name: integrate-whatsapp
description: "Connect WhatsApp to your product with Kapso: onboard customers with setup links, detect connections, receive events via webhooks, and send messages/templates/media. Also manage WhatsApp Flows (create/update/publish, data endpoints, encryption). Use when integrating WhatsApp end-to-end."

Integrate WhatsApp

Setup

Env vars:
- KAPSO_API_BASE_URL (host only, no /platform/v1)
- KAPSO_API_KEY
- META_GRAPH_VERSION (optional, default v24.0)

Auth header (direct API calls):

X-API-Key: <api_key>

Install deps (once):

npm i

Connect WhatsApp (setup links)

Typical onboarding flow:

1. Create customer: POST /platform/v1/customers
2. Generate setup link: POST /platform/v1/customers/:id/setup_links
3. Customer completes embedded signup
4. Use phone_number_id to send messages and configure webhooks

Detect connection:
- Project webhook whatsapp.phone_number.created (recommended)
- Success redirect URL query params (use for frontend UX)

Provision phone numbers (setup link config):

{
  "setup_link": {
    "provision_phone_number": true,
    "phone_number_country_isos": ["US"]
  }
}

Notes:
- Platform API base: /platform/v1
- Meta proxy base: /meta/whatsapp/v24.0 (messaging, templates, media)
- Use phone_number_id as the primary WhatsApp identifier

Receive events (webhooks)

Use webhooks to receive:
- Project events (connection lifecycle, workflow events)
- Phone-number events (messages, conversations, delivery status)

Scope rules:
- Project webhooks: only project-level events (connection lifecycle, workflow events)
- Phone-number webhooks: only WhatsApp message + conversation events for that phone_number_id
- WhatsApp message/conversation events (whatsapp.message.*, whatsapp.conversation.*) are phone-number only

Create a webhook:
- Project-level: node scripts/create.js --scope project --url <https://...> --events <csv>
- Phone-number: node scripts/create.js --phone-number-id <id> --url <https://...> --events <csv>

Common flags for create/update:
- --url <https://...> - webhook destination
- --events <csv|json-array> - event types (Kapso webhooks)
- --kind <kapso|meta> - Kapso (event-based) vs raw Meta forwarding
- --payload-version <v1|v2> - payload format (v2 recommended)
- --buffer-enabled <true|false> - enable buffering for whatsapp.message.received
- --buffer-window-seconds <n> - 1-60 seconds
- --max-buffer-size <n> - 1-100
- --active <true|false> - enable/disable

Test delivery:

node scripts/test.js --webhook-id <id>

Always verify signatures. See:
- references/webhooks-overview.md
- references/webhooks-reference.md

Send and read messages

Discover IDs first

Two Meta IDs are needed for different operations:

SDK setup

Install:

npm install @kapso/whatsapp-cloud-api

Create client:

import { WhatsAppClient } from "@kapso/whatsapp-cloud-api";

const client = new WhatsAppClient({
  baseUrl: "https://api.kapso.ai/meta/whatsapp",
  kapsoApiKey: process.env.KAPSO_API_KEY!
});

Send a text message

Via SDK:

await client.messages.sendText({
  phoneNumberId: "<PHONE_NUMBER_ID>",
  to: "+15551234567",
  body: "Hello from Kapso"
});

Send a template message

1. Discover IDs: node scripts/list-platform-phone-numbers.mjs
2. Draft template payload from assets/template-utility-order-status-update.json
3. Create: node scripts/create-template.mjs --business-account-id <WABA_ID> --file <payload.json>
4. Check status: node scripts/template-status.mjs --business-account-id <WABA_ID> --name <name>
5. Send: node scripts/send-template.mjs --phone-number-id <ID> --file <send-payload.json>

Send an interactive message

Interactive messages require an active 24-hour session window. For outbound notifications outside the window, use templates.

1. Discover phone_number_id
2. Pick payload from assets/send-interactive-*.json
3. Send: node scripts/send-interactive.mjs --phone-number-id <ID> --file <payload.json>

Read inbox data

Use Meta proxy or SDK:
- Proxy: GET /{phone_number_id}/messages, GET /{phone_number_id}/conversations
- SDK: client.messages.query(), client.conversations.list()

Template rules

Creation:
- Use parameter_format: "NAMED" with {{param_name}} (preferred over positional)
- Include examples when using variables in HEADER/BODY
- Use language (not language_code)
- Don't interleave QUICK_REPLY with URL/PHONE_NUMBER buttons
- URL button variables must be at the end of the URL and use positional {{1}}

Send-time:
- For NAMED templates, include parameter_name in header/body params
- URL buttons need a button component with sub_type: "url" and index
- Media headers use either id or link (never both)

WhatsApp Flows

Use Flows to build native WhatsApp forms. Read references/whatsapp-flows-spec.md before editing Flow JSON.

Create and publish a flow

1. Create flow: node scripts/create-flow.js --phone-number-id <id> --name <name>
2. Update JSON: node scripts/update-flow-json.js --flow-id <id> --json-file <path>
3. Publish: node scripts/publish-flow.js --flow-id <id>
4. Test: node scripts/send-test-flow.js --phone-number-id <id> --flow-id <id> --to <phone>

Attach a data endpoint (dynamic flows)

1. Set up encryption: node scripts/setup-encryption.js --flow-id <id>
2. Create endpoint: node scripts/set-data-endpoint.js --flow-id <id> --code-file <path>
3. Deploy: node scripts/deploy-data-endpoint.js --flow-id <id>
4. Register: node scripts/register-data-endpoint.js --flow-id <id>

Flow JSON rules

Static flows (no data endpoint):
- Use version: "7.3"
- routing_model and data_api_version are optional
- See assets/sample-flow.json

Dynamic flows (with data endpoint):
- Use version: "7.3" with data_api_version: "3.0"
- routing_model is required (defines valid screen transitions)
- See assets/dynamic-flow.json

Data endpoint rules

Handler signature:

async function handler(request, env) {
  const body = await request.json();
  // body.data_exchange.action: INIT | data_exchange | BACK
  // body.data_exchange.screen: current screen id
  // body.data_exchange.data: user inputs
  return Response.json({
    version: "3.0",
    screen: "NEXT_SCREEN_ID",
    data: { }
  });
}

• Do not use export or module.exports
• Completion uses screen: "SUCCESS" with extension_message_response.params
• Do not include endpoint_uri or data_channel_uri (Kapso injects these)

Troubleshooting

• Preview shows "flow_token is missing": flow is dynamic without a data endpoint. Attach one and refresh.
• Encryption setup errors: enable encryption in Settings for the phone number/WABA.
• OAuthException 139000 (Integrity): WABA must be verified in Meta security center.

Scripts

Webhooks

Messaging and templates

Flows

OpenAPI

Examples:

node scripts/openapi-explore.mjs --spec whatsapp search "template"
node scripts/openapi-explore.mjs --spec whatsapp op sendMessage
node scripts/openapi-explore.mjs --spec whatsapp schema TemplateMessage
node scripts/openapi-explore.mjs --spec platform ops --tag "WhatsApp Flows"
node scripts/openapi-explore.mjs --spec platform op setupWhatsappFlowEncryption
node scripts/openapi-explore.mjs --spec platform search "setup link"

Assets

References

• references/getting-started.md - Platform onboarding
• references/platform-api-reference.md - Full endpoint reference
• references/setup-links.md - Setup link configuration
• references/detecting-whatsapp-connection.md - Connection detection methods
• references/webhooks-overview.md - Webhook types, signature verification, retries
• references/webhooks-event-types.md - Available events
• references/webhooks-reference.md - Webhook API and payload notes
• references/templates-reference.md - Template creation rules, components cheat sheet, send-time components
• references/whatsapp-api-reference.md - Meta proxy payloads for messages and conversations
• references/whatsapp-cloud-api-js.md - SDK usage for sending and reading messages
• references/whatsapp-flows-spec.md - Flow JSON spec

Related skills

• automate-whatsapp - Workflows, agents, and automations
• observe-whatsapp - Debugging, logs, health checks

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