What It Does

This package makes it easy for developers to access WhatsApp Cloud API service in their PHP code.

The first 1,000 conversations each month are free from WhatsApp Cloud API. A conversation.

Getting Started

Please create and configure your Facebook WhatsApp application following the "Get Stared" section of the official guide.

Minimum requirements – To run the SDK, your system will require PHP >= 7.4 with a recent version of CURL >=7.19.4 compiled with OpenSSL and zlib.

Installation

composer require netflie/whatsapp-cloud-api

Quick Examples

Send a text message

<?php

// Require the Composer autoloader.
require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use Netflie\WhatsAppCloudApi\WhatsAppCloudApi;

// Instantiate the WhatsAppCloudApi super class.
$whatsapp_cloud_api = new WhatsAppCloudApi([
    'from_phone_number_id' => 'your-configured-from-phone-number-id',
    'access_token' => 'your-facebook-whatsapp-application-token',
]);

$whatsapp_cloud_api->sendTextMessage('34676104574', 'Hey there! I\'m using WhatsApp Cloud API. Visit https://www.netflie.es');

Send a document

You can send documents in two ways: by uploading a file to the WhatsApp Cloud servers (where you will receive an identifier) or from a link to a document published on internet.

<?php

use Netflie\WhatsAppCloudApi\Message\Media\LinkID;
use Netflie\WhatsAppCloudApi\Message\Media\MediaObjectID;

$document_id = '341476474779872';
$document_name = 'whatsapp-cloud-api-from-id.pdf';
$document_caption = 'WhastApp API Cloud Guide';

// With the Media Object ID of some document upload on the WhatsApp Cloud servers
$media_id = new MediaObjectID($document_id);
$whatsapp_cloud_api->sendDocument('34676104574', $media_id, $document_name, $document_caption);

// Or
$document_link = 'https://netflie.es/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/image.png';
$link_id = new LinkID($document_link);
$whatsapp_cloud_api->sendDocument('34676104574', $link_id, $document_name, $document_caption);

Send a template message

<?php

$whatsapp_cloud_api->sendTemplate('34676104574', 'hello_world', 'en_US'); // Language is optional

You also can build templates with parameters:

<?php

$component_header = [];

$component_body = [
    [
        'type' => 'text',
        'text' => '*Mr Jones*',
    ],
];

$component_buttons = [
    [
        'type' => 'button',
        'sub_type' => 'quick_reply',
        'index' => 0,
        'parameters' => [
            [
                'type' => 'text',
                'text' => 'Yes',
            ]
        ]
    ],
    [
        'type' => 'button',
        'sub_type' => 'quick_reply',
        'index' => 1,
        'parameters' => [
            [
                'type' => 'text',
                'text' => 'No',
            ]
        ]
    ]
];

$components = new Component($component_header, $component_body, $component_buttons);
$whatsapp_cloud_api->sendTemplate('34676104574', 'sample_issue_resolution', 'en_US', $components); // Language is optional

Send an audio message

<?php

$audio_link = 'https://netflie.es/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/file_example_OOG_1MG.ogg';
$link_id = new LinkID($audio_link);
$whatsapp_cloud_api->sendAudio('34676104574', $link_id);

Send an image message

<?php

$link_id = new LinkID('http(s)://image-url');
$whatsapp_cloud_api->sendImage('<destination-phone-number>', $link_id);

//or

$media_id = new MediaObjectID('<image-object-id>');
$whatsapp_cloud_api->sendImage('<destination-phone-number>', $media_id);

Send a video message

<?php

$link_id = new LinkID('http(s)://video-url');
$whatsapp_cloud_api->sendVideo('<destination-phone-number>', $link_id, '<video-caption>');

//or

$media_id = new MediaObjectID('<image-object-id>');
$whatsapp_cloud_api->sendVideo('<destination-phone-number>', $media_id, '<video-caption>');

Send a sticker message

Stickers sample: https://github.com/WhatsApp/stickers

<?php

$link_id = new LinkID('http(s)://sticker-url');
$whatsapp_cloud_api->sendSticker('<destination-phone-number>', $link_id);

//or

$media_id = new MediaObjectID('<sticker-object-id>');
$whatsapp_cloud_api->sendSticker('<destination-phone-number>', $media_id);

Send a location message

<?php

$whatsapp_cloud_api->sendLocation('<destination-phone-number>', $longitude, $latitude, $name, $address);

Send a contact message

<?php

$name = new ContactName('Adams', 'Smith');
$phone = new Phone('34676204577', PhoneType::CELL());

$whatsapp_cloud_api->sendContact('<destination-phone-number>', $name, $phone);

Features

Send Text Messages
Send Documents
Send Templates with parameters
Send Audios
Send Images
Send Videos
Send Stickers
Send Locations
Send Contacts

Getting Help

Ask a question on the Discussions forum
To report bugs, please open an issue

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information what has changed recently.

Testing

composer unit-test

You also can run tests making real calls to the WhastApp Clou API. Please put your testing credentials on WhatsAppCloudApiTestConfiguration file.

composer integration-test

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information. Please see License file for more information.

Disclaimer

This package is not officially maintained by Facebook. WhatsApp and Facebook trademarks and logos are the property of Meta Platforms, Inc.