WhatsApp Business

Send messages and manage contacts via the WhatsApp Business Cloud API.

Environment Variables

• WHATSAPP_ACCESS_TOKEN - Access token
• WHATSAPP_PHONE_ID - Phone number ID

Send text message

curl -s -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer $WHATSAPP_ACCESS_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  "https://graph.facebook.com/v19.0/$WHATSAPP_PHONE_ID/messages" \
  -d '{"messaging_product":"whatsapp","to":"15551234567","type":"text","text":{"body":"Hello from ThinkFleetBot!"}}' | jq '{messages}'

Send template message

curl -s -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer $WHATSAPP_ACCESS_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  "https://graph.facebook.com/v19.0/$WHATSAPP_PHONE_ID/messages" \
  -d '{"messaging_product":"whatsapp","to":"15551234567","type":"template","template":{"name":"hello_world","language":{"code":"en_US"}}}' | jq '{messages}'

Notes

• Phone numbers without + prefix.
• Always confirm before sending messages.