Catalog Templates are only available while using Cloud API.
Catalog templates are marketing templates that allow you to showcase your product catalog entirely within WhatsApp. Catalog templates display a product thumbnail header image of your choice and custom body text, along with a fixed text header and fixed text sub-header.
Requirements
You must have inventory uploaded to Meta in an ecommerce catalog connected to your WhatsApp Business Account. See Products and Catalogs.
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Template Creation
Use the create template endpoint and assemble the Catalog Template components in the request:
POST[base-url]/v1/configs/templates
The message template name field is limited to 512 characters. The message template content field is limited to 1024 characters.
Headers
Request Body
Upon success, the API will respond with a JSON object describing the newly created template.
{"name":"intro_catalog_offer","language":"en_US","category":"MARKETING","components": [ {"type":"BODY", "text": "Now shop for your favourite products right here on WhatsApp! Get Rs {{1}} off on all orders above {{2}}Rs! Valid for your first {{3}} orders placed on WhatsApp!",
"example": {"body_text": [ ["100","400","3" ] ] } }, {"type":"FOOTER","text":"Best grocery deals on WhatsApp!" }, {"type":"BUTTONS","buttons": [ {"type":"CATALOG","text":"View catalog" } ] } ]}
Sending Catalog Templates
Catalog template messages cannot be sent with the On-Premises API.
Now shop for your favourite products right here on WhatsApp! Get Rs {{1}} off on all orders above {{2}}Rs! Valid for your first {{3}} orders placed on WhatsApp!
<EXAMPLE_BODY_TEXT>
String (of an array of strings)
Required if body text uses variables.
Sample strings to replace variable placeholders in <BODY_TEXT> string.