Registration

/v1/account

The account node is for registering your WhatsApp Business API client.

This document covers:

• Authentication Tokens
• Phone Number and Certificate
• Requesting a Registration Code
• Completing Your Account Registration

Authentication Tokens

To use the WhatsApp Business API, you must first authenticate your WhatsApp Business API client with the server and receive a token that enables you to access the service.

See the Login and Authentication documentation for more information about authentication.

Phone Number and Certificate

To register, you must have a valid phone number and the base64-encoded certificate associated with that phone number.

See the Phone Number guide for information about supported types of phone numbers.

Add Your Phone Number

See Connect Your Phone Number to Your WhatsApp Business Account for instructions on adding a phone number to your WhatsApp business account. A display name assigned to a phone number must be approved by the WhatsApp team before downloading the base64-encoded certificate.

Copy the Base64-encoded Certificate

A base64-encoded certificate string is generated for you and is used for validation during WhatsApp Business API client registration.

1. Go to the Business Settings in your Facebook Business Manager.
2. Click on WhatsApp Accounts under the Accounts menu, then select your WhatsApp Account from the WhatsApp Accounts list, if it isn't already highlighted.
3. Go to the Settings tab, and click the WhatsApp Manager button.
4. Under the Phone Numbers tab, you should see your phone numbers listed. Click the View button of the phone number you want the certificate for.
   

   Get the Certificate
5. A pop-up dialog will display the certificate string in a gray box. Click Get Certificate.
   

   Download the Certificate String
6. Use this certificate string in the cert parameter when registering with the account endpoint.

See the Display Name documentation for more information.

Requesting a Registration Code

Submit your phone number and base64-encoded certificate string to request your registration code. You can receive your code via either SMS or voice call.

Use the /v1/account endpoint to request your registration code.

POST /v1/account

{
    "cc": "your-country-code",
    "phone_number": "your- phone-number-without-country-code",
    "method": "sms" | "voice",
    "cert": "your-verified-name-cert-in-base64",
    "pin": "your-existing-6-digit-pin" # required if two-factor verification is enabled
}

Parameters

Response

Depending on the response received, the registration procedure can be considered complete or require another step to complete. If successful, you will receive one of the following HTTP status codes. Follow the instructions that match the response you received:

• 201 Created — The account already exists. You are already registered, so you do not need to do anything else.
• 202 Accepted — The account does not exist. Depending on the method selected in the request, check your SMS or voice number for the registration code. This response will include a returned payload that contains the vname decoded from the cert parameter for you to confirm the right display name is being set. If correct, proceed to the Completing Your Account Registration section to complete registration.

{
  "account": [{
      "vname": "decoded-vname-from-cert"
  }]
}

If any errors are returned, refer to Error and Status Messages for more information.

Completing Your Account Registration

Once you have received the registration code via your specified method (i.e., SMS or voice), complete your account registration by sending an API call to the /v1/account/verify endpoint:

POST /v1/account/verify

{
  "code": "your-registration-code-received-by-sms-or-voice-call"
}

If successful, the response will return the HTTP status 201 Created with no payload object in response body.

If any errors are returned, refer to Error and Status Messages for more information.