POST WhatsApp Template Message

API to send the WhatsApp template message

Parameter Description

1. userName: refers to the name of the user we intend to send the message

2. wa_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 sign

3. templateId: refers to the ID of the template NOTE: Template must be approved before using this API

4. assingTo : refers to the email of custom user or agent.

5. params: 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

6. tags: refers to label you can assign to conversations or chats to help organize and manage effectively.

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API End Points

https://api-v7.express-chat.com/whatsapp-automation/wa/templates?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"
                        }
                    ]
        }
		 ],
		 "assignTo": "[email protected]",
		 "tags": [ "test" ]
}

Example:

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"
                        }
                    ]
        }

    ],
     "assignTo": "[email protected]",
     "tags": [ "test" ]
}'

Response

Header

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 11:16:13 GMT
Connection	keep-alive
Keep-Alive	timeout=5