Send a WhatsApp message
Please note that free form text messages can only be sent when a customer sends a message to the business first. The business has up to 24 hours from the last moment the customer messages to send a free form message back. After that period a WhatsApp Template (MTM) needs to be used.
If you have not received a message from the customer you will need to send a WhatsApp Template (MTM) before sending a message. You can learn more about this in Understanding WhatsApp Messaging.
If you want to see the code for sending a WhatsApp Template you can view the Sending a WhatsApp Template code snippet.
| Key | Description |
|---|---|
WHATSAPP_NUMBER | Your WhatsApp number. |
TO_NUMBER | The phone number you are sending the message to. |
NOTE: Don't use a leading + or 00 when entering a phone number, start with the country code, for example 447700900000.
Example
Run your code
Save this file to your machine and run it:
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Create a file named send-text.js and add the following code:
Run your code
Save this file to your machine and run it:
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Add the following to build.gradle:
Create a file named SendWhatsappText and add the following code to the main method:
Run your code
We can use the application plugin for Gradle to simplify the running of our application. Update your build.gradle with the following:
Run the following gradle command to execute your application, replacing com.vonage.quickstart.kt.messages.whatsapp with the package containing SendWhatsappText:
Prerequisites
Add the following to build.gradle:
Create a file named SendWhatsappText and add the following code to the main method:
Run your code
We can use the application plugin for Gradle to simplify the running of our application. Update your build.gradle with the following:
Run the following gradle command to execute your application, replacing com.vonage.quickstart.messages.whatsapp with the package containing SendWhatsappText:
Prerequisites
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Create a file named send-text.php and add the following code:
Run your code
Save this file to your machine and run it:
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Run your code
Save this file to your machine and run it:
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Create a file named send-text.rb and add the following code:
Run your code
Save this file to your machine and run it:
TIP: If testing using Curl you will need a JWT. You can see how to create one in the documentation on creating a JWT.
Sending a WhatsApp message
The Messages API provides the ability to send messages to various channels, including Facebook Messenger, SMS, WhatsApp and Viber. This tutorial describes using the Messages API to send a WhatsApp message.