Create a WhatsApp Notification Subscription for Slack

This code snippet shows how to receive WhatsApp Business Account notifications through Slack.

Example

Find the description for all variables used in each code snippet below:

Key	Description
`VONAGE_API_KEY`	Your Vonage API key (see it on your dashboard).
`VONAGE_API_SECRET`	Your Vonage API secret (also available on your dashboard).
`CHANNEL_MANAGER_WHATSAPP_NOTIFICATION_WEBHOOK_URL_SLACK`	An incoming webhook URL created for your Slack workspace. Please refer to the Slack webhook documentation for more information on how to configure this URL.

Prerequisites

If you do not have an application you can create one. Make sure you also configure your webhooks.

Write the code

Add the following to create-notification-webhook-slack-url.sh:

curl -X POST https://api.nexmo.com/v2/whatsapp-manager/subscriptions \
  -u "${VONAGE_API_KEY}:${VONAGE_API_SECRET}" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -d $'{
    "type": "slack",
    "slack": {
      "url": "'${CHANNEL_MANAGER_WHATSAPP_NOTIFICATION_WEBHOOK_URL_SLACK}'"
    }
  }'

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Run your code

Save this file to your machine and run it:

bash create-notification-webhook-slack-url.sh

Try it out

When you run the code you will be subscribed to updates for changes to your WhatsApp business account, and you will begin to receive notifications in your chosen Slack channel.