WhatsApp Templates API

4. Validate a template

Public Developer API for Meta template lifecycle on Cloud WhatsApp accounts. Same Meta engine as the Washeej dashboard. Access requires explicit template scopes; Device/QR management is rejected. Provider Meta delete stays deferred.

1. Overview

2. Authentication & scopes

3. Account capabilities

4. Validate a template

5. Create and submit

6. List and inspect status

7. Sync

8. Edit

9. Delete

10. Send approved template

11. Status webhooks

12. Error codes

13. Rate limits

14. Idempotency

15. Migration from /templates/send

POST /v1/templates/validate

Local only — no Meta call, no DB row, no webhook. Same schema as create. Use this instead of probe templates.

curl -X POST "https://app.washeej.com/v1/templates/validate" \
  -H "client-id: YOUR_CLIENT_ID" \
  -H "client-secret: YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "whatsapp_account_id": YOUR_CLOUD_ACCOUNT_ID,
    "name": "payment_due_reminder_ar",
    "language": "ar",
    "category": "UTILITY",
    "header_format": "NONE",
    "body": "مرحبا <?php echo e(1); ?>، مبلغك <?php echo e(2); ?> مستحق.",
    "body_examples": ["أحمد", "120"],
    "footer": "وشيج",
    "buttons": []
  }'