Interactive messages webhook reference | Developer Documentation

Interactive messages webhook reference

Updated: Oct 22, 2025

This reference describes trigger events and payload contents for the WhatsApp Business Account messages webhook for replies to interactive messages.

Triggers

A WhatsApp user taps a row in an interactive list message.A WhatsApp user taps a button in an interactive reply button message.

Syntax

{
"object": "whatsapp_business_account",
  "entry": [
    {
      "id": "<WHATSAPP_BUSINESS_ACCOUNT_ID>",
      "changes": [
        {
          "value": {
            "messaging_product": "whatsapp",
            "metadata": {
              "display_phone_number": "<BUSINESS_DISPLAY_PHONE_NUMBER>",
              "phone_number_id": "<BUSINESS_PHONE_NUMBER_ID>"
            },
            "contacts": [
              {
                "profile": {
                  "name": "<WHATSAPP_USER_PROFILE_NAME>"
                },
                "wa_id": "<WHATSAPP_USER_ID>",
                "identity_key_hash": "<IDENTITY_KEY_HASH>" <!-- only included if identity change check enabled -->
              }
            ],
            "messages": [
              {
                "context": {
                  "from": "<BUSINESS_DISPLAY_PHONE_NUMBER>",
                  "id": "<CONTEXTUAL_WHATSAPP_MESSAGE_ID>"
                },
                "from": "<WHATSAPP_USER_PHONE_NUMBER>",
                "id": "<WHATSAPP_MESSAGE_ID>",
                "timestamp": "<WEBHOOK_TRIGGER_TIMESTAMP>",
                "type": "interactive",

                <!-- interactive list message replies only -->
                "interactive": {
                  "type": "list_reply",
                  "list_reply": {
                    "id": "<ROW_ID>",
                    "title": "<ROW_TITLE>",
                    "description": "<ROW_DESCRIPTION>"
                  }
                },

                <!-- interactive reply button message replies only -->
                "interactive": {
                  "type": "button_reply",
                  "button_reply": {
                    "id": "<BUTTON_ID>",
                    "title": "<BUTTON_LABEL_TEXT>"
                  }
                }
              }
            ]
          },
          "field": "messages"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Parameters

Placeholder Description Example value

<BUSINESS_DISPLAY_PHONE_NUMBER>

String

Business display phone number.

15550783881

<BUSINESS_PHONE_NUMBER_ID>

String

Business phone number ID.

106540352242922

<BUTTON_ID>

String

Button ID.

cancel-button

<BUTTON_LABEL_TEXT>

String

Button label text.

Cancel

<CONTEXTUAL_WHATSAPP_MESSAGE_ID>

String

WhatsApp message ID of the message containing the button the WhatsApp user tapped.

wamid.HBgLMTQxMjU1NTA4MjkVAgASGBQzQUNCNjk5RDUwNUZGMUZEM0VBRAA=

<IDENTITY_KEY_HASH>

String

Identity key hash. Only included if you have enabled the identity change check feature.

DF2lS5v2W6x=

<ROW_DESCRIPTION>

String

Row description.

Next Day to 2 Days

<ROW_ID>

String

Row ID.

priority_express

<ROW_TITLE>

String

Row title.

Priority Mail Express

<WEBHOOK_TRIGGER_TIMESTAMP>

String

Unix timestamp indicating when the webhook was triggered.

1739321024

<WHATSAPP_BUSINESS_ACCOUNT_ID>

String

WhatsApp Business Account ID.

102290129340398

<WHATSAPP_MESSAGE_ID>

String

WhatsApp message ID.

wamid.HBgLMTY1MDM4Nzk0MzkVAgASGBQzQUFERjg0NDEzNDdFODU3MUMxMAA=

<WHATSAPP_USER_ID>

String

WhatsApp user ID. Note that a WhatsApp ~~user’~~user's ID and phone number may not always match.

16505551234

<WHATSAPP_USER_PHONE_NUMBER>

String

WhatsApp user phone number. This is the same value returned by the API as the input value when sending a message to a WhatsApp user. Note that a WhatsApp ~~user’~~user's phone number and ID may not always match.

16505551234

<WHATSAPP_USER_PROFILE_NAME>

String

WhatsApp ~~user’~~user's name as it appears in their profile in the WhatsApp client.

Sheena Nelson

Examples

This example webhook describes a selection made by a user in a list of rows in an interactive list message.

"object": "whatsapp_business_account", "entry": [ { "id": "102290129340398", "changes": [ { "value": { "messaging_product": "whatsapp", "metadata": { "display_phone_number": "15550783881", "phone_number_id": "106540352242922" }, "contacts": [ { "profile": { "name": "Sheena Nelson" }, "wa_id": "16505551234" } ], "messages": [ { "context": { "from": "15550783881", "id": "wamid.HBgLMTQxMjU1NTA4MjkVAgASGBQzQUNCNjk5RDUwNUZGMUZEM0VBRAA=" }, "from": "16505551234", "id": "wamid.HBgLMTY1MDM4Nzk0MzkVAgASGBQzQUFERjg0NDEzNDdFODU3MUMxMAA=", "timestamp": "1749854575", "type": "interactive", "interactive": { "type": "list_reply", "list_reply": { "id": "priority_express", "title": "Priority Mail Express", "description": "Next Day to 2 Days" } } } ] }, "field": "messages" } ] } ] }

This example webhook describes a button tapped by a WhatsApp user in an interactive reply button message.

{
  "object": "whatsapp_business_account",
  "entry": [
    {
      "id": "102290129340398",
      "changes": [
        {
          "value": {
            "messaging_product": "whatsapp",
            "metadata": {
              "display_phone_number": "15550783881",
              "phone_number_id": "106540352242922"
            },
            "contacts": [
              {
                "profile": {
                  "name": "Sheena Nelson"
                },
                "wa_id": "16505551234"
              }
            ],
            "messages": [
              {
                "context": {
                  "from": "15550783881",
                  "id": "wamid.HBgLMTY1MDM4Nzk0MzkVAgARGBI3MEM2RUJFNkI0RENGQTVDRjUA"
                },
                "from": "16505551234",
                "id": "wamid.HBgLMTY1MDM4Nzk0MzkVAgASGBQzQTZBQzg0MzQ4QjRCM0NGNkVGOAA=",
                "timestamp": "1750025136",
                "type": "interactive",
                "interactive": {
                  "type": "button_reply",
                  "button_reply": {
                    "id": "cancel-button",
                    "title": "Cancel"
                  }
                }
              }
            ]
          },
          "field": "messages"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}