WhatsApp · JSON Structure

Whatsapp Cloud Api Contact Object Structure

ContactObject from WhatsApp API

Type: object Properties: 7 Required: 1

ContactObject is a JSON Structure definition published by WhatsApp, describing 7 properties, of which 1 is required. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.

Properties

name addresses birthday emails org phones urls

Meta-schema: https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#

JSON Structure

{
  "$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/whatsapp/refs/heads/main/json-structure/whatsapp-cloud-api-contact-object-structure.json",
  "name": "ContactObject",
  "description": "ContactObject from WhatsApp API",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "name": {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
        "formatted_name"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "formatted_name": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "first_name": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "last_name": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "middle_name": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "prefix": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "suffix": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      }
    },
    "addresses": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "street": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "city": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "state": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "zip": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "country": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "country_code": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "type": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "HOME",
              "WORK"
            ]
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "birthday": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Birthday in YYYY-MM-DD format",
      "example": "example_value"
    },
    "emails": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "email": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "email"
          },
          "type": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "HOME",
              "WORK"
            ]
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "org": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "company": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "department": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "title": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      }
    },
    "phones": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "phone": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "type": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "CELL",
              "MAIN",
              "IPHONE",
              "HOME",
              "WORK"
            ]
          },
          "wa_id": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "urls": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "url": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "uri"
          },
          "type": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "HOME",
              "WORK"
            ]
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "name"
  ]
}

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