Free-Form Messages

🔒 WhatsApp 24-Hour Session Rule

Before sending a free-form message, make sure the WhatsApp session with the user is active.
If the user has not messaged your business within the last 24 hours, WhatsApp requires the first message to be a template message.
After the customer replies, the 24-hour session opens and you may send free-form messages using this API. For sandbox testing, send your join code to the sandbox number to activate your session. Learn more

POST https://gateway.lipachat.com/api/v1/whatsapp/message/text

Used to send free form messages to users.

Headers

Name

Value

Content-Type

application/json

apiKey

Get apiKey from App portal settings tabhttps://app.lipachat.com/app/settings

Body

Name

Type

Description

messageId

string

A unique identifier for the message. This will be used to track the message status and for deduplication purposes.

message

string

The message being sent.

from

string

Sandbox number +254110090747 or your own WABA phone number.

string

Receiver phone number. It should start with a country code.

curl --location 'https://gateway.lipachat.com/api/v1/whatsapp/message/text' \
--header 'apiKey: YOUR_API_KEY' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
    "message": "Hello world",
    "messageId": "e66fc7b8-680f-4887-8dc8-ee062d65b54f",
    "to": "254XXXXXXX",
    "from": "254110090747"
}'

// Create an instance of OkHttpClient
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient().newBuilder()
    .build();

// Define the media type for the request
MediaType mediaType = MediaType.parse("application/json");

// Create the request body with the necessary JSON payload using a text block
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(mediaType, """
{
    "message": "Hello world",
    "messageId": "91a0cda6-9454-4150-b536-21cf6491e37b",
    "to": "PHONE_NUMBER",
    "from": "+254110090747"
}
""");

// Build the request with the required headers
Request request = new Request.Builder()
    .url("https://gateway.lipachat.com/api/v1/whatsapp/message/text")
    .method("POST", body)
    .addHeader("apiKey", "YOUR_API_KEY")
    .addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
    .build();

// Execute the request and get the response
Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();

const axios = require('axios');
let data = JSON.stringify({
  "message": "Hello world",
  "messageId": "307d4b95-6892-403c-a777-8297a0c375de",
  "to": "254XXXXXXX",
  "from": "+254110090747"
});

let config = {
  method: 'post',
  maxBodyLength: Infinity,
  url: 'https://gateway.lipachat.com/api/v1/whatsapp/message/text',
  headers: { 
    'apiKey': 'YOUR_API_KEY', 
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  data : data
};

axios.request(config)
.then((response) => {
  console.log(JSON.stringify(response.data));
})
.catch((error) => {
  console.log(error);
});

Response

{
      "timestamp": "2023-08-06T01:27:56.825898971",
      "data": {
            "messageId": "7addc006-07db-4fae-aac5-b285903b41d4",
            "waId": "wamid.HBgMMjU0NzE3NzQ2NTY1FQIAEnRgSRjJGRkMzNkQ0QUVENTIxQ0NBAA==",
            "status": "SENT",
            "statusDesc": "Message sent successfully"
      },
      "status": "success",
      "message": "",
      "errors": null
}

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