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# Whatsapp Create Template

POST https://api.agentphone.ai/integrations/whatsapp/{connection_id}/templates
Content-Type: application/json

Submit a template, authored or from Meta's Template Library.

An authored template (with `components`) comes back PENDING and can't be
sent until it reaches APPROVED — UTILITY usually clears in minutes,
MARKETING can take up to 24h.

Passing `library_template_name` instead builds from Meta's library, where a
template used unchanged skips review and is usable straight away. That makes
it the quickest way to get something sendable; the trade is that the copy is
Meta's, customizable only through the library button/body inputs.

Reference: https://docs.agentphone.ai/api-reference/whatsapp/create-template-integrations-whatsapp-connection-id-templates-post

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication of the form `Bearer <token>`, where token is your auth token.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `connection_id` (string, required)

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects a WhatsAppTemplateCreateRequest.

- `name` (string, required) — Template name. Meta requires lowercase letters, digits and underscores, and it must be unique on the WABA.
- `category` (string, required) — MARKETING, UTILITY, or AUTHENTICATION. Meta may recategorize based on the content.
- `language` (string, optional, default: en_US) — Meta language code, e.g. en_US or es_MX.
- `parameter_format` (string, optional, nullable) — How the body's placeholders are written: POSITIONAL for \{\{1}}, \{\{2}} or NAMED for \{\{first\_name}}. Omit for Meta's default, POSITIONAL. A template's format also dictates the shape you must send: positional templates take an array of variables, named templates take an object keyed by parameter name.
- `components` (list of WhatsAppTemplateCreateRequestComponentsItems, optional, nullable) — Meta's component array, passed through as given. Must include a BODY. Required unless `library_template_name` is set, which supplies its own. Positional: \[\{"type": "BODY", "text": "Your order \{\{1}} has shipped.", "example": \{"body\_text": \[\["1234"]]}}]. Named: \[\{"type": "BODY", "text": "Thanks \{\{first\_name}}!", "example": \{"body\_text\_named\_params": \[\{"param\_name": "first\_name", "example": "Pablo"}]}}]. Components containing variables require an `example` or Meta rejects the submission.
- `library_template_name` (string, optional, nullable) — Build from Meta's Template Library instead of authoring one. Use the library entry's slug, e.g. "appointment_confirmation_1" (visible under each card in WhatsApp Manager > Template library). A library template used unchanged skips Meta's review and is usable immediately, so this is the fastest route to a sendable template. Omit `components` when using it.
- `library_template_button_inputs` (list of WhatsAppTemplateCreateRequestLibraryTemplateButtonInputsItems, optional, nullable) — Library templates only: fills in the buttons the library entry ships with. Each entry takes as the button requires — a URL button needs your url, a CALL button your phone number.
- `library_template_body_inputs` (WhatsAppTemplateCreateRequestLibraryTemplateBodyInputs, optional, nullable) — Library templates only: toggles the optional body lines a library entry offers. .

## Response

### 200

Successful Response

- `any`

## Errors

### 422 Unprocessable Entity Error

Validation Error

- `detail` (list of ValidationError, optional)

## Types

### WhatsAppTemplateCreateRequestComponentsItems

### WhatsAppTemplateCreateRequestLibraryTemplateButtonInputsItems

### WhatsAppTemplateCreateRequestLibraryTemplateBodyInputs

Library templates only: toggles the optional body lines a library entry offers. .

### ValidationError

- `loc` (list of ValidationErrorLocItems, required)
- `msg` (string, required)
- `type` (string, required)

### ValidationErrorLocItems

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "name": "order_shipped",
  "category": "string"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.agentphone.ai/integrations/whatsapp/connection_id/templates"

payload = {
    "name": "order_shipped",
    "category": "string"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.agentphone.ai/integrations/whatsapp/connection_id/templates';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"name":"order_shipped","category":"string"}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.agentphone.ai/integrations/whatsapp/connection_id/templates"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"order_shipped\",\n  \"category\": \"string\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.agentphone.ai/integrations/whatsapp/connection_id/templates")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"name\": \"order_shipped\",\n  \"category\": \"string\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.agentphone.ai/integrations/whatsapp/connection_id/templates")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"order_shipped\",\n  \"category\": \"string\"\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://api.agentphone.ai/integrations/whatsapp/connection_id/templates', [
  'body' => '{
  "name": "order_shipped",
  "category": "string"
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.agentphone.ai/integrations/whatsapp/connection_id/templates");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"name\": \"order_shipped\",\n  \"category\": \"string\"\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = [
  "name": "order_shipped",
  "category": "string"
] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.agentphone.ai/integrations/whatsapp/connection_id/templates")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```