Catnip

Chatfuel Contacts API

Bulk-create WhatsApp contacts inside a Chatfuel automation. POST a list of up to 1,000 E.164 phone numbers plus a contact_data.properties map of custom attributes applied to every contact in the request; the automation_id in the path is read from the automation's URL in the product. Authenticated with a Bearer API token generated at Settings, API. This is the only Chatfuel API with live public documentation as of 2026-08-13. No rate-limit headers are returned.

GitHub

Documentation

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Authentication
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/catnip/refs/heads/main/authentication/catnip-authentication.yml
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RateLimits
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/catnip/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/catnip-rate-limits.yml

Other Resources

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ErrorCatalog
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/catnip/refs/heads/main/errors/catnip-problem-types.yml
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APIsJSON
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/catnip/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
name: Chatfuel Contacts API
description: Bulk-create WhatsApp contacts inside a Chatfuel automation. POST a list of up to 1,000 E.164
  phone numbers plus a contact_data.properties map of custom attributes applied to every contact in the
  request; the automation_id in the path is read from the automation's URL in the product. Authenticated
  with a Bearer API token generated at Settings, API. This is the only Chatfuel API with live public documentation
  as of 2026-08-13. No rate-limit headers are returned.
humanURL: https://help.chatfuel.com/create-contacts-in-chatfuel-via-api-23134b06ecf8800683b6efacab24b68d
baseURL: https://panel.chatfuel.com/api
tags:
- Contacts
- WhatsApp
- Bulk Import
properties:
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/catnip-authentication.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/catnip-rate-limits.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/catnip-problem-types.yml