Overview
WhatsApp Business API (1.0)
Section titled “WhatsApp Business API (1.0)”Send and receive WhatsApp messages through the contacta.mx gateway.
Supported outbound message types: template, text, image, file,
audio, video, location, sticker, contacts.
Authentication: HTTP Basic Auth — username and API key.
- OpenAPI version: 3.0.3
Authentication
Section titled “ Authentication ”BasicAuth
Section titled “BasicAuth ”Use HTTP Basic Authentication to authorize requests.
The password is your API key, not your web portal password.
Example: Authorization: Basic WU9VUl9VU0VSTkFNRV9IRVJFOllPVVJfQVBJX1RPS0VOX0hFUkU=
(Where “YOUR_USERNAME_HERE:YOUR_API_TOKEN_HERE” is Base64-encoded)
Security scheme type: http