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# POST WhatsApp Template Message
**Parameter Description**
1. `userName`: refers to the name of the user we intend to send the message
2. `wa_id`: refers to the WhatsApp number of the user we intend to send the message **NOTE**: The number must contain the country code without the plus sign
3. `templateId`: refers to the ID of the template **NOTE:** Template must be approved before using this API
4. `assingTo` : refers to the email of custom user or agent.
5. `params`: is used for the variables used in the template, it is an empty array in the case of a plain text template with no variables. In case of variables in the template, please refer to the JSON below
6. `tags`: refers to label you can assign to conversations or chats to help organize and manage effectively.
***
#### API End Points
```
https://api-v7.express-chat.com/whatsapp-automation/wa/templates?apiKey=*API KEY*
```
#### Request Headers
| Header | Details |
| ------ | --------------------------------------------- |
| apiKey | API KEY
|
#### **Query Params**
| Header | Details |
| ------ | --------------------------------------------- |
| apiKey | API KEY
|
#### Body
```
{
"userName": "Divyansh Test",
"wa_id": "9175080****",
"templateId": "62b5c16bf*****cfa9a72335",
"params": [
{
"type" : "header",
"parameters": [
{
"type": "document",
"document": {
"link": ""
}
}
]
},
{
"type": "body",
"parameters": [
{
"type": "text",
"text": "Abc"
},
{
"type": "text",
"text": "def"
},
{
"type": "text",
"text": "Monday"
}
]
}
],
"assignTo": "example@gmail.com",
"tags": [ "test" ]
}
```
#### Example:
**Request**
```
curl --location --request POST ' *Shared Separately*' \\
--header 'apiKey: *API KEY*' \\
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \\
--data-raw '{
"userName": "Test",
"wa_id": "91885917****",
"templateId": "63dba1617****52face07078",
"params": [
{
"type": "header",
"parameters": [
{
"type": "document",
"document": {
"link": ""
}
}
]
},
{
"type": "body",
"parameters": [
{
"type": "text",
"text": "Abc"
},
{
"type": "text",
"text": "def"
},
{
"type": "text",
"text": "Monday"
}
]
}
],
"assignTo": "example@gmail.com",
"tags": [ "test" ]
}'
```
**Response**
Header
| Header | Details |
| -------------------------------- | ----------------------------------- |
| X-Powered-By | Express |
| Vary | Origin |
| Access-Control-Allow-Credentials | true |
| \_user | 61c1c2058e0\*\*\*\*e9bb420f8 |
| \_bot | 62e77a807f1\*\*\*\*ecce980f0 |
| whatsAppId | \*\*\*\*bsIWcYgazd5ZDAK |
| Content-Type | application/json; charset=utf-8 |
| Content-Length | 507 |
| Etag | W/"1fb-urlVjgGZAUBRNyxQDAOnZ3ONF1I" |
| Date | Wed, 03 Aug 2022 11:16:13 GMT |
| Connection | keep-alive |
| Keep-Alive | timeout=5 |
####
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