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How can I add an image to a variable in whatsapp API?

Hi I am trying to send an image with Whatsapp api, I did my template like this one:

Hola *{{1}}* 🦸‍♀️🦸‍♂️

Hemos cargado una nueva noticia en la intranet, si quieres visualizar la misma haz click en el 
siguiente enlace: {{2}}

🚗 *Jis Parking*

and my code is this one:

{
"to": "xxxxx",
"recipient_type": "individual",
"type": "template",
"template": {
    "namespace": "88b39973_f0d5_54e1_29cf_e80f1e3da4f2",
    "name": "noticia",
    "language": {
        "code": "es"
    },
    "components": [
        {
            "type": "body",
            "parameters": [
                {
                    "type": "text",
                    "text": "Richard"
                },
                {
                    "type": "image",
                    "image": {
                        "link": "image_url"
                    }
                }
            ] 
        }
    ]
   }
 }

I added the image_url and it’s weird because I see all good and the api displays this error:

{
  "error": {
    "message": "(#100) The parameter messaging_product is required.",
    "type": "OAuthException",
    "code": 100,
    "fbtrace_id": "AxtiGLSBvAZltlMkJAw-GIk"
  }
}

I wonder what am I doing wrong? Thanks!

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Answers


  1. 0

    Hey did you upload the image first?

    To get an id or a link first you need to upload the media using the API which would return a media object with ID and a link.

    I use the Whatsapp Ruby SDK for connecting with the API which looks like this:

    uploaded_media = medias_api.upload(sender_id: SENDER_ID, file_path: "tmp/whatsapp.png", type: "image/png")
media = medias_api.media(media_id: uploaded_media.data&.id).data
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  2. 0

    First, the current error says you need to add the below parameter in your request,

    "messaging_product" : "whatsapp"

    Second, I notice in your request, that the image type is not supported in body type component, the body type supports these 3 types of values text, currency, date_time, for more details review the documentation,

    If you want to add an image to your message, you have to create a new template with a header type as image, for ex:

    enter image description here

    After that, you can add an image to the header component, for more details review the documentation.

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