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WhatsApp Template → Edit
AI-generatedSummary
Update an existing WhatsApp message template for a specified WhatsApp Business Account with new content including header, body, footer, and buttons.
Inputs
- WhatsApp Business Account (required) — Select the WhatsApp Business Account (WABA) to which the template belongs.
- Template Name (required) — Enter the existing template name using lowercase letters, numbers, and underscores only.
- Language (required) — Select the language code for the template variant to update.
- Header Format — Choose the header type: None, Text (supports one {{1}} variable), Image, Video, or Document.
- Header Text — If Header Format is Text, provide the header text including one variable placeholder {{1}} if needed.
- Header — Example Value for {{1}} — Sample value for the variable {{1}} in the header text, required by Meta for approval if header contains variable.
- Header — Media Sample URL — Public URL of a sample media file for header when using Image, Video, or Document formats (required by Meta).
- Body Text (required) — The template's main body text, supporting up to multiple variables {{1}}, {{2}}, etc.
- Body Variable Examples — Example values for each body variable position, required by Meta when body contains variables.
- Footer Text — Optional footer line displayed below the body; variables are not allowed.
- Buttons — Up to three buttons of types Quick Reply, URL (Call-to-Action), or Phone Number; URL and Phone Number types support dynamic variables with example values.
Output shape
a single updated WhatsApp template record containing the revised template content and metadata
The operation returns the updated template's data. Meta requires example values for any variables included in the header, body, or button URLs to approve the template. Button counts are limited to three and types can be mixed.
