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WhatsApp Business API Reference

The WhatsApp Business API uses a REST API Architecture with JSON data formats. The API follows the standard HTTP request-response exchange.

WhatsApp Business API Root Nodes

NodeDescription

Account

Register your WhatsApp account

Certificates

Maintain your Certification Authority (CA) certificates for SSL configuration

Contacts

Verify customer phone numbers to generate WhatsApp IDs

Health

Check the status of your WhatsApp application

Media

Upload, delete, and retrieve media

Messages

Send text, media, message templates, and other types of messages

Metrics

Collect Webapp metrics

Services

Delete messages from the database

Settings

Set your WhatsApp application, profile, and backup and restore settings

Stats

Collect Coreapp and database stats

Stickerpacks

Manage first-party and third-party stickerpacks and stickers

Support

Get help using the WhatsApp Business API

Users

Log in to get your authentication token and manage users