openapi: 3.0.3
info:
title: Gupshup WhatsApp Business Messaging Templates API
description: 'REST API for sending and managing WhatsApp Business messages through Gupshup. Messages are sent from a registered WhatsApp Business number that is bound to a Gupshup app; requests are authenticated with an `apikey` header tied to your Gupshup account. This document models the WhatsApp messaging surface on `https://api.gupshup.io/wa/api/v1` - sending session messages, sending pre-approved template (HSM) messages, managing user opt-in / opt-out, listing opted-in users, and listing an app''s templates.
Scope and honesty note: the send-message (`POST /msg`) and send-template (`POST /template/msg`) operations are confirmed against Gupshup''s public API reference. The opt-in / opt-out, users, and template-list operations are documented in Gupshup''s WhatsApp API guide (historically under the `/sm` path, now migrating to the `/wa` path shown here); their request and response bodies are MODELED from the documentation rather than copied from a machine-readable source, and Gupshup uses `application/x-www-form-urlencoded` request bodies. Verify exact field names and response shapes against the live documentation before relying on this specification.'
version: '1.0'
contact:
name: Gupshup
url: https://www.gupshup.io
x-modeled: true
servers:
- url: https://api.gupshup.io/wa/api/v1
description: Gupshup WhatsApp Business API
security:
- apiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: Templates
description: Send and list WhatsApp template (HSM) messages.
paths:
/template/msg:
post:
operationId: sendTemplateMessage
tags:
- Templates
summary: Send a WhatsApp template message
description: Sends a pre-approved template (HSM) message to an opted-in user, used for business-initiated notifications outside the 24-hour session window. Confirmed endpoint.
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/SendTemplateRequest'
responses:
'202':
description: Template message accepted for asynchronous delivery.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/SendMessageResponse'
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
'400':
$ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
/template/list/{appName}:
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/AppName'
get:
operationId: listTemplates
tags:
- Templates
summary: List an app's templates
description: Returns the message templates registered for an app along with their approval status. Modeled from documentation.
responses:
'200':
description: A list of templates.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/TemplateListResponse'
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
components:
responses:
Unauthorized:
description: Missing or invalid apikey.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
BadRequest:
description: The request was malformed or missing required parameters.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
schemas:
SendTemplateRequest:
type: object
required:
- channel
- source
- destination
- template
- src.name
properties:
channel:
type: string
example: whatsapp
source:
type: string
description: Registered WhatsApp Business phone number.
destination:
type: string
description: Recipient phone number (must be opted-in).
template:
type: string
description: JSON-encoded template object referencing an approved template id and its parameter values, e.g. {"id":"<template-id>","params":["value1","value2"]}.
example: '{"id":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000","params":["Kin","ORD-42"]}'
message:
type: string
description: Optional JSON-encoded media header object for media templates (image / document / video).
src.name:
type: string
description: Gupshup app name registered to the source number.
TemplateListResponse:
type: object
properties:
status:
type: string
example: success
templates:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Template'
SendMessageResponse:
type: object
description: Asynchronous accept response carrying a Gupshup message identifier.
properties:
status:
type: string
example: submitted
messageId:
type: string
description: Gupshup unique message identifier used to correlate webhook delivery events.
Template:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
elementName:
type: string
category:
type: string
status:
type: string
description: Approval status (e.g. APPROVED, PENDING, REJECTED).
languageCode:
type: string
data:
type: string
description: Template body text with placeholders.
Error:
type: object
properties:
status:
type: string
example: error
message:
type: string
parameters:
AppName:
name: appName
in: path
required: true
description: The Gupshup app name registered to the WhatsApp business number.
schema:
type: string
securitySchemes:
apiKeyAuth:
type: apiKey
in: header
name: apikey
description: Account API key sent in the `apikey` request header. Available from the Gupshup dashboard. Scopes requests to your account and its registered apps.