{
  "id": "a1bca01d-84a7-4661-881c-918ac79436eb",
  "slug": "whatsapp-cloud-api",
  "name": "WhatsApp Business Cloud API",
  "provider": "Meta",
  "category_slug": "communications",
  "description": "Meta-hosted API for sending and receiving WhatsApp messages at scale, the dominant business messaging channel in Singapore. Supports templates, interactive messages, media and webhooks.",
  "base_url": "https://graph.facebook.com/v21.0",
  "docs_url": "https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/cloud-api",
  "openapi_url": null,
  "auth_type": "oauth2",
  "auth_guide": [
    "Create a Meta developer account and a Business app at developers.facebook.com.",
    "Add the WhatsApp product; you get a test number and temporary token instantly.",
    "Verify your business and register your own number to go beyond the 5-recipient test limit.",
    "Generate a permanent system-user token with whatsapp_business_messaging permission.",
    "Configure a webhook (with verify token) to receive inbound messages."
  ],
  "pricing": "freemium",
  "rate_limit": null,
  "example_request": "curl -X POST 'https://graph.facebook.com/v21.0/PHONE_NUMBER_ID/messages' -H 'Authorization: Bearer TOKEN' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{\"messaging_product\":\"whatsapp\",\"to\":\"65XXXXXXXX\",\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":{\"body\":\"Hello from SG\"}}'",
  "example_response_snippet": "{\"messaging_product\":\"whatsapp\",\"contacts\":[{\"input\":\"65XXXXXXXX\",\"wa_id\":\"65XXXXXXXX\"}],\"messages\":[{\"id\":\"wamid.HBg...\"}]}",
  "agent_notes": "Business-initiated conversations outside the 24-hour window require pre-approved template messages. Per-conversation pricing applies once past the free tier; free-form replies only within 24h of the user's last message.",
  "status": "live",
  "tags": [
    "whatsapp",
    "messaging",
    "meta",
    "chatbot"
  ],
  "sg_official": false,
  "created_at": "2026-07-05T08:44:12.516Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-07-05T09:15:27.094Z",
  "page_url": "https://singaporeapi.com/apis/whatsapp-cloud-api"
}