Send Text Message

In this page we show you how to send a text message.

A text-type conversation is simply a message sent using written words and/or actions.

In this table below you'll see the Arguments for this request.

Arguments	Explanation
text *required	The text content of the message. Maximum length of 4096 characters.
actions (optional)	An array of actions related to the message, like buttons or website links.

For example, a "speak to customer support" button with the message is an action. The user won't need to navigate to a different platform to speak to customer support.

How to construct a request to send a text message to a WhatsApp user using the specified API endpoint.

JSON

{
    "text": "Hello World"
}

cURL

curl --location 'channel360.co.za/v1.1/org/{{orgId}}/whatsapp/appuser/{{appUserId}}/reply' \
--data '{
    "text": "Hello World"
}'

The provided YAML configuration below defines an API specification using the OpenAPI (formerly known as Swagger) format.

Send text request

API call to send text

POSThttps://www.channel360.co.za/v1.1/org/{orgId}/whatsApp/Appuser/{appUser}/reply

Path parameters

orgId*string

appUser*string

Body

application/json

text*string

Example: "Hello World"

Response

200

Successfully Replied.

Request

JavaScriptCurlPython

const response = await fetch('https://www.channel360.co.za/v1.1/org/{orgId}/whatsApp/Appuser/{appUser}/reply', {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
      "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
      "text": "Hello World"
    }),
});
const data = await response.json();