Plivo’s WhatsApp API: Onboarding Made Simple
Plivo’s WhatsApp Business API is designed to make it easy to send and receive WhatsApp messages to your audience. Getting started with Plivo’s WhatsApp API is simple, even for non-technical users. Here’s how to onboard your WhatsApp Business Account (WABA), register your number, and begin sending messages in seconds.
Step 1: Meet our prerequisites
There are several prerequisites to using our API. Before chinese singapore phone number list ou can send your first message, check these steps off your list.
Sign up for a Plivo account if you haven’t already. We’ll give you some usage credits so you can get started. Once you’ve used them up, set up payment details to ensure you have funds in your account.
Make sure you have an active Meta Business Suite account. If you don’t have one yet, set one up through Meta Business Suite or via embedded signup in the Plivo console — learn how in our guide.
Make sure you have an active Whatsapp Business Account (WABA) that you can map to your Plivo account. Use the Embedded Signup flow from within Plivo Console to create a new WABA or select an existing account.
Make sure you have a phone number that can be used to verify your account with a one-time passcode.
Once you’ve ticked off these prerequisites, you can start using WhatsApp as a channel in Plivo’s Messaging API.
Step 2: Onboard your WhatsApp Business Account
Next, create a new WABA or link an existing WABA from the WhatsApp landing page on the Plivo console. Choose which option you prefer to open Meta’s embedded signup flow. This flow will take you through the steps to connect your WABA to Plivo, where you can manage all your communications in one view within the console.
