ManyChat Subscriber API

Look up, search, create, update, tag and set custom field values on subscribers. 15 operations. A subscriber carries per-channel identity fields for Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp, email and SMS on one record. Search operations are hard-capped at 100 results with no pagination or cursor, so a full result set is unreachable through the API when the cap is hit.

Operations 15

GET /fb/subscriber/getInfo Get info #
GET /fb/subscriber/findByName Find by name #
GET /fb/subscriber/getInfoByUserRef Get info by user ref #
GET /fb/subscriber/findByCustomField Find by custom field #
GET /fb/subscriber/findBySystemField Find by system field #
POST /fb/subscriber/addTag Add tag to subscriber #
POST /fb/subscriber/addTagByName Add tag to subscriber #
POST /fb/subscriber/removeTag Remove tag from subscriber #
POST /fb/subscriber/removeTagByName Remove tag from subscriber #
POST /fb/subscriber/setCustomField Set custom field #
POST /fb/subscriber/setCustomFields Set custom fields #
POST /fb/subscriber/setCustomFieldByName Set custom field by name #
POST /fb/subscriber/verifyBySignedRequest Verify by signed request #
POST /fb/subscriber/createSubscriber Create a Unified subscriber #
POST /fb/subscriber/updateSubscriber Update subscriber #

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OpenAPI Specification

manychat-subscriber-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: ManyChat Subscriber API
  description: 'The ManyChat Subscriber API, split by tag from the Swagger document ManyChat publishes at https://api.manychat.com/swagger (the underlying JSON is served from https://api.manychat.com/swagger/compileJson?type=Page_API). Authentication is an API key generated per page in Settings > API, sent as `Authorization: Bearer <page-id>:<api-key>`. Per-operation rate limits are published by ManyChat in each operation description. Operation IDs here are the readable API Evangelist refinement; the provider''s generated hash ID is preserved on each operation as `x-provider-operation-id`.'
  version: beta
  contact:
    name: ManyChat
    url: https://api.manychat.com/swagger
  x-source: https://api.manychat.com/swagger/compileJson?type=Page_API
  x-harvested: '2026-08-13'
servers:
- url: https://api.manychat.com
  description: Production. ManyChat publishes servers[] as an empty relative URL; the host is the one serving the Swagger document.
security:
- Bearer: []
tags:
- name: Subscriber
  description: Look up, create, update, tag and set custom fields on subscribers
paths:
  /fb/subscriber/getInfo:
    get:
      tags:
      - Subscriber
      summary: Get info
      description: 'Rate limit: 10 queries per second'
      operationId: getSubscriberInfo
      parameters:
      - name: subscriber_id
        in: query
        description: Get subscriber info.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                properties:
                  status:
                    type: string
                    example: success
                  data:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/Subscriber'
                type: object
      security:
      - Bearer: []
      x-provider-operation-id: ae51a27b65b7ecf39438af38db0f27ba
  /fb/subscriber/findByName:
    get:
      tags:
      - Subscriber
      summary: Find by name
      description: 'Rate limit: 10 queries per second.

        This API method search subscribers by full name.

        List is limited by 100 subscribers.'
      operationId: findSubscriberByName
      parameters:
      - name: name
        in: query
        description: ''
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                properties:
                  status:
                    type: string
                    example: success
                  data:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Subscriber'
                    maxItems: 100
                type: object
      security:
      - Bearer: []
      x-provider-operation-id: e5c671d1661acff9be0e8bcfdd59f1e8
  /fb/subscriber/getInfoByUserRef:
    get:
      tags:
      - Subscriber
      summary: Get info by user ref
      operationId: getSubscriberByUserRef
      parameters:
      - name: user_ref
        in: query
        description: Ref of subscriber
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                properties:
                  status:
                    type: string
                    example: success
                  data:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/Subscriber'
                type: object
        '400':
          description: 'Possible error codes:

            2011 - User_ref isn''t registered

            2012 - User_ref has not been linked with subscriber_id'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseErrorWithCode'
      security:
      - Bearer: []
      x-provider-operation-id: 782cc8abe7878dc73026b6bef44f14b2
  /fb/subscriber/findByCustomField:
    get:
      tags:
      - Subscriber
      summary: Find by custom field
      description: 'Rate limit: 10 queries per second.

        This API method only works with Text and Number types of Custom User Fields.

        Results are sorted by last Custom User Field value update for a specific user.

        List is limited by 100 elements.'
      operationId: findByCustomField
      parameters:
      - name: field_id
        in: query
        description: ''
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: field_value
        in: query
        description: ''
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                properties:
                  status:
                    type: string
                    example: success
                  data:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Subscriber'
                    maxItems: 100
                type: object
        '400':
          description: Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseError'
      security:
      - Bearer: []
      x-provider-operation-id: 9fc380dcb49bb134b9405d4269896f56
  /fb/subscriber/findBySystemField:
    get:
      tags:
      - Subscriber
      summary: Find by system field
      description: 'Rate limit: 50 queries per second.

        Set one parameter: Email OR Phone.'
      operationId: findBySystemField
      parameters:
      - name: email
        in: query
        description: 'E-Mail (example: test@manychat.com)'
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: phone
        in: query
        description: 'Phone number (example: +15400000000)'
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                properties:
                  status:
                    type: string
                    example: success
                  data:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/Subscriber'
                type: object
      security:
      - Bearer: []
      x-provider-operation-id: ef59064a933ef7464083a39c520a274b
  /fb/subscriber/addTag:
    post:
      tags:
      - Subscriber
      summary: Add tag to subscriber
      description: 'Rate limit: 10 queries per second'
      operationId: addTag
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              required:
              - subscriber_id
              - tag_id
              properties:
                subscriber_id:
                  type: integer
                tag_id:
                  type: integer
              type: object
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseSuccess'
        '400':
          description: Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseError'
      security:
      - Bearer: []
      x-provider-operation-id: ee797ad59ec8545bed43add11390b165
  /fb/subscriber/addTagByName:
    post:
      tags:
      - Subscriber
      summary: Add tag to subscriber
      description: 'Rate limit: 10 queries per second'
      operationId: addTagByName
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              required:
              - subscriber_id
              - tag_name
              properties:
                subscriber_id:
                  type: integer
                tag_name:
                  type: string
              type: object
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseSuccess'
        '400':
          description: Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseError'
      security:
      - Bearer: []
      x-provider-operation-id: 34ad004a12043ccbfee2faf1d290d30f
  /fb/subscriber/removeTag:
    post:
      tags:
      - Subscriber
      summary: Remove tag from subscriber
      description: 'Rate limit: 10 queries per second'
      operationId: removeSubscriberTag
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              required:
              - subscriber_id
              - tag_id
              properties:
                subscriber_id:
                  type: integer
                tag_id:
                  type: integer
              type: object
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseSuccess'
        '400':
          description: Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseError'
      security:
      - Bearer: []
      x-provider-operation-id: 09f35f7c1e6013311f36e3965dec650c
  /fb/subscriber/removeTagByName:
    post:
      tags:
      - Subscriber
      summary: Remove tag from subscriber
      description: 'Rate limit: 10 queries per second'
      operationId: removeSubscriberTagByName
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              required:
              - subscriber_id
              - tag_name
              properties:
                subscriber_id:
                  type: integer
                tag_name:
                  type: string
              type: object
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseSuccess'
        '400':
          description: Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseError'
      security:
      - Bearer: []
      x-provider-operation-id: 59cef9685d8978968b28376db0123be4
  /fb/subscriber/setCustomField:
    post:
      tags:
      - Subscriber
      summary: Set custom field
      description: 'Rate limit: 10 queries per second'
      operationId: setCustomField
      requestBody:
        description: 'Depending on the type of Custom User Field you will need to use one of the following type of data for "field_value".

          ***For example:***

          Text: "text" (string)

          Number: 123 or 1.23 (integer or float)

          Boolean: true or false (boolean)

          Date: "2018-07-18" (string)

          Date and time: "2018-07-02T00:00:00+00:00" (string)


          Data and time format for this API method is YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSP.  Where P is user’s timezone. For example May 1st 2018 06:30:24 UTC+3:00 should be formatted as 2018-05-01T06:30:24+03:00'
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              required:
              - subscriber_id
              - field_id
              - field_value
              properties:
                subscriber_id:
                  type: integer
                field_id:
                  type: integer
                field_value:
                  description: string, integer or boolean (see method description)
                  example: '''string'', 123, true, ''2018-07-18'', ''2018-07-02T00:00:00+00:00'''
              type: object
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseSuccess'
        '400':
          description: Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseError'
      security:
      - Bearer: []
      x-provider-operation-id: 81138a426b0903687848fdf8bdde6aa9
  /fb/subscriber/setCustomFields:
    post:
      tags:
      - Subscriber
      summary: Set custom fields
      description: 'Rate limit: 10 queries per second'
      operationId: setCustomFields
      requestBody:
        description: 'Set multiple custom fields for a single subscriber.

          The number of custom fields is limited to 20 for one request.

          Use **field_id** OR **field_name** to specify the field.

          ***For example:***


          ```"fields": [{"field_id": 77777777, "field_value": 555}, {"field_name": "count", "field_value": 12}]```'
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              required:
              - subscriber_id
              - fields
              properties:
                subscriber_id:
                  type: integer
                fields:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    required:
                    - field_id
                    - field_name
                    - field_value
                    properties:
                      field_id:
                        type: integer
                      field_name:
                        type: string
                      field_value:
                        description: string, integer or boolean (see method description)
                        example: '''string'', 123, true, ''2018-07-18'', ''2018-07-02T00:00:00+00:00'''
                    type: object
                    additionalProperties: false
              type: object
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseSuccess'
        '400':
          description: Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseError'
      security:
      - Bearer: []
      x-provider-operation-id: 4d01076149250e9e47f3b8aa7dc53baa
  /fb/subscriber/setCustomFieldByName:
    post:
      tags:
      - Subscriber
      summary: Set custom field by name
      description: 'Rate limit: 10 queries per second'
      operationId: setCustomFieldByName
      requestBody:
        description: 'Depending on the type of Custom User Field you will need to use one of the following type of data for "field_value".

          ***For example:***

          Text: "text" (string)

          Number: 123 or 1.23 (integer or float)

          Boolean: true or false (boolean)

          Date: "2018-07-18" (string)

          Date and time: "2018-07-02T00:00:00+00:00" (string)


          Data and time format for this API method is YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSP.  Where P is user’s timezone. For example May 1st 2018 06:30:24 UTC+3:00 should be formatted as 2018-05-01T06:30:24+03:00'
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              required:
              - subscriber_id
              - field_name
              - field_value
              properties:
                subscriber_id:
                  type: integer
                field_name:
                  description: not case sensitive
                  type: string
                field_value:
                  description: string, integer or boolean (see method description)
                  example: '''string'', 123, true, ''2018-07-18'', ''2018-07-02T00:00:00+00:00'''
              type: object
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseSuccess'
        '400':
          description: Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseError'
      security:
      - Bearer: []
      x-provider-operation-id: adc69e1e87197b5f31c80403a3913468
  /fb/subscriber/verifyBySignedRequest:
    post:
      tags:
      - Subscriber
      summary: Verify by signed request
      description: 'Rate limit: 10 queries per second'
      operationId: verifyBySignedRequest
      requestBody:
        description: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/messenger-platform/webview/
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              required:
              - subscriber_id
              - signed_request
              properties:
                subscriber_id:
                  type: integer
                signed_request:
                  type: string
                  example: _1SXnOuwXiUrcDRxI1D6Dvr55aiNusDNMxyHb8PQe7Y.eyJhbGdvcml0aG0iOiJIT2FDLVNIQTI1NiIsImNvbW11bml0eV9pZCI6bnVsbCwiaXNzdWVkX2F0IjoxNTU5MjE8NTQxLCJtZXRhZGF0YSI6bnVsbCwicGFnZV9pZCI6MjI4NjkwMDEyNDk2MTgxOSwicHNpZCI6IjIxNzI0OTkwNDI4Njc2MjIiLCJ0aHJlYWRfcGFydGljaXBhbnRfaWRzIjpudWxsLCJ0aHJlYWRfdHlwZSI6IlVTRVJfVE9fUEFHRSIsInRpZCI1IjIxNzI0OTkwNDI4Njc2MjIifQ
              type: object
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                properties:
                  status:
                    type: string
                    example: success
                type: object
      security:
      - Bearer: []
      x-provider-operation-id: b14c21e0143af0449cfc94e58731c5a8
  /fb/subscriber/createSubscriber:
    post:
      tags:
      - Subscriber
      summary: Create a Unified subscriber
      description: 'Rate limit: 10 queries per second'
      operationId: createSubscriber
      requestBody:
        description: ''
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              properties:
                first_name:
                  description: First Name
                  type: string
                last_name:
                  description: Last Name
                  type: string
                phone:
                  description: Phone Number is required if Email and Whatsapp Phone properties are empty
                  type: string
                whatsapp_phone:
                  description: Whatsapp Phone Number is required if Email and Phone Number properties are empty
                  type: string
                email:
                  description: Email is required if Phone Number and Whatsapp Phone properties are empty
                  type: string
                gender:
                  description: Gender
                  type: string
                has_opt_in_sms:
                  description: Has opt-in SMS is required if property Phone Number is not empty
                  type: boolean
                has_opt_in_email:
                  description: Has opt-in Email is required if property Email is not empty
                  type: boolean
                consent_phrase:
                  description: Consent phrase is required if property `has_opt_in_sms` equal true
                  type: string
              type: object
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                properties:
                  status:
                    type: string
                    example: success
                  data:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/Subscriber'
                type: object
        '400':
          description: Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseError'
      security:
      - Bearer: []
      x-provider-operation-id: f42eb3580f33178fdf9d87f0c778f86e
  /fb/subscriber/updateSubscriber:
    post:
      tags:
      - Subscriber
      summary: Update subscriber
      description: 'Rate limit: 10 queries per second'
      operationId: updateSubscriber
      requestBody:
        description: ''
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              required:
              - subscriber_id
              properties:
                subscriber_id:
                  type: integer
                first_name:
                  description: First Name
                  type: string
                last_name:
                  description: Last Name
                  type: string
                phone:
                  description: Phone Number
                  type: string
                email:
                  description: Email
                  type: string
                gender:
                  description: Gender
                  type: string
                has_opt_in_sms:
                  description: Has opt-in SMS is required if property Phone Number is not empty
                  type: boolean
                has_opt_in_email:
                  description: Has opt-in Email is required if property Email is not empty
                  type: boolean
                consent_phrase:
                  description: Consent phrase is required if property Has Opt In SMS equal true
                  type: string
              type: object
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                properties:
                  status:
                    type: string
                    example: success
                  data:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/Subscriber'
                type: object
        '400':
          description: Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseError'
      security:
      - Bearer: []
      x-provider-operation-id: 3ab84a004f4a5942e7a5368c2b807d19
components:
  schemas:
    Subscriber:
      description: ''
      required:
      - id
      - page_id
      - user_refs
      - first_name
      - last_name
      - name
      - gender
      - profile_pic
      - locale
      - language
      - timezone
      - live_chat_url
      - last_input_text
      - optin_phone
      - phone
      - optin_email
      - email
      - subscribed
      - last_interaction
      - last_seen
      - is_followup_enabled
      - ig_username
      - ig_id
      - whatsapp_phone
      - whatsapp_bsuid
      - whatsapp_username
      - optin_whatsapp
      - custom_fields
      - tags
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        page_id:
          description: This is Facebook Page ID
          type: string
        user_refs:
          description: array with ref of subscriber; can be empty
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/SubscriberRefField'
          example: '[{ ''user_ref'':''-1543835812530302162'', ''opted_in'':''2018-12-03T11:17:54+00:00'' }]'
        first_name:
          type: string
        last_name:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
        gender:
          type: string
        profile_pic:
          type: string
        locale:
          type: string
        language:
          type: string
        timezone:
          type: string
        live_chat_url:
          type: string
        last_input_text:
          type: string
        optin_phone:
          type: boolean
        phone:
          type: string
        optin_email:
          type: boolean
        email:
          type: string
        subscribed:
          description: datetime in W3C format
          type: string
          example: '''2018-07-02T00:00:00+02:00'''
        last_interaction:
          description: datetime in W3C format
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          example: '''2018-07-02T00:00:00+02:00'''
        last_seen:
          description: datetime in W3C format
          type: string
          example: '''2018-07-02T00:00:00+03:00'''
        is_followup_enabled:
          type: boolean
          example: true
        ig_username:
          type: string
          example: user_name
        ig_id:
          type: integer
          example: 6384638
        whatsapp_phone:
          type: string
        whatsapp_bsuid:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          example: US.8234928392384832
        whatsapp_username:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          example: '@username'
        optin_whatsapp:
          type: boolean
          example: true
        custom_fields:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/SubscriberCustomField'
        tags:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Tag'
      type: object
      additionalProperties: false
    ResponseSuccess:
      description: ''
      required:
      - status
      properties:
        status:
          type: string
          example: success
      type: object
      additionalProperties: false
    Tag:
      description: ''
      required:
      - id
      - name
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
        name:
          type: string
      type: object
      additionalProperties: false
    ResponseError:
      description: ''
      required:
      - status
      - message
      - details
      properties:
        status:
          type: string
          example: error
        message:
          type: string
        details:
          required:
          - messages
          properties:
            messages:
              type: array
              items:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseErrorMessage'
          type: object
          additionalProperties: false
      type: object
      additionalProperties: false
    ResponseErrorMessage:
      description: ''
      required:
      - message
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
      type: object
      additionalProperties: false
    SubscriberRefField:
      description: ''
      required:
      - user_ref
      - opted_in
      properties:
        user_ref:
          type: string
          example: '-1543835812530302162'
        opted_in:
          description: datetime in W3C format
          type: string
          example: '2018-12-03T11:17:54+00:00'
      type: object
      additionalProperties: false
    ResponseErrorWithCode:
      description: ''
      required:
      - status
      - message
      - code
      properties:
        status:
          type: string
          example: error
        message:
          type: string
        code:
          type: integer
      type: object
      additionalProperties: false
    SubscriberCustomField:
      description: ''
      required:
      - id
      - name
      - type
      - description
      - value
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
        name:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - text
          - number
          - date
          - datetime
          - boolean
        description:
          type: string
        value:
          description: string, integer or boolean
          example: '''string'', 123, true, ''2018-07-18'', ''2018-07-02T07:45:00+03:00'''
      type: object
      additionalProperties: false
  securitySchemes:
    Bearer:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: 'API key generated per page in the ManyChat dashboard under Settings > API. Sent as `Authorization: Bearer <page-id>:<api-key>`.'