Send Contact

POST

Send a contact card (vCard-style) to a recipient. Requires the Message templates plan feature.

API endpoint

https://waclient.com/api/send

Example:

curl -X POST \
  'https://waclient.com/api/send' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
    "number": "20100981XXXX",
    "type": "contact",
    "message": {
        "firstName": "Mohamed",
        "lastName": "Ali",
        "phoneNumber": "+20100981XXXX",
        "organization": "WA Client"
    },
    "instance_id": "META68B6ED90CXXXX",
    "access_token": "EMCUH3NQQK8YXXXX"
}'

Response

{
    "status": "success",
    "message": "Success",
    "message_payload": {
        "messaging_product": "whatsapp",
        "messages": [
            {
                "id": "wamid.xxx",
                "message_status": "accepted"
            }
        ]
    }
}

Parameter	Description
number	Recipient phone number with country code
type	Must be `contact`
message	JSON: `firstName`, `lastName`, `phoneNumber`, optional `organization`
instance_id	Meta Cloud instance ID
access_token	Your access token

Only delivers if the customer messaged you within the last 24 hours. Outside that window, use Meta Templates. Poll messages are not supported on Cloud API.

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