Create a WhatsApp Notification Subscription With Webhooks

This code snippet shows how to receive WhatsApp Business Account notifications using a webhook.

Example

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

Key Description

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_WEB`	A custom webhook URL that is setup to accept POST requests.

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_WEB

A custom webhook URL that is setup to accept

POST

requests.

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-web-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 $'{
    "type": "webhook",
    "webhook": {
      "url": "'${CHANNEL_MANAGER_WHATSAPP_NOTIFICATION_WEBHOOK_URL_WEB}'"
    }
  }'

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Run your code

Save this file to your machine and run it:

bash create-notification-webhook-web-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 at your custom webhook URL.