WhatsApp Business: Send template message
Base URL:
POST: https://api.smsgatewayapi.com/v1/whatsapp/send_template
| Parameter | Input | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
| client_id | API client ID | Login and go to 'Advanced' - 'API authentication' to find the API keys | Required |
| client_secret | API client secret | Login and go to 'Advanced' - 'API authentication' to find the API keys | Required |
| to | destination number | the number that will receive the message | Required |
| sender | sender | The number or name of the sender. A number can't be longer than 14 characters. A name can't be longer than 11 characters and can't contain special characters | Required |
| date | Date and time the message will be sent | Format: yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm. If not provided, the message will be sent as soon as possible | Optional |
| reference | custom reference | String of max. 255 characters | Optional |
| template_name | template name | The name of the template you want to send | Required |
| variable{i} | content for variable | If your template has variables {{1}}, {{2}}, ...; you must define each variable parameter eg: variable1 will fill in {{1}}, variable2 will fill in {{2}}; Replace the {i} in the parameter with the required iteration. | Partial |
| button_variable{i} | content for variable | Only required if your template has dynamic buttons. If your template has button variables {{1}}, {{2}}, ...; you must define each button variable parameter eg: button_variable1 will replace {{1}}, button_variable2 will replace {{2}}; Replace the {i} in the parameter with the required iteration. | Partial |
| image | video | document | image, video or document URL in https. | Only required if your template has a header_type of 'image', 'video' or 'document' | Partial |
| test | true/false | The system will check all parameters but will not send a the message (no credits/balance used). | Optional |
| subid | id of a subaccount | If specified, the message will be sent from the subaccount. | Optional |
<?php //PHP - cURL $ch = curl_init(); $url = "https://api.smsgatewayapi.com/v1/whatsapp/send_template"; $client_id = "XXX"; // Your API client ID (required) $client_secret = "YYY"; // Your API client secret (required) $data = [ 'to' => "31681234567", //Receiver (required) 'sender' => "WhatsAppSender" //Sender (required)
'template_name' => "sample_template" //Template name (required)
]; curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "$url"); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, true); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, [ "X-Client-Id: $client_id", "X-Client-Secret: $client_secret", "Content-Type: application/json", ]); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($data)); $response = curl_exec($ch); ?>
Example request:
{
"template_name": "sample_template",
"to": "{nr}",
"date":"2024-10-15 15:30",
"sender": "YourWhatsAppBusinessSenderNumber",
"variable1": {variable1},
"button_variable1": "{button_variable1}"
}
Example response:
{
"messageid": "h2md1ewkyzjkuyn9ak7pryw1evtyw3x"
}
