{"id":2634,"date":"2022-05-26T09:39:53","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T09:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whatso.net\/blog\/?p=2634"},"modified":"2024-06-27T07:18:53","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T07:18:53","slug":"how-to-setup-whatsapp-cloud-api","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.growby.net\/blog\/how-to-setup-whatsapp-cloud-api\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Setup WhatsApp Cloud API"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WhatsApp Cloud API is the cloud-based version of the company&#8217;s developer tool WhatsApp Business API.<\/p>\n<p>The new tool, as per the company, aims to make it easier for businesses of all sizes anywhere in the world to get started on WhatsApp.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In just a few minutes, any business or developer can easily access our service, build directly on top of WhatsApp to customize their experience and speed up their response time to customers by using our secure WhatsApp Cloud API hosted by Meta.<\/p>\n<p>The Cloud API allows you to implement WhatsApp Business APIs without the cost of hosting your own servers and also allows you to scale your business messaging.<\/p>\n<p>Complete WhatsApp Cloud API Setup Video Tutorial<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ggPQvEa8cfg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Following are the setups to get onboarded to WhatsApp cloud API.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"background-color: #008000; color: #ffffff;\"><strong>\u00a0Step 1:<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Search <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meta for Developers<\/a> on Google.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2637\" src=\"https:\/\/www.growby.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/44-1.png\" alt=\"meta developer\" width=\"633\" height=\"126\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"background-color: #008000; color: #ffffff;\"><strong>\u00a0Step 2:<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Click on the <b>Login in <\/b>option from the Meta for developers page, where you need to log in with your Facebook account.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2639 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.growby.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/66-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1009\" height=\"409\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"background-color: #008000; color: #ffffff;\"><strong>\u00a0Step 3:<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Once login is done, click on <b>Get Started <\/b>option.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2640\" src=\"https:\/\/growby.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/88-1024x440.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"440\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"background-color: #008000; color: #ffffff;\"><strong>\u00a0Step 4:<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>You need to create a Facebook for developers account. Click on the <strong>continue<\/strong> button to get started.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2641\" src=\"https:\/\/growby.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/8999-1024x403.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"403\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"background-color: #008000; color: #ffffff;\"><strong>\u00a0Step 5:<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Complete the account verification either through phone number or email.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2642 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.growby.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/1212-1.png\" alt=\"How to Setup WhatsApp Cloud API\" width=\"1025\" height=\"401\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"background-color: #008000; color: #ffffff;\"><strong>\u00a0Step 6:<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Select the most appropriate option which describes you.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2643 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.growby.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/909-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"886\" height=\"457\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"background-color: #008000; color: #ffffff;\"><strong>\u00a0Step 7:<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Click on <b>Create App <\/b>option to create a developer app.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2644\" src=\"https:\/\/growby.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/00-1024x351.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"351\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"background-color: #008000; color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Step 8:<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Click on the <b>Business<\/b> option from the list and click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2645 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.growby.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/8888-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"732\" height=\"555\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"background-color: #008000; color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Step 9:<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Fill all the basic details and click <b>Create app.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2646\" src=\"https:\/\/growby.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/555-1024x464.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"464\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"background-color: #008000; color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Step 10:<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>From the list of different products, select <b>WhatsApp.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2647 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.growby.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/0000-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"796\" height=\"552\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"background-color: #008000; color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Step 11:<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Click <b>Continue<\/b> to complete the setup.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2648 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.growby.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/1233-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"385\" height=\"454\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"background-color: #008000; color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Step 12:<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Here you can start testing the cloud API with a testing number that is provided by Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>You can add up to 5 contacts to test the message.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2649 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.growby.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/90909-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"676\" height=\"582\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"background-color: #008000; color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Step 13:<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Once testing gets done, you can add your<b>\u00a0own number <\/b>to send messages by clicking <b>Add Phone Number.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2650 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.growby.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/0987-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"691\" height=\"445\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"background-color: #008000; color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Step 14:<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Fill all your business details and click <b>Next<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2651 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.growby.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/12345678-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"754\" height=\"457\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"background-color: #008000; color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Step 15:<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Select business category and other information and click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2652\" src=\"https:\/\/www.growby.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/4545-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"796\" height=\"457\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"background-color: #008000; color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Step 16:<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Here enter the number which you want to register with cloud API and click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.growby.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/7878-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"854\" height=\"324\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"background-color: #008000; color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Step 17:<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Once the number verification is done, your registered API number will get displayed under the <b>from number section. Kudos!! Now you can start using your number and send messages.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2654 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.growby.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/000000000-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"902\" height=\"422\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"step18\"><span style=\"background-color: #008000; color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Step 18:<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Now, the Phone number, Phone number ID and WhatsApp Business Account ID is ready to use, just copy this and go to app.whatso.net dashboard.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3296 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.growby.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/wabaid-1-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1265\" height=\"660\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"step18\"><span style=\"background-color: #008000; color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Step 19:<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Herein, app.whatso.net, go to &#8220;API Setup&#8221; in menu on left hand side. There paste all those details which you found in the above step and now you can move on business verification process.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3295 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.growby.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/api-credentials-1-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"834\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, setting up the WhatsApp Cloud API has never been easier. By following the steps outlined in this guide, you can leverage the power of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.growby.net\/whatsapp-api\">free WhatsApp API<\/a><\/strong> to enhance communication and engagement with your customers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WhatsApp Cloud API is the cloud-based version of the company&#8217;s &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"How to Setup WhatsApp Cloud API\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.growby.net\/blog\/how-to-setup-whatsapp-cloud-api\/#more-2634\" aria-label=\"More on How to Setup WhatsApp Cloud API\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3384,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,5,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-facebook-cloud-api-setup","category-help-guide-articles","category-whatsapp-cloud-api","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33","resize-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.growby.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2634"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.growby.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.growby.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.growby.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.growby.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2634"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.growby.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4562,"href":"https:\/\/www.growby.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2634\/revisions\/4562"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.growby.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.growby.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.growby.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.growby.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}