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Copy code authentication templates | Developer Documentation

Meta WhatsApp Templates

Copy code authentication templates Updated: Nov 4, 2025 Copy code authentication templates allow you to send a one-time password or code along with a copy code button to your users. When a WhatsApp user taps the copy code button, the WhatsApp client copies th...

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Error Signals | Developer Documentation

Meta WhatsApp Templates

Error Signals Updated: Feb 6, 2026 Upcoming deprecation: Starting April 15, 2026, the PendingIntent-based handshake method for authentication templates will be deprecated. If you are currently using PendingIntent to initiate handshakes or verify app identity...

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Bulk management | Developer Documentation

Meta WhatsApp Templates

Bulk management Updated: Nov 10, 2025 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. Post Body Properties All template creation pr...

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Template previews | Developer Documentation

Meta WhatsApp Templates

Template previews Updated: Nov 4, 2025 Request parameters Placeholder Description Example Value <LANGUAGE> Comma-separated list Optional. Comma-separated list of language and locale codes of language versions you want returned. If omitted, ver...

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Sending messages | Developer Documentation

Meta WhatsApp Messages

Sending messages Updated: Nov 4, 2025 This document describes how to use the API to send messages to WhatsApp users. Message types You can use the API to send the following types of messages. Address messages allow you to easily request a delivery addres...

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Messages
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Audio messages | Developer Documentation

Meta WhatsApp Messages

Audio messages Updated: Feb 17, 2026 On March 17th, 2026, voice messages will start receiving a “played” status webhook the first time a WhatsApp user plays a voice message shared by the business. You can use Cloud API to send voice messages and basic audio me...

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Messages
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Contacts messages | Developer Documentation

Meta WhatsApp Messages

Contacts messages Updated: Nov 3, 2025 Contacts messages allow you to send rich contact information directly to WhatsApp users, such as names, phone numbers, physical addresses, and email addresses. When a WhatsApp user taps the message's profile arrow, it dis...

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Messages
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Document messages | Developer Documentation

Meta WhatsApp Messages

Document messages Updated: Nov 3, 2025 Document messages are messages that display a document icon, linked to a document, that a WhatsApp user can tap to download. Request parameters Placeholder Description Example Value <ACCESS_TOKEN> String Required. Syst...

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Image messages | Developer Documentation

Meta WhatsApp Messages

Image messages Updated: Nov 3, 2025 Image messages are messages that display a single image and an optional caption. Request parameters Placeholder Description Example Value <ACCESS_TOKEN> String Required. System token or business token. EAAAN6tcBzAUBOZC82C...

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Interactive Call-to-Action URL Button Messages | Developer Documentation

Meta WhatsApp Messages

Interactive Call-to-Action URL Button Messages Updated: Nov 3, 2025 WhatsApp users may be hesitant to tap raw URLs containing lengthy or obscure strings in text messages. In these situations, you may wish to send an interactive call-to-action (CTA) URL button ...

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Messages
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Interactive list messages | Developer Documentation

Meta WhatsApp Messages

Interactive list messages Updated: Nov 3, 2025 Interactive list messages allow you to present WhatsApp users with a list of options to choose from (options are defined as rows in the request payload): When a user taps the button in the message, it displays a m...

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Interactive media carousel messages | Developer Documentation

Meta WhatsApp Messages

Interactive media carousel messages Updated: Dec 22, 2025 Interactive media carousel messages display a set of horizontally scrollable media cards. Each card can display an image or video header, body text, and either quick-reply buttons or a URL button. For ...

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Location messages | Developer Documentation

Meta WhatsApp Messages

Location messages Updated: Nov 3, 2025 Location messages allow you to send a location's latitude and longitude coordinates to a WhatsApp user. Request parameters Placeholder Description Example Value <ACCESS_TOKEN> String Required. System token or business ...

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Location request messages | Developer Documentation

Meta WhatsApp Messages

Location request messages Updated: Nov 3, 2025 Location request messages display body text and a send location button. When a WhatsApp user taps the button, a location sharing screen appears which the user can then use to share their location. Once the user sh...

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Reaction messages | Developer Documentation

Meta WhatsApp Messages

Reaction messages Updated: Nov 3, 2025 Reaction messages are emoji-reactions that you can apply to a previous WhatsApp user message that you have received. Limitations When sending a reaction message, only a sent message webhook ( status set to sent) will be ...

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Template Messages | Developer Documentation

Meta WhatsApp Messages

Template MessagesUpdated: Nov 4, 2025Template messages are used to send templates to WhatsApp users. Templates can cover customer care messages, appointment reminders, payment and shipping updates, and much more.Templates are reusable and can be sent to WhatsA...

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Text messages | Developer Documentation

Meta WhatsApp Messages

Text messages Updated: Nov 3, 2025 Text messages are messages containing only a text body and an optional link preview. Link preview You can have the WhatsApp client attempt to render a preview of the first URL in the body text string, if it contains one....

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Video Messages | Developer Documentation

Meta WhatsApp Messages

Video Messages Updated: Nov 3, 2025 Video messages display a thumbnail preview of a video image with an optional caption. When the WhatsApp user taps the preview, it loads the video and displays it to the user. Supported Video Formats Only H.264 video cod...

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