Typing indicators | Developer Documentation

When you get a messages webhook indicating a received message, you can use the message.id value to mark the message as read and display a typing indicator so the WhatsApp user knows you are preparing a response. This is good practice if it will take you a few seconds to respond.

The typing indicator will be dismissed once you respond, or after 25 seconds, whichever comes first. To prevent a poor user experience, only display a typing indicator if you are going to respond.

Placeholder	Description	Example value
<ACCESS_TOKEN> String	Required. System token or business token.	EAAAN6tcBzAUBOZC82CW...DOMccqHEZD
<API_VERSION> String	Optional. Graph API version.	v25.0
<WHATSAPP_BUSINESS_PHONE_NUMBER_ID> String	Required. WhatsApp business phone number ID.	106540352242922
<WHATSAPP_MESSAGE_ID> String	Required. WhatsApp message ID. This ID is assigned to the messages.id property in received message messages webhooks.	wamid.HBgLMTY1MDM4Nzk0MzkVAgARGBJDQjZCMzlEQUE4OTJBMTE4RTUA