Message without parameters, attachments, and with buttons Estimated reading: 4 minutes 79 views Description:Send a template message with dynamic text parameters and an image attachment in the header.Endpoint:http://{{your_domain}}/api/v1.0/{{phone_number_id}}/{{key}}/messagesReplace placeholders:{{key}}: Your API key for authentication.How to create key{{your_domain}}: Your domain URL where the API is hosted.{{phone_number_id}}: The unique identifier of the phone number used for sending messages.Example:{ "messaging_product": "whatsapp", "recipient_type": "individual", "to": "91xxxxxxxxxx", "type": "template", "template": { "name": "marketing_buttons", "language": { "code": "en" }, "components": [ { "type":"BUTTONS", "buttons": [ { "type": "QUICK_REPLY", "text": "Unsubscribe from Promos" }, { "type": "url", "text": "Go to link", "url": "https://developers.pingtochat.com/" } ] } ] } }Field Descriptionsmessaging_productDescription: Indicates the messaging product being used. Value: "whatsapp" (since this message is for WhatsApp). recipient_typeDescription: Specifies the type of recipient. Value: "individual" (indicates the message is intended for an individual user). toDescription: The recipient’s WhatsApp phone number in international format. Value: "91xxxxxxxxxx" (replace xxxxxxxxxx with the actual phone number). typeDescription: Specifies the type of message being sent. Value: "template" (indicates this is a template message). templateDescription: The main object containing template message details. Fields:name:Description: The name of the message template. Value: "marketing_buttons" (name of the pre-approved template on WhatsApp). language:code:Description: The language code for the message. Value: "en" (English). components:Description: An array of objects specifying dynamic content for the template. componentsDescription: Holds the dynamic elements of the template. Fields:type:Description: The type of dynamic element in the template. Value: "BUTTONS" (indicates buttons will be included in the message). buttons:Description: An array of button objects within the template. buttonsDescription: Defines individual buttons within the template. Fields:type:Description: The type of button. Value:"QUICK_REPLY": A button that sends a predefined reply when clicked. "url": A button that redirects the user to a specified URL. text:Description: The text displayed on the button. Value:"Unsubscribe from Promos": Text for the quick reply button. "Go to link": Text for the URL button. url (for url buttons only):Description: The URL the button redirects to. Value: "https://developers.pingtochat.com/".ResponseA successful request will return an HTTP status code of 200 OK along with the following response structure:{ "messaging_product": "whatsapp", "contacts": [ { "input": "91xxxxxxxxxx", "wa_id": "91xxxxxxxxxx", "status_id": "NTg0MTc=" } ], "messages": [ { "id": "M2s4da2y4P", "message_status": "accepted" } ] } Field Descriptionsmessaging_product:Type: String Description: Indicates the messaging platform. Always returns whatsapp for messages sent via the WhatsApp Business API. contacts:Type: Array Description: Contains information about the message recipient(s). Fields:input:Type: String Description: The phone number input used in the API request (e.g., 91xxxxxxxxxx). wa_id:Type: String Description: The WhatsApp ID associated with the input phone number. status_id:Type: String Description: A unique identifier for the status of the message. messages:Type: Array Description: Contains details about the seMessages Without Buttonsnt message. Fields:id:Type: String Description: A unique identifier for the message sent (e.g., M2s4da2y4P). message_status:Type: String Description: The status of the message at the time of the response. Example values include:accepted: The message was successfully accepted by the system. Sample codes CURL PHP Java Ruby Python C# Node JS curl –location ‘https://example.com/api/v1.0/phone_number_id/key/messages’ \ –header ‘Content-Type: application/json’ \ –header ‘Authorization: Bearer xxxxxxxxxxxxx………………….’ \ –data ‘{ “messaging_product”: “whatsapp”, “recipient_type”: “individual”, “to”: “91xxxxxxxxxx”, “type”: “template”, “template”: { “name”: “marketing_buttons”, “language”: { “code”: “en” }, “components”: [ { “type”:”BUTTONS”, “buttons”: [ { “type”: “QUICK_REPLY”, “text”: “Unsubscribe from Promos” }, { “type”: “url”, “text”: “Go to link”, “url”: “https://developers.pingtochat.com/” } ] } ] } }’ ‘<'+'?'+'php'+ ` $curl = curl_init(); curl_setopt_array($curl, array( CURLOPT_URL => ‘https://example.com/api/v1.0/phone_number_id/key/messages’, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true, CURLOPT_ENCODING => ”, CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 0, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true, CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => ‘POST’, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS =>'{ “messaging_product”: “whatsapp”, “recipient_type”: “individual”, “to”: “91xxxxxxxxxx”, “type”: “template”, “template”: { “name”: “marketing_buttons”, “language”: { “code”: “en” }, “components”: [ { “type”:”BUTTONS”, “buttons”: [ { “type”: “QUICK_REPLY”, “text”: “Unsubscribe from Promos” }, { “type”: “url”, “text”: “Go to link”, “url”: “https://developers.pingtochat.com/” } ] } ] } }’, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array( ‘Content-Type: application/json’, ‘Authorization: Bearer xxxxxxxxxxxxx………………….’ ), )); $response = curl_exec($curl); curl_close($curl); echo $response; ?>;`; OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient().newBuilder() .build(); MediaType mediaType = MediaType.parse(“application/json”); RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(mediaType, “{\n \”messaging_product\”: \”whatsapp\”,\n \”recipient_type\”: \”individual\”,\n \”to\”: \”91xxxxxxxxxx\”,\n \”type\”: \”template\”,\n \”template\”: {\n \”name\”: \”marketing_buttons\”,\n \”language\”: {\n \”code\”: \”en\”\n },\n \”components\”: [\n {\n \”type\”:\”BUTTONS\”,\n \”buttons\”: [\n {\n \”type\”: \”QUICK_REPLY\”,\n \”text\”: \”Unsubscribe from Promos\”\n },\n \n {\n \”type\”: \”url\”,\n \”text\”: \”Go to link\”,\n \”url\”: \”https://developers.pingtochat.com/\”\n \n }\n \n \n ]\n }\n ]\n }\n}”); Request request = new Request.Builder() .url(“https://example.com/api/v1.0/phone_number_id/key/messages”) .method(“POST”, body) .addHeader(“Content-Type”, “application/json”) .addHeader(“Authorization”, “Bearer xxxxxxxxxxxxx………………….”) .build(); Response response = client.newCall(request).execute(); require “uri” require “json” require “net/http” url = URI(“https://example.com/api/v1.0/phone_number_id/key/messages”) https = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port) https.use_ssl = true request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url) request[“Content-Type”] = “application/json” request[“Authorization”] = “Bearer xxxxxxxxxxxxx………………….” request.body = JSON.dump({ “messaging_product”: “whatsapp”, “recipient_type”: “individual”, “to”: “91xxxxxxxxxx”, “type”: “template”, “template”: { “name”: “marketing_buttons”, “language”: { “code”: “en” }, “components”: [ { “type”: “BUTTONS”, “buttons”: [ { “type”: “QUICK_REPLY”, “text”: “Unsubscribe from Promos” }, { “type”: “url”, “text”: “Go to link”, “url”: “https://developers.pingtochat.com/” } ] } ] } }) response = https.request(request) puts response.read_body import requests import json url = “https://example.com/api/v1.0/phone_number_id/key/messages” payload = json.dumps({ “messaging_product”: “whatsapp”, “recipient_type”: “individual”, “to”: “91xxxxxxxxxx”, “type”: “template”, “template”: { “name”: “marketing_buttons”, “language”: { “code”: “en” }, “components”: [ { “type”: “BUTTONS”, “buttons”: [ { “type”: “QUICK_REPLY”, “text”: “Unsubscribe from Promos” }, { “type”: “url”, “text”: “Go to link”, “url”: “https://developers.pingtochat.com/” } ] } ] } }) headers = { ‘Content-Type’: ‘application/json’, ‘Authorization’: ‘Bearer xxxxxxxxxxxxx………………….’ } response = requests.request(“POST”, url, headers=headers, data=payload) print(response.text) var client = new HttpClient(); var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Post, “https://example.com/api/v1.0/phone_number_id/key/messages”); request.Headers.Add(“Authorization”, “Bearer xxxxxxxxxxxxx………………….”); var content = new StringContent(“{\n \”messaging_product\”: \”whatsapp\”,\n \”recipient_type\”: \”individual\”,\n \”to\”: \”91xxxxxxxxxx\”,\n \”type\”: \”template\”,\n \”template\”: {\n \”name\”: \”marketing_buttons\”,\n \”language\”: {\n \”code\”: \”en\”\n },\n \”components\”: [\n {\n \”type\”:\”BUTTONS\”,\n \”buttons\”: [\n {\n \”type\”: \”QUICK_REPLY\”,\n \”text\”: \”Unsubscribe from Promos\”\n },\n \n {\n \”type\”: \”url\”,\n \”text\”: \”Go to link\”,\n \”url\”: \”https://developers.pingtochat.com/\”\n \n }\n \n \n ]\n }\n ]\n }\n}”, null, “application/json”); request.Content = content; var response = await client.SendAsync(request); response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode(); Console.WriteLine(await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync()); var request = require(‘request’); var options = { ‘method’: ‘POST’, ‘url’: ‘https://example.com/api/v1.0/phone_number_id/key/messages’, ‘headers’: { ‘Content-Type’: ‘application/json’, ‘Authorization’: ‘Bearer xxxxxxxxxxxxx………………….’ }, body: JSON.stringify({ “messaging_product”: “whatsapp”, “recipient_type”: “individual”, “to”: “91xxxxxxxxxx”, “type”: “template”, “template”: { “name”: “marketing_buttons”, “language”: { “code”: “en” }, “components”: [ { “type”: “BUTTONS”, “buttons”: [ { “type”: “QUICK_REPLY”, “text”: “Unsubscribe from Promos” }, { “type”: “url”, “text”: “Go to link”, “url”: “https://developers.pingtochat.com/” } ] } ] } }) }; request(options, function (error, response) { if (error) throw new Error(error); console.log(response.body); });
