3.4 Data Sources


There are many ways to enter posts into your Ushahidi deployment other than from the deployment itself. This section shows you how to configure all the possible data source types.


To access the data sources configuration page, on the sidebar, click on Settings

Settings button higlighted in the sidebar of an Ushahidi.io deployment
Settings button highlighted in the sidebar of an Ushahidi.io deployment

Then, click on Data Sources

Data sources link highlighted in the deployment's settings page.
Data sources link highlighted in the deployment's settings page.

You should get a full list of data sources as shown below

Data Sources Page highlighted displaying a list of available data sources.
Data Sources Page highlighted displaying a list of available data sources

In this section you will learn how to configure different data sources to your Ushahidi deployment.

3.4.1 Email

3.4.2 Gmail

3.4.3 Frontline SMS

3.4.4 Vonage(formely NextMo)

3.4.5 SMSSync

3.4.6 Twilio

3.4.7 Twitter

3.4.8 Africas Talking

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