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WABA Profile Info

This document describes how to manage your WABA Profile Info

In the 360dialog Client Hub

You can update your WABA profile information in the 360dialog Client Hub.

In the API

If the WABA is registered in On-premise API

You can use the following endpoints to set your WhatsApp profile info in the same manner as described in the official WhatsApp documentation on the topic.
get
https://[base-path]
/v1/settings/profile/about
Profile: About
patch
https://[base-path]
/v1/settings/profile/about
Profile: About
post
https://[base-path]
/v1/settings/profile/photo
Profile: Photo
Example using Postman
post
https://[base-path]
/v1/settings/business/profile
Business Profile
Please review the official WhatsApp docs for the full list of acceptable parameter values.

If the WABA is registered in Cloud API

You can use the following endpoints to set your WhatsApp profile info in the same manner as described in the official WhatsApp documentation on the topic.
get
https://[base-path]
/whatsapp_business_profile?fields=address,description,email,profile_picture_url,websites,vertical
Retrieve Business Profile information
post
https://[base-path]
/whatsapp_business_profile
Update Business Profile Information

Resumable Upload API for Profile Pictures

The Resumable Upload API allows you to upload profile pictures and essentially large files to the Cloud API. Once uploaded, you can use a file's handle fetched in step 2 to update your profile_picture_handle.
Please note that to access and utilize the Resumable Upload API, it is mandatory to include the 360dialog-API-key within the header.

Step 1: Create a Session

Send a POST request that describes your file to the endpoint /uploads.Upon success, an upload session ID will be returned that you can use in the next step to initiate the upload.
Request Syntax
POST-https://waba-v2.360dialog.io/uploads
&file_length={file-length}
&file_type={file-type}
​Parameters
Parameter
Description
file_length int64
The file length in bytes
file_type RegexParam
The MIME type of the file to be uploaded
Response
  • {id} — Upload session ID.
Sample Request
curl -X POST \
"https://waba-v2.360dialog.io/uploads?file_length=109981&file_type=image/png"
Sample Response
{
"id": "upload:MTphd..."
}

Step 2: Initiate Upload

Initiate the upload session by sending a POST request and append your upload session {id} along with the authentication header. Upon success, a file handle {h},is returned that you can then use the {h} value to update your profile picture.
Request Syntax
POST waba-v2.360dialog.io/{session_id}
--header 'file_offset: 0'
--data-binary @{file-name}
Placeholder Values
  • {session_id} — Upload session ID returned in step 1.
  • {file-name} — Name of the file to upload.
Response
{
"h": "{h}"
}
Response property values:
  • {h} — The uploaded file's file handle
Sample Request
curl -X POST \
"https://waba-v2.360dialog.io/upload:MTphd..." \
Sample Response
{
"h": "2:c2FtcGxl..."
}
You can then use the Update Business Profile information endpoint to update the profile photo using the {h} value.
Please review the official WhatsApp docs for the full list of acceptable parameter values.
Remember The [base-path] for Cloud API is https://waba-v2.360dialog.io. Every request to WhatsApp API needs to be authorized using API Key authentication. Adding theD360-API-KEY header with your API Key as a value will give you permission.