“Got a suspicious sign-in warning. Is it real?”
Flann checks the sign-in details in Backendless: where it came from, which account, and whether that person has signed in from there before. It gives you its reading and the reasons behind it.
What you stop doing: Warnings you could not interpret stop costing you sleep.
More on this: how to hand repetitive tasks to an AI agent on WhatsApp.
How Flann connects to Backendless
- In Flann, go to Connectors and find Backendless.
- Paste your Backendless API key into the secure form Flann opens. You will find the key in your Backendless account settings.
- Go back to WhatsApp and ask for what you need. Flann chooses the Backendless action and fills in the details.
Of the 30 Backendless actions, 9 only read. The other 21 create, update, send or delete. Disconnect Backendless in Connectors whenever you like.
Ways to use Backendless with Flann
Check status from your phone
Ask Flann whether everything is running. It checks Backendless and answers in the chat.
Make a change safely
Tell Flann what to change.
Look things up fast
Ask for the record you need. Flann finds it in Backendless and brings it into the chat.
Everything Flann can do in Backendless
Every Backendless action Flann can run, split into what it reads and what it changes.
Looks up 9
- Directory Listing
- Find User by ID
- General Object Retrieval
- Get All Values
- Get Backendless Timer
- Get Counter Value
- Get File Count
- Get Key Items
- Validate User Token
Changes 21
- Copy File
- Create Backendless Hive
- Create Backendless Timer
- Create Directory
- Delete Backendless Timer
- Delete Directory
- Delete File
- Delete User
- Grant Permission to User
- Map Put
- Move File
- Publish Message
- Reset Counter
- Revoke Permission from User
- Set Counter Value
- Update Backendless Timer
- Update User
- User Login
- User Logout
- User Password Recovery
- User Registration
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InstatusCommon questions
What can Flann do with files in Backendless?
Flann can copy, delete and move files in Backendless, using 3 actions (Copy File, Delete File, Move File). Each one changes something in Backendless.
What can Flann do with users in Backendless?
Flann can delete, search and update users in Backendless, using 3 actions (Delete User, Find User by ID, Update User). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change users in Backendless.
How does Flann connect to Backendless?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose Backendless and paste your Backendless API key into a secure form. You will find the key in your Backendless account settings. Once it is connected, Flann can use 30 actions in Backendless.
Do I need to open Backendless to use it with Flann?
No. Once Backendless is connected, you ask Flann on WhatsApp or in the Flann app, by text or voice note, and it does the work in Backendless.
Which Flann plan do I need for Backendless?
Any of them. Every Flann plan includes Backendless and every other app.