No parameter with header-text and body and button quick-replay and visit-website Estimated reading: 3 minutes 71 views PingtoChat’s Marketing Category enables businesses to send pre-approved WhatsApp template messages through the WhatsApp Business API. The supported message types include:Messages Without Parameters Messages With Parameters Messages With Parameters and Attachments Messages With Buttons (Quick Reply, URL)For URL buttons, they do not need to be included in the example payload request.Description:A basic template message without dynamic parameters.Endpoint:http://{{your_domain}}/api/v1.0/{{phone_number_id}}/{{key}}/messagesMethod:POSTHeaders:Content-Type: application/json Authorization: Bearer <your_access_token>Example Payload:{ "messaging_product": "whatsapp", "recipient_type": "individual", "to": "91xxxxxxxxxxx", "type": "template", "template": { "name": "marketing_i", "language": { "code": "en_us" }, "components": [ { "type": "button", "sub_type": "quick_reply", "index": 0, "parameters": [ { "type": "text", "text": "Unsubscribe from Promos" } ] } ] } }Key Components in the Payloadmessaging_productType: String Description: Specifies the messaging platform. Always set to "whatsapp".recipient_typeType: String Description: Defines the recipient type. Use "individual" for one-on-one messaging.toType: String Description: The recipient’s WhatsApp number in international format (e.g., "91xxxxxxxxxxx").typeType: String Description: Defines the type of message. Always set to "template".template.nameType: String Description: Specifies the pre-approved WhatsApp template name. In this case, it is "marketing_i".template.language.codeType: String Description: Language code for the template. Must match the approved template settings. Example: "en_us" for English (United States).componentsType: Array Description: Defines the interactive elements in the template.1. Quick Reply ButtonType: button Description: Adds an interactive Quick Reply button.sub_typeValue: "quick_reply" Description: Defines the button as a Quick Reply."quick_reply": Provides a predefined response option.indexType: Integer Description: Position of the button in the template."0": The first button.parametersType: Array Description: Defines the button text.text: "Unsubscribe from Promos"ResponseIf the request is successful, the API returns a 200 OK response with the following JSON structure:{ "messaging_product": "whatsapp", "contacts": [ { "input": "91xxxxxxxxxxx", "wa_id": "91xxxxxxxxxxx", "status_id": "NTg0MTc=" } ], "messages": [ { "id": "M2s4da2y4P", "message_status": "accepted" } ] }Response Field Descriptionsmessaging_productType: String Description: Always returns "whatsapp".contactsType: Array Description: Contains recipient details.Fields within contacts:input: The phone number used in the API request. wa_id: WhatsApp ID linked to the phone number. status_id: A unique identifier for message status.messagesType: Array Description: Contains details about the sent message.Fields within messages:id: A unique message identifier. message_status: Indicates the message processing status."accepted": The message was successfully processed. Sample codes CURL PHP Java Ruby Python C# Node JS curl –location ‘https://{{your_domain}}/api/v1.0/{{phone_number_id}}/{{key}}/messages’ \ –header ‘authToken: xxxxxxxxxxxxx………………….’ \ –header ‘Content-Type: application/json’ \ –header ‘Authorization: Bearer xxxxxxxxxxxxx………………….’ \ –data ‘{ “messaging_product”: “whatsapp”, “recipient_type”: “individual”, “to”: “91xxxxxxxxxx”, “type”: “template”, “template”: { “name”: “markting_i”, “language”: { “code”: “en_us” }, “components”: [ { “type”: “button”, “sub_type”: “quick_reply”, “index”: 0, “parameters”: [ { “type”: “text”, “text”: “Unsubscribe from Promos” } ] }, { “type”: “button”, “sub_type”: “copy_code”, “index”: 1, “parameters”: [ { “type”: “text”, “text”: “WRETTT” } ] } ] } }’ ‘<'+'?'+'php'+ ` $curl = curl_init(); curl_setopt_array($curl, array( CURLOPT_URL => ‘https://{{your_domain}}/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”: “markting_i”, “language”: { “code”: “en_us” }, “components”: [ { “type”: “button”, “sub_type”: “quick_reply”, “index”: 0, “parameters”: [ { “type”: “text”, “text”: “Unsubscribe from Promos” } ] }, { “type”: “button”, “sub_type”: “copy_code”, “index”: 1, “parameters”: [ { “type”: “text”, “text”: “WRETTT” } ] } ] } }’, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array( ‘authToken: xxxxxxxxxxxxx………………….’, ‘: ‘, ‘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, “{\r\n \”messaging_product\”: \”whatsapp\”,\r\n \”recipient_type\”: \”individual\”,\r\n \”to\”: \”91xxxxxxxxxx\”,\r\n \”type\”: \”template\”,\r\n \”template\”: {\r\n \”name\”: \”markting_i\”,\r\n \”language\”: {\r\n \”code\”: \”en_us\”\r\n },\r\n \”components\”: [\r\n {\r\n \”type\”: \”button\”,\r\n \”sub_type\”: \”quick_reply\”, \r\n \”index\”: 0,\r\n \”parameters\”: [\r\n {\r\n \”type\”: \”text\”,\r\n \”text\”: \”Unsubscribe from Promos\”\r\n }\r\n ]\r\n },\r\n {\r\n \”type\”: \”button\”,\r\n \”sub_type\”: \”copy_code\”, \r\n \”index\”: 1,\r\n \”parameters\”: [\r\n {\r\n \”type\”: \”text\”,\r\n \”text\”: \”WRETTT\” \r\n }\r\n ]\r\n }\r\n ]\r\n }\r\n}”); Request request = new Request.Builder() .url(“https://{{your_domain}}/api/v1.0/{{phone_number_id}}/{{key}}/messages”) .method(“POST”, body) .addHeader(“authToken”, “xxxxxxxxxxxxx………………….”) .addHeader(“”, “”) .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://{{your_domain}}/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[“authToken”] = “xxxxxxxxxxxxx………………….” request[“”] = “” 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”: “markting_i”, “language”: { “code”: “en_us” }, “components”: [ { “type”: “button”, “sub_type”: “quick_reply”, “index”: 0, “parameters”: [ { “type”: “text”, “text”: “Unsubscribe from Promos” } ] }, { “type”: “button”, “sub_type”: “copy_code”, “index”: 1, “parameters”: [ { “type”: “text”, “text”: “WRETTT” } ] } ] } }) response = https.request(request) puts response.read_body import requests import json url = “https://{{your_domain}}/api/v1.0/{{phone_number_id}}/{{key}}/messages” payload = json.dumps({ “messaging_product”: “whatsapp”, “recipient_type”: “individual”, “to”: “91xxxxxxxxxx”, “type”: “template”, “template”: { “name”: “markting_i”, “language”: { “code”: “en_us” }, “components”: [ { “type”: “button”, “sub_type”: “quick_reply”, “index”: 0, “parameters”: [ { “type”: “text”, “text”: “Unsubscribe from Promos” } ] }, { “type”: “button”, “sub_type”: “copy_code”, “index”: 1, “parameters”: [ { “type”: “text”, “text”: “WRETTT” } ] } ] } }) headers = { ‘authToken’: ‘xxxxxxxxxxxxx………………….’, ”: ”, ‘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://{{your_domain}}/api/v1.0/{{phone_number_id}}/{{key}}/messages”); request.Headers.Add(“authToken”, “xxxxxxxxxxxxx………………….”); request.Headers.Add(“”, “”); request.Headers.Add(“Authorization”, “Bearer xxxxxxxxxxxxx………………….”); var content = new StringContent(“{\r\n \”messaging_product\”: \”whatsapp\”,\r\n \”recipient_type\”: \”individual\”,\r\n \”to\”: \”91xxxxxxxxxx\”,\r\n \”type\”: \”template\”,\r\n \”template\”: {\r\n \”name\”: \”markting_i\”,\r\n \”language\”: {\r\n \”code\”: \”en_us\”\r\n },\r\n \”components\”: [\r\n {\r\n \”type\”: \”button\”,\r\n \”sub_type\”: \”quick_reply\”, \r\n \”index\”: 0,\r\n \”parameters\”: [\r\n {\r\n \”type\”: \”text\”,\r\n \”text\”: \”Unsubscribe from Promos\”\r\n }\r\n ]\r\n },\r\n {\r\n \”type\”: \”button\”,\r\n \”sub_type\”: \”copy_code\”, \r\n \”index\”: 1,\r\n \”parameters\”: [\r\n {\r\n \”type\”: \”text\”,\r\n \”text\”: \”WRETTT\” \r\n }\r\n ]\r\n }\r\n ]\r\n }\r\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://{{your_domain}}/api/v1.0/{{phone_number_id}}/{{key}}/messages’, ‘headers’: { ‘authToken’: ‘xxxxxxxxxxxxx………………….’, ”: ”, ‘Content-Type’: ‘application/json’, ‘Authorization’: ‘Bearer xxxxxxxxxxxxx………………….’ }, body: JSON.stringify({ “messaging_product”: “whatsapp”, “recipient_type”: “individual”, “to”: “91xxxxxxxxxx”, “type”: “template”, “template”: { “name”: “markting_i”, “language”: { “code”: “en_us” }, “components”: [ { “type”: “button”, “sub_type”: “quick_reply”, “index”: 0, “parameters”: [ { “type”: “text”, “text”: “Unsubscribe from Promos” } ] }, { “type”: “button”, “sub_type”: “copy_code”, “index”: 1, “parameters”: [ { “type”: “text”, “text”: “WRETTT” } ] } ] } }) }; request(options, function (error, response) { if (error) throw new Error(error); console.log(response.body); });
