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WhatsApp Template → Create
AI-generatedSummary
Create a new WhatsApp message template in your selected WhatsApp Business Account (WABA) with specified name, language, category, header, body, footer, and buttons.
Inputs
- WhatsApp Business Account (required) — Select the WABA where the template will be created. Refresh to load available accounts from YCloud.
- Template Name (required) — Name of the template using only lowercase letters, numbers, and underscores.
- Language (required) — Language code for the template (e.g., en, es, fr).
- Category (required) — Category of the template, such as AUTHENTICATION, MARKETING, or UTILITY.
- Header Format — Type of template header: None, Text (one variable allowed), Image, Video, or Document.
- Header Text — Text content for the header if header format is Text, supporting one {{1}} variable.
- Header — Example Value for {{1}} — Sample value for the header variable {{1}} required for Meta approval if used.
- Header — Media Sample URL — Public URL of a sample media file for the header when using Image, Video, or Document.
- Body Text (required) — Main body text of the template supporting variables {{1}}, {{2}}, etc.
- Body Variable Examples — Example values for each body variable, required by Meta if variables are used.
- Footer Text — Optional footer text shown below the body; variables are not allowed here.
- Buttons — Up to 3 template buttons of type Quick Reply, URL (Call to Action), or Phone Number, with labels and optional URL or phone example values for variables.
Output shape
The operation returns the created WhatsApp template object as received from the YCloud API.
The returned template includes all provided details. Meta approval requires example values where variables are used in header, body, or buttons. Template names must be lowercase with underscores. Footer text does not support variables.
