Sending messages through WhatsApp API

Sending messages through WhatsApp API

Introduction

Message API calls are sent to the /v1/messages endpoint regardless of message type, but the content of the JSON message body differs for each type of message (text, image, etc.). See the following documentation for information regarding the type of messages you want to send:

Send a message

Make sure you meet the messaging prerequisites and query the /v1/contacts endpoint for each number you want to send a template to. Otherwise, you will experience "Resource not found - unknown contact" errors.

In order to check contact availability, you can make the next request:

  • URL: https://waba.mindbehind.com/v1/contacts
  • Method: POST
  • Headers:
    • Content-Type: should be "application/json" and it's required
    • MB-API-KEY: authorization key, and it's required
  • Body Parameters:


In order to send a message, just use the next request URL and the following body parameters.

  • URL: https://waba.mindbehind.com/v1/messages
  • Method: POST
  • Headers:
    • Content-Type: should be "application/json" and it's required
    • MB-API-KEY: authorization key, and it's required
  • Body Parameters:


While we are using the native WhatsApp API, you can check the request details and parameters from WhatsApp API documentation / Messaging.

You can also get more details about error messages from WhatsApp API documentation / Error Messages.


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