No parameter with header-text and body and footer Estimated reading: 2 minutes 227 views Endpoint: POST http://{{your_domain}}/api/v1.0/{{phone_number_id}}/{{key}}/messages Replace the placeholders: {{key}}: Your API key for authentication.How to create key {{your_domain}}: Your API domain. {{phone_number_id}}: The ID linked to your WhatsApp Business API number. Headers: Content-Type: application/json Authorization: Bearer <your_access_token> Example Payload: { "messaging_product": "whatsapp", "recipient_type": "individual", "to": "91xxxxxxxxxx", "type": "template", "template": { "name": "utility_g", "language": { "code": "en_us" }, "components": [ ] } } 6. Key Components in the Payload messaging_product Type: String Description: Specifies the messaging platform. Always set to "whatsapp". recipient_type Type: String Description: Defines the recipient type. Use "individual" for one-on-one messaging. to Type: String Description: The recipient’s WhatsApp number in international format (e.g., "91xxxxxxxxxx"). type Type: String Description: Defines the type of message. Always set to "template". template.name Type: String Description: Specifies the pre-approved WhatsApp template name. In this case, it is "utility_g". template.language.code Type: String Description: Language code for the template. The value should match the approved template settings. Example: "en_us" for English (United States). components Type: Array Description: This field is empty ([]) since the utility_g template does not include any dynamic content. 7. Expected API Response When the request is successful, the API will return an HTTP 200 OK status along with the following JSON response: { "messaging_product": "whatsapp", "contacts": [ { "input": "91xxxxxxxxxx", "wa_id": "91xxxxxxxxxx", "status_id": "NTg0MTc=" } ], "messages": [ { "id": "M2s4da2y4P", "message_status": "accepted" } ] } Response Field Descriptions messaging_product Type: String Description: Always returns "whatsapp" to indicate the platform. contacts Type: 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 representing the status of the message. messages Type: Array Description: Contains information about the sent message. Fields within messages: id: A unique message identifier. message_status: Indicates the status of the message processing. "accepted" – The message was successfully processed. 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 xxxxxxxxxxx……….’ \ –header ‘Cookie: XSRF-TOKEN=xxxxxxxxxxx……….’ \ –data ‘{ “messaging_product”: “whatsapp”, “recipient_type”: “individual”, “to”: “91xxxxxxxxxx”, “type”: “template”, “template”: { “name”: “utility_g”, “language”: { “code”: “en_us” }, “components”: [ ] } }’ ‘<'+'?'+'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”: “utility_g”, “language”: { “code”: “en_us” }, “components”: [ ] } }’, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array( ‘Content-Type: application/json’, ‘Authorization: Bearer xxxxxxxxxxx……….’, ‘Cookie: XSRF-TOKEN=xxxxxxxxxxx……….’ ), )); $response = curl_exec($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\”: \”utility_g\”,\r\n \”language\”: {\r\n \”code\”: \”en_us\”\r\n },\r\n \”components\”: [\r\n \r\n ]\r\n }\r\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 xxxxxxxxxxx……….”) .addHeader(“Cookie”, “XSRF-TOKEN=xxxxxxxxxxx……….”) .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 xxxxxxxxxxx……….” request[“Cookie”] = “XSRF-TOKEN=xxxxxxxxxxx……….” request.body = JSON.dump({ “messaging_product”: “whatsapp”, “recipient_type”: “individual”, “to”: “91xxxxxxxxxx”, “type”: “template”, “template”: { “name”: “utility_g”, “language”: { “code”: “en_us” }, “components”: [] } }) 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”: “utility_g”, “language”: { “code”: “en_us” }, “components”: [] } }) headers = { ‘Content-Type’: ‘application/json’, ‘Authorization’: ‘Bearer xxxxxxxxxxx……….’, ‘Cookie’: ‘XSRF-TOKEN=xxxxxxxxxxx……….’ } 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 xxxxxxxxxxx……….”); request.Headers.Add(“Cookie”, “XSRF-TOKEN=xxxxxxxxxxx……….”); 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\”: \”utility_g\”,\r\n \”language\”: {\r\n \”code\”: \”en_us\”\r\n },\r\n \”components\”: [\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://example.com/api/v1.0/phone_number_id/key/messages’, ‘headers’: { ‘Content-Type’: ‘application/json’, ‘Authorization’: ‘Bearer xxxxxxxxxxx……….’, ‘Cookie’: ‘XSRF-TOKEN=xxxxxxxxxxx……….’ }, body: JSON.stringify({ “messaging_product”: “whatsapp”, “recipient_type”: “individual”, “to”: “91xxxxxxxxxx”, “type”: “template”, “template”: { “name”: “utility_g”, “language”: { “code”: “en_us” }, “components”: [] } }) }; request(options, function (error, response) { if (error) throw new Error(error); console.log(response.body); });
