Following to this documentation https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/business-management-api/phone-numbers about whatsapp business accounts, it is possible to have multiple phone numbers in one account. Does someone know how you can define from which number a message is send, when sending a message to a client? There is nothing in the api about sending messages.

following to the documentation you can read the phone numbers and their whatsapp id via

curl -X GET \ 'https://graph.facebook.com/v3.3/your-whatsapp-business-account-id/phone_numbers' \   -d 'access_token=your-access-token'

example result

{   "data": [     {       "verified_name": "Jasper's Market",       "display_phone_number": "+1 631-555-5555",       "id": "1906385232743451",       "quality_rating": "GREEN"     },     {       "verified_name": "Jasper's Ice Cream",       "display_phone_number": "+1 631-555-5556",       "id": "1913623884432103",       "quality_rating": "NA"     }   ], }

I would expect something like a senderId field when sending a message.

Tag:rest, api, whatsapp

2 comments.

  1. Community

    There are two parts to a WhatsApp Business API - WhatsApp Account on Business Manager (Facebook), and WhatsApp Business API Client (docker images).

    What you're looking at is the WhatsApp account information from Business Manager.

    Once you've added a phone number with a verified_name, you need to download the certificate from Business Manager and use that certified to register your WhatsApp Business API client (docker containers).

    Each client is registered with a specific phone number, so you know what phone number you're using to send the messages.

    This is equivalent to having a separate cell phone for every separate phone number and WhatsApp app on that cell phone.

    Follow the official WhatsApp documentation, to get more detailed information about the setup.

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    1. Blackfire

      Thank you for the clarification!

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