Send Text message

This endpoint sends a text message to a phone number on WhatsApp.

URL:​ ​https://waapi.pepipost.com/api/v2/message/

Method: POST

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Data Type	Required
recipient_whatsapp	Recipient’s phone number. Must be a valid number. Phone number must include a country code otherwise message might not get delivered.	String	Yes
recipient_type	Indicate whether the recipient is an individualor a group. Specifying recipient_type in the request is optional when the value is individual. However, recipient_type is required when using group.	String	No
message_type	Type of a message. Default : text	String	Yes
source	Source id of the origin.	String	No
preview_url	If you have any URL in the content and you would like to showcase preview then give true else false	Boolean	No
content	Message text	String	Yes in Text type message
x-apiheader	Any custom data which user needs to send. X-apiheader can be used instead of message id for mapping messages	String	No

Request Body

{ 
  "message": [
  { 
    "recipient_whatsapp": "919869566055",
    "recipient_type": "individual", 
    "message_type": "text", 
    "source": "fa9d647a-c8d7-423e-bd27-7d2ca2875dc1", 
    "x-apiheader": "custom_data", 
    "type_text": [
    { 
      "preview_url": "false | true", 
      "content": "your-text-message-content" 
    }] 
  }
] 
} 
 

Responses for message API

In case of success

{ 
   "status": "success", 
   "message": "Request received successfully.", 
   "data": { 
       "id": "6929d4af-490d-454a-8cf3-0502a3506f09" 
   } 
} 

This id in response is message id for future response. All the message status updates on webhook will be mapped to this id. So store this message id at your side.

In case of failure

{ 
   "status": "failure", 
   "error": { 
       "code": "8006", 
       "message": " type is required." 
   } 
} 

According to error code and message will change.