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Bulk management

Updated: Nov 10, 2025
Use the POST /<WABA_ID>/upsert_message_templates endpoint to bulk update or create authentication templates in multiple languages that include or exclude the optional security and expiration warnings.
If a template already exists with a matching name and language, the template will be updated with the contents of the request, otherwise, a new template will be created.

Request syntax

POST /<WHATSAPP_BUSINESS_ACCOUNT_ID>/upsert_message_templates
Post Body
{
  "name": "<NAME>",
  "languages": [<LANGUAGES>],
  "category": "AUTHENTICATION",
  "components": [
    {
      "type": "BODY",
      "add_security_recommendation": <ADD_SECURITY_RECOMMENDATION> // Optional
    },
    {
      "type": "FOOTER",
      "code_expiration_minutes": <CODE_EXPIRATION_MINUTES> // Optional
    },
    {
      "type": "BUTTONS",
      "buttons": [
        {
          "type": "OTP",
          "otp_type": "<OTP_TYPE>",
          "supported_apps": [
            {
              "package_name": "<PACKAGE_NAME>", // One-tap and zero-tap buttons only
              "signature_hash": "<SIGNATURE_HASH>" // One-tap and zero-tap buttons only
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
Properties
All template creation properties are supported, with these exceptions:
    The language property is not supported. Instead, use languages and set its value to an array of language and locale code strings. For example: ["en_US","es_ES","fr"].The text property is not supported.The autofill_text property is not supported.
    Example copy code request
    This example creates three authentication templates in English, Spanish, and French, with copy code buttons. Each template is named “authentication_code_copy_code_button” and includes the security recommendation and expiration time.
    curl 'https://graph.facebook.com/v25.0/102290129340398/upsert_message_templates' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer EAAJB...' \
-d '
{
  "name": "authentication_code_copy_code_button",
  "languages": ["en_US","es_ES","fr"],
  "category": "AUTHENTICATION",
  "components": [
    {
      "type": "BODY",
      "add_security_recommendation": true
    },
    {
      "type": "FOOTER",
      "code_expiration_minutes": 10
    },
    {
      "type": "BUTTONS",
      "buttons": [
        {
          "type": "OTP",
          "otp_type": "COPY_CODE"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}'
    Example one-tap autofill request
    This example (1) updates an existing template with the name “authentication_code_autofill_button” and language “en_US”, and (2) creates two new authentication templates in Spanish and French with one-tap autofill buttons. Both newly created templates are named “authentication_code_autofill_button” and include the security recommendation and expiration time.
    curl 'https://graph.facebook.com/v25.0/102290129340398/upsert_message_templates' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer EAAJB...' \
-d '
{
  "name": "authentication_code_autofill_button",
  "languages": ["en_US","es_ES","fr"],
  "category": "AUTHENTICATION",
  "components": [
    {
      "type": "BODY",
      "add_security_recommendation": true
    },
    {
      "type": "FOOTER",
      "code_expiration_minutes": 15
    },
    {
      "type": "BUTTONS",
      "buttons": [
        {
          "type": "OTP",
          "otp_type": "ONE_TAP",
          "supported_apps": [
            {
              "package_name": "com.example.luckyshrub",
              "signature_hash": "K8a/AINcGX7"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}'
    Example response
    {
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "954638012257287",
      "status": "APPROVED",
      "language": "en_US"
    },
    {
      "id": "969725527415202",
      "status": "APPROVED",
      "language": "es_ES"
    },
    {
      "id": "969725530748535",
      "status": "APPROVED",
      "language": "fr"
    }
  ]
}
    
    
            
    
        
    
    
    
        
    
            
    
                
                
    
                    
                    
                
    
            
    
            
            
    
                                            
    
        
    
    
    

    

    
    
    

    
            
    
            
    

    
    
        
    
            
            
        
    
            
    

    
    
        
    
                    
    

        
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