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Example: send a text message

Notify a customer with a plain text WhatsApp message, end to end.

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Get your API key

Create a key in the dashboard or with POST /v1/api-keys. See Authentication.

Choose channel and recipient

Use your connected channel_id and the customer’s phone number in international format (for example 6281234567890).

Send the message

curl -X POST "https://api.wazapin.com/v1/messages" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "channel_id": "wzp_abc123",
    "to": "6281234567890",
    "type": "text",
    "content": {"body": "Your order is on the way!"}
  }'
import { WazapinClient, textMessage } from "@wazapin/sdk";

const wazapin = new WazapinClient({ apiKey: process.env.WAZAPIN_API_KEY! });

await wazapin.messages.send(
  textMessage({
    channel_id: "wzp_abc123",
    to: "6281234567890",
    body: "Your order is on the way!",
  }),
);
import requests

requests.post(
    "https://api.wazapin.com/v1/messages",
    headers={"X-Api-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY", "Content-Type": "application/json"},
    json={
        "channel_id": "wzp_abc123",
        "to": "6281234567890",
        "type": "text",
        "content": {"body": "Your order is on the way!"},
    },
    timeout=30,
).raise_for_status()
package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"os"
)

func main() {
	body := []byte(`{
  "channel_id": "wzp_abc123",
  "to": "6281234567890",
  "type": "text",
  "content": {
    "body": "Your order is on the way!"
  }
}`)

	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "https://api.wazapin.com/v1/messages", bytes.NewReader(body))
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	req.Header.Set("X-Api-Key", os.Getenv("WAZAPIN_API_KEY"))
	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")

	resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	defer resp.Body.Close()

	// 201 = message accepted; delivery status via webhooks / GET /v1/messages/{id}
	out, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(resp.StatusCode, string(out))
}
<?php

$payload = '{
  "channel_id": "wzp_abc123",
  "to": "6281234567890",
  "type": "text",
  "content": {
    "body": "Your order is on the way!"
  }
}';

$ch = curl_init("https://api.wazapin.com/v1/messages");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $payload);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, [
    "Content-Type: application/json",
    "X-Api-Key: " . getenv("WAZAPIN_API_KEY"),
]);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
$httpCode = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
curl_close($ch);

// 201 = message accepted; delivery status via webhooks / GET /v1/messages/{id}
echo $httpCode . "\n" . $response . "\n";
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;

public class SendMessage {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        String body = """
                {"channel_id": "wzp_abc123", "to": "6281234567890", "type": "text", "content": {"body": "Your order is on the way!"}}
                """;

        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
                .uri(URI.create("https://api.wazapin.com/v1/messages"))
                .header("X-Api-Key", System.getenv("WAZAPIN_API_KEY"))
                .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
                .POST(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString(body))
                .build();

        HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
                .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());

        // 201 = message accepted; delivery status via webhooks / GET /v1/messages/{id}
        System.out.println(response.statusCode());
        System.out.println(response.body());
    }
}
require "net/http"
require "uri"

uri = URI("https://api.wazapin.com/v1/messages")
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
request["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
request["X-Api-Key"] = ENV["WAZAPIN_API_KEY"]
request.body = '{"channel_id": "wzp_abc123", "to": "6281234567890", "type": "text", "content": {"body": "Your order is on the way!"}}'

response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl: true) do |http|
  http.request(request)
end

# 201 = message accepted; delivery status via webhooks / GET /v1/messages/{id}
puts response.code
puts response.body
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Text;

var body = "{\"channel_id\": \"wzp_abc123\", \"to\": \"6281234567890\", \"type\": \"text\", \"content\": {\"body\": \"Your order is on the way!\"}}";

using var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("X-Api-Key", Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("WAZAPIN_API_KEY"));

var response = await client.PostAsync(
    "https://api.wazapin.com/v1/messages",
    new StringContent(body, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json"));

// 201 = message accepted; delivery status via webhooks / GET /v1/messages/{id}
Console.WriteLine((int)response.StatusCode);
Console.WriteLine(await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());

Check message status

Use returned id to query message state.

curl -X GET "https://api.wazapin.com/v1/messages/{messageID}" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"
import { WazapinClient } from "@wazapin/sdk";

const wazapin = new WazapinClient({ apiKey: process.env.WAZAPIN_API_KEY! });

const { data: message } = await wazapin.messages.get("{messageID}");
console.log(message.status);
import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.wazapin.com/v1/messages/{messageID}",
    headers={"X-Api-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
    timeout=30,
)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.json())
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