Parameter with header and body Estimated reading: 3 minutes 153 views OverviewA header that dynamically personalizes the message with text. A body that provides additional message content with placeholders for dynamic text.This template is used for sending marketing-related messages to users.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": "91xxxxxxxxxx", "type": "template", "template": { "name": "marketing_t", "language": { "code": "en_us" }, "components": [ { "type": "header", "parameters": [ { "type": "text", "text": "Hi user" } ] }, { "type": "body", "parameters": [ { "type": "text", "text": "Our" }, { "type": "text", "text": "whatsapp message app" } ] } ] } }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., "91xxxxxxxxxx").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_t".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.HeaderType: header Description: The header section of the template message. parameters:type: "text" – Specifies that the header contains text. text: "Hi user" – The actual content of the header.BodyType: body Description: The main content of the template message. parameters:type: "text" text: "Our" – First part of the message. text: "whatsapp message app" – Second part of the message.ResponseIf the request is successful, the API returns a 200 OK response with the following JSON structure:{ "messaging_product": "whatsapp", "contacts": [ { "input": "91xxxxxxxxxx", "wa_id": "91xxxxxxxxxx", "status_id": "MTA0NDQ5" } ], "messages": [ { "id": "KrNLbzOCZb", "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 ‘Content-Type: application/json’ \ –header ‘Authorization: Bearer xxxxxxxxxxxxx………………….’ \ –data ‘{ “messaging_product”: “whatsapp”, “recipient_type”: “individual”, “to”: “91xxxxxxxxxx”, “type”: “template”, “template”: { “name”: “marketing_t”, “language”: { “code”: “en_us” }, “components”: [ { “type”: “header”, “parameters”: [ { “type”: “text”, “text”: “Hi user” } ] }, { “type”: “body”, “parameters”: [ { “type”: “text”, “text”: “Our” }, { “type”: “text”, “text”: “whatsapp message app” } ] } ] } } ‘ ‘<'+'?'+'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”: “marketing_t”, “language”: { “code”: “en_us” }, “components”: [ { “type”: “header”, “parameters”: [ { “type”: “text”, “text”: “Hi user” } ] }, { “type”: “body”, “parameters”: [ { “type”: “text”, “text”: “Our” }, { “type”: “text”, “text”: “whatsapp message app” } ] } ] } } ‘, 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, “{\r\n \”messaging_product\”: \”whatsapp\”,\r\n \”recipient_type\”: \”individual\”,\r\n \”to\”: \”91xxxxxxxxxx\”,\r\n \”type\”: \”template\”,\r\n \”template\”: {\r\n \”name\”: \”marketing_t\”,\r\n \”language\”: {\r\n \”code\”: \”en_us\”\r\n },\r\n \”components\”: [\r\n {\r\n \”type\”: \”header\”,\r\n \”parameters\”: [\r\n {\r\n \”type\”: \”text\”,\r\n \”text\”: \”Hi user\”\r\n }\r\n ]\r\n },\r\n {\r\n \”type\”: \”body\”,\r\n \”parameters\”: [\r\n {\r\n \”type\”: \”text\”,\r\n \”text\”: \”Our\”\r\n },\r\n {\r\n \”type\”: \”text\”,\r\n \”text\”: \”whatsapp message app\”\r\n }\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(“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[“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_t”, “language”: { “code”: “en_us” }, “components”: [ { “type”: “header”, “parameters”: [ { “type”: “text”, “text”: “Hi user” } ] }, { “type”: “body”, “parameters”: [ { “type”: “text”, “text”: “Our” }, { “type”: “text”, “text”: “whatsapp message app” } ] } ] } }) 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”: “marketing_t”, “language”: { “code”: “en_us” }, “components”: [ { “type”: “header”, “parameters”: [ { “type”: “text”, “text”: “Hi user” } ] }, { “type”: “body”, “parameters”: [ { “type”: “text”, “text”: “Our” }, { “type”: “text”, “text”: “whatsapp message app” } ] } ] } }) 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://{{your_domain}}/api/v1.0/{{phone_number_id}}/{{key}}/messages”); 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\”: \”marketing_t\”,\r\n \”language\”: {\r\n \”code\”: \”en_us\”\r\n },\r\n \”components\”: [\r\n {\r\n \”type\”: \”header\”,\r\n \”parameters\”: [\r\n {\r\n \”type\”: \”text\”,\r\n \”text\”: \”Hi user\”\r\n }\r\n ]\r\n },\r\n {\r\n \”type\”: \”body\”,\r\n \”parameters\”: [\r\n {\r\n \”type\”: \”text\”,\r\n \”text\”: \”Our\”\r\n },\r\n {\r\n \”type\”: \”text\”,\r\n \”text\”: \”whatsapp message app\”\r\n }\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’: { ‘Content-Type’: ‘application/json’, ‘Authorization’: ‘Bearer xxxxxxxxxxxxx………………….’ }, body: JSON.stringify({ “messaging_product”: “whatsapp”, “recipient_type”: “individual”, “to”: “91xxxxxxxxxx”, “type”: “template”, “template”: { “name”: “marketing_t”, “language”: { “code”: “en_us” }, “components”: [ { “type”: “header”, “parameters”: [ { “type”: “text”, “text”: “Hi user” } ] }, { “type”: “body”, “parameters”: [ { “type”: “text”, “text”: “Our” }, { “type”: “text”, “text”: “whatsapp message app” } ] } ] } }) }; request(options, function (error, response) { if (error) throw new Error(error); console.log(response.body); });
