Api referencesWhatsApp Cloud API
POST WhatsApp Template Message
API to send the WhatsApp template message
Parameter Description
userName: refers to the name of the user we intend to send the messagewa_id: refers to the WhatsApp number of the user we intend to send the message NOTE: The number must contain the country code without the plus signtemplateId: refers to the ID of the template NOTE: Template must be approved before using this APIparams: is used for the variables used in the template, it is an empty array in the case of a plain text template with no variables. In case of variables in the template, please refer to the JSON below
API Endpoint
https://api-v7.express-chat.com/whatsapp-automation/wa/send-template?apiKey=*API KEY*Request Headers
| Header | Details |
|---|---|
| apiKey | API KEY |
Query Params
| Header | Details |
|---|---|
| apiKey | API KEY |
Body
{
"userName": "Divyansh Test",
"wa_id": "9175080****",
"templateId": "62b5c16bf*****cfa9a72335",
"params": [
{
"type" : "header",
"parameters": [
{
"type": "document",
"document": {
"link": "<https://www.africau.edu/images/default/sample.pdf>"
}
}
]
},
{
"type": "body",
"parameters": [
{
"type": "text",
"text": "Abc"
},
{
"type": "text",
"text": "def"
},
{
"type": "text",
"text": "Monday"
}
]
}
]
}Examples
Request
curl --location --request POST '<https://api.v7.express-chat.com/whatsapp-automation/wa/send-template?apiKey=> *Shared Separately*' \\
--header 'apiKey: *API KEY*' \\
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \\
--data-raw '{
"userName": "Test",
"wa_id": "91885917****",
"templateId": "63dba1617****52face07078",
"params": [
{
"type": "header",
"parameters": [
{
"type": "document",
"document": {
"link": "<https://www.africau.edu/images/default/sample.pdf>"
}
}
]
},
{
"type": "body",
"parameters": [
{
"type": "text",
"text": "Abc"
},
{
"type": "text",
"text": "def"
},
{
"type": "text",
"text": "Monday"
}
]
}
]
}'Response
Headers
| Header | Details |
|---|---|
| X-Powered-By | Express |
| Vary | Origin |
| Access-Control-Allow-Credentials | true |
| _user | 61c1c2058e0****e9bb420f8 |
| _bot | 62e77a807f1****ecce980f0 |
| whatsAppId | ****bsIWcYgazd5ZDAK |
| Content-Type | application/json; charset=utf-8 |
| Content-Length | 507 |
| ETag | W/"1fb-urlVjgGZAUBRNyxQDAOnZ3ONF1I" |
| Date | Wed, 03 Aug 2022 1113 GMT |
| Connection | keep-alive |
| Keep-Alive | timeout=5 |