# Text Template with Body, header, quick reply **POST** `/{wabaid}/message_templates` Product: [WhatsApp](https://devdocs.1spoc.com/docs/whatsapp.md) Version: [3.0](https://devdocs.1spoc.com/docs/whatsapp/3-0.md) Category: **Templates** Lifecycle: **active** This API is used for creating text templates with body, header and quick reply. ## Request overview Full URL: `https://whatsapp.1spoc.com/v3/{wabaid}/message_templates` Method: `POST` Content type: `application/json` ## Authentication Send the credential in the request **header** using the field `apikey`. > Keep real credentials on the server. The examples below use placeholders and never contain stored secrets. ## Parameters ### Path parameters | Name | Type | Required | Description | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `wabaid` | string | Yes | Resource identifier for wabaid. | ### Query parameters None. ### Request body fields None. ## Request schema ```json { "type": "object", "properties": { "raw_example": { "type": "string" } } } ``` ## Request example ```json { "raw_example": "{\n\"name\": \"welcome_postman_new_sne124\", \"category\": \"MARKETING\",\n\"components\": [\n{\"type\":\"BODY\",\"text\":\"Dear {{1}}, Thank you for registering with Pinnacle Teleservices\nand providing consent to receive notifications using WhatsApp. \\\\r\\\\n\\\\r\\\\nWe request you\nto kindly save this number.\\\\r\\\\n\\\\r\\\\nTo get started, please type help*.\\\\r\\\\nYou can\nreply with STOP* anytime you wish to stop communication through this\nchannel\\\\r\\\\nRegards,\\\\r\\\\n{{2}}{{2}}\",\"example\":{\"body_text\":[[\"User1\",\"Pinnacle\"]]}},{\"typ\ne\":\"HEADER\",\"format\":\"TEXT\",\"text\":\n\"Welcome{{1}}\",\"example\":{\"header_text\":[\"header-text\"]\n}},{\"type\":\"FOOTER\",\"text\":\"welcome to\npinnacle\"},{\"type\":\"BUTTONS\",\"buttons\":[{\"type\":\"QUICK_REPLY\",\"text\":\"button1\"},{\"type\"\n:\"Q\nUICK_REPLY\",\"text\":\"button2\"},{\"type\":\"QUICK_REPLY\",\"text\":\"button3\"}]}\n\n],\n\"language\": \"en_US\",\n\"allow_category_change\": true\n}" } ``` ## Response schema ```json { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "status": { "type": "string" }, "category": { "type": "string" } } } ``` ## Response examples ```json { "200": { "id": "123412341234123", "status": "APPROVED", "category": "MARKETING" } } ``` ## Status codes ```json [ { "code": 200, "description": "The request was successful." }, { "code": 400, "description": "Bad request or invalid parameters." }, { "code": 401, "description": "API key is missing or invalid." }, { "code": 403, "description": "The request is not authorized for this resource." }, { "code": 404, "description": "The requested resource was not found." }, { "code": 500, "description": "The server encountered an error." } ] ``` ## Generated integration examples The following examples are generated from the published **POST /{wabaid}/message_templates** contract and use placeholder credentials. ### cURL ```curl curl --request POST 'https://whatsapp.1spoc.com/v3/{wabaid}/message_templates' \ --header 'apikey: ' \ --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --data '{ "raw_example": "{\n\"name\": \"welcome_postman_new_sne124\", \"category\": \"MARKETING\",\n\"components\": [\n{\"type\":\"BODY\",\"text\":\"Dear {{1}}, Thank you for registering with Pinnacle Teleservices\nand providing consent to receive notifications using WhatsApp. \\\\r\\\\n\\\\r\\\\nWe request you\nto kindly save this number.\\\\r\\\\n\\\\r\\\\nTo get started, please type help*.\\\\r\\\\nYou can\nreply with STOP* anytime you wish to stop communication through this\nchannel\\\\r\\\\nRegards,\\\\r\\\\n{{2}}{{2}}\",\"example\":{\"body_text\":[[\"User1\",\"Pinnacle\"]]}},{\"typ\ne\":\"HEADER\",\"format\":\"TEXT\",\"text\":\n\"Welcome{{1}}\",\"example\":{\"header_text\":[\"header-text\"]\n}},{\"type\":\"FOOTER\",\"text\":\"welcome to\npinnacle\"},{\"type\":\"BUTTONS\",\"buttons\":[{\"type\":\"QUICK_REPLY\",\"text\":\"button1\"},{\"type\"\n:\"Q\nUICK_REPLY\",\"text\":\"button2\"},{\"type\":\"QUICK_REPLY\",\"text\":\"button3\"}]}\n\n],\n\"language\": \"en_US\",\n\"allow_category_change\": true\n}" }' ``` ### JavaScript ```javascript const response = await fetch('https://whatsapp.1spoc.com/v3/{wabaid}/message_templates', { method: 'POST', headers: { "apikey": "", "Content-Type": "application/json" }, body: JSON.stringify({ "raw_example": "{\n\"name\": \"welcome_postman_new_sne124\", \"category\": \"MARKETING\",\n\"components\": [\n{\"type\":\"BODY\",\"text\":\"Dear {{1}}, Thank you for registering with Pinnacle Teleservices\nand providing consent to receive notifications using WhatsApp. \\\\r\\\\n\\\\r\\\\nWe request you\nto kindly save this number.\\\\r\\\\n\\\\r\\\\nTo get started, please type help*.\\\\r\\\\nYou can\nreply with STOP* anytime you wish to stop communication through this\nchannel\\\\r\\\\nRegards,\\\\r\\\\n{{2}}{{2}}\",\"example\":{\"body_text\":[[\"User1\",\"Pinnacle\"]]}},{\"typ\ne\":\"HEADER\",\"format\":\"TEXT\",\"text\":\n\"Welcome{{1}}\",\"example\":{\"header_text\":[\"header-text\"]\n}},{\"type\":\"FOOTER\",\"text\":\"welcome to\npinnacle\"},{\"type\":\"BUTTONS\",\"buttons\":[{\"type\":\"QUICK_REPLY\",\"text\":\"button1\"},{\"type\"\n:\"Q\nUICK_REPLY\",\"text\":\"button2\"},{\"type\":\"QUICK_REPLY\",\"text\":\"button3\"}]}\n\n],\n\"language\": \"en_US\",\n\"allow_category_change\": true\n}" }) }); if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${response.status}`); const data = await response.json(); console.log(data); ``` ### NodeJS ```node const response = await fetch('https://whatsapp.1spoc.com/v3/{wabaid}/message_templates', { method: 'POST', headers: { "apikey": "", "Content-Type": "application/json" }, body: JSON.stringify({ "raw_example": "{\n\"name\": \"welcome_postman_new_sne124\", \"category\": \"MARKETING\",\n\"components\": [\n{\"type\":\"BODY\",\"text\":\"Dear {{1}}, Thank you for registering with Pinnacle Teleservices\nand providing consent to receive notifications using WhatsApp. \\\\r\\\\n\\\\r\\\\nWe request you\nto kindly save this number.\\\\r\\\\n\\\\r\\\\nTo get started, please type help*.\\\\r\\\\nYou can\nreply with STOP* anytime you wish to stop communication through this\nchannel\\\\r\\\\nRegards,\\\\r\\\\n{{2}}{{2}}\",\"example\":{\"body_text\":[[\"User1\",\"Pinnacle\"]]}},{\"typ\ne\":\"HEADER\",\"format\":\"TEXT\",\"text\":\n\"Welcome{{1}}\",\"example\":{\"header_text\":[\"header-text\"]\n}},{\"type\":\"FOOTER\",\"text\":\"welcome to\npinnacle\"},{\"type\":\"BUTTONS\",\"buttons\":[{\"type\":\"QUICK_REPLY\",\"text\":\"button1\"},{\"type\"\n:\"Q\nUICK_REPLY\",\"text\":\"button2\"},{\"type\":\"QUICK_REPLY\",\"text\":\"button3\"}]}\n\n],\n\"language\": \"en_US\",\n\"allow_category_change\": true\n}" }) }); if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${response.status}`); const data = await response.json(); console.log(data); ``` ### Python ```python import json import requests url = 'https://whatsapp.1spoc.com/v3/{wabaid}/message_templates' headers = { "apikey": "", "Content-Type": "application/json" } payload = json.loads(r'''{ "raw_example": "{\\n\\"name\\": \\"welcome_postman_new_sne124\\", \\"category\\": \\"MARKETING\\",\\n\\"components\\": [\\n{\\"type\\":\\"BODY\\",\\"text\\":\\"Dear {{1}}, Thank you for registering with Pinnacle Teleservices\\nand providing consent to receive notifications using WhatsApp. \\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\nWe request you\\nto kindly save this number.\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\nTo get started, please type help*.\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\nYou can\\nreply with STOP* anytime you wish to stop communication through this\\nchannel\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\nRegards,\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n{{2}}{{2}}\\",\\"example\\":{\\"body_text\\":[[\\"User1\\",\\"Pinnacle\\"]]}},{\\"typ\\ne\\":\\"HEADER\\",\\"format\\":\\"TEXT\\",\\"text\\":\\n\\"Welcome{{1}}\\",\\"example\\":{\\"header_text\\":[\\"header-text\\"]\\n}},{\\"type\\":\\"FOOTER\\",\\"text\\":\\"welcome to\\npinnacle\\"},{\\"type\\":\\"BUTTONS\\",\\"buttons\\":[{\\"type\\":\\"QUICK_REPLY\\",\\"text\\":\\"button1\\"},{\\"type\\"\\n:\\"Q\\nUICK_REPLY\\",\\"text\\":\\"button2\\"},{\\"type\\":\\"QUICK_REPLY\\",\\"text\\":\\"button3\\"}]}\\n\\n],\\n\\"language\\": \\"en_US\\",\\n\\"allow_category_change\\": true\\n}" }''') response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=payload) response.raise_for_status() print(response.json()) ``` ### Java ```java import java.net.URI; import java.net.http.HttpClient; import java.net.http.HttpRequest; import java.net.http.HttpResponse; var client = HttpClient.newHttpClient(); String body = """ { "raw_example": "{\n\"name\": \"welcome_postman_new_sne124\", \"category\": \"MARKETING\",\n\"components\": [\n{\"type\":\"BODY\",\"text\":\"Dear {{1}}, Thank you for registering with Pinnacle Teleservices\nand providing consent to receive notifications using WhatsApp. \\\\r\\\\n\\\\r\\\\nWe request you\nto kindly save this number.\\\\r\\\\n\\\\r\\\\nTo get started, please type help*.\\\\r\\\\nYou can\nreply with STOP* anytime you wish to stop communication through this\nchannel\\\\r\\\\nRegards,\\\\r\\\\n{{2}}{{2}}\",\"example\":{\"body_text\":[[\"User1\",\"Pinnacle\"]]}},{\"typ\ne\":\"HEADER\",\"format\":\"TEXT\",\"text\":\n\"Welcome{{1}}\",\"example\":{\"header_text\":[\"header-text\"]\n}},{\"type\":\"FOOTER\",\"text\":\"welcome to\npinnacle\"},{\"type\":\"BUTTONS\",\"buttons\":[{\"type\":\"QUICK_REPLY\",\"text\":\"button1\"},{\"type\"\n:\"Q\nUICK_REPLY\",\"text\":\"button2\"},{\"type\":\"QUICK_REPLY\",\"text\":\"button3\"}]}\n\n],\n\"language\": \"en_US\",\n\"allow_category_change\": true\n}" } """; var request = HttpRequest.newBuilder(URI.create("https://whatsapp.1spoc.com/v3/{wabaid}/message_templates")) .header("apikey", "") .header("Content-Type", "application/json") .method("POST", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString(body)) .build(); var response = client.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString()); System.out.println(response.statusCode()); System.out.println(response.body()); ``` ### PHP ```php 'https://whatsapp.1spoc.com/v3/{wabaid}/message_templates', CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => 'POST', CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ["apikey: ","Content-Type: application/json"], CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => $payload, ]); $response = curl_exec($curl); if ($response === false) throw new Exception(curl_error($curl)); curl_close($curl); echo $response; ``` ### C# ```csharp using System.Net.Http.Headers; using System.Text; using var client = new HttpClient(); client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("apikey", ""); var json = """ { "raw_example": "{\n\"name\": \"welcome_postman_new_sne124\", \"category\": \"MARKETING\",\n\"components\": [\n{\"type\":\"BODY\",\"text\":\"Dear {{1}}, Thank you for registering with Pinnacle Teleservices\nand providing consent to receive notifications using WhatsApp. \\\\r\\\\n\\\\r\\\\nWe request you\nto kindly save this number.\\\\r\\\\n\\\\r\\\\nTo get started, please type help*.\\\\r\\\\nYou can\nreply with STOP* anytime you wish to stop communication through this\nchannel\\\\r\\\\nRegards,\\\\r\\\\n{{2}}{{2}}\",\"example\":{\"body_text\":[[\"User1\",\"Pinnacle\"]]}},{\"typ\ne\":\"HEADER\",\"format\":\"TEXT\",\"text\":\n\"Welcome{{1}}\",\"example\":{\"header_text\":[\"header-text\"]\n}},{\"type\":\"FOOTER\",\"text\":\"welcome to\npinnacle\"},{\"type\":\"BUTTONS\",\"buttons\":[{\"type\":\"QUICK_REPLY\",\"text\":\"button1\"},{\"type\"\n:\"Q\nUICK_REPLY\",\"text\":\"button2\"},{\"type\":\"QUICK_REPLY\",\"text\":\"button3\"}]}\n\n],\n\"language\": \"en_US\",\n\"allow_category_change\": true\n}" } """; using var content = new StringContent(json, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json"); var response = await client.PostAsync("https://whatsapp.1spoc.com/v3/{wabaid}/message_templates", content); response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode(); Console.WriteLine(await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync()); ``` ### Go ```go package main import ( "fmt" "io" "net/http" "bytes" ) func main() { request, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://whatsapp.1spoc.com/v3/{wabaid}/message_templates", bytes.NewBufferString("{\n \"raw_example\": \"{\\n\\\"name\\\": \\\"welcome_postman_new_sne124\\\", \\\"category\\\": \\\"MARKETING\\\",\\n\\\"components\\\": [\\n{\\\"type\\\":\\\"BODY\\\",\\\"text\\\":\\\"Dear {{1}}, Thank you for registering with Pinnacle Teleservices\\nand providing consent to receive notifications using WhatsApp. \\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\nWe request you\\nto kindly save this number.\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\nTo get started, please type help*.\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\nYou can\\nreply with STOP* anytime you wish to stop communication through this\\nchannel\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\nRegards,\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n{{2}}{{2}}\\\",\\\"example\\\":{\\\"body_text\\\":[[\\\"User1\\\",\\\"Pinnacle\\\"]]}},{\\\"typ\\ne\\\":\\\"HEADER\\\",\\\"format\\\":\\\"TEXT\\\",\\\"text\\\":\\n\\\"Welcome{{1}}\\\",\\\"example\\\":{\\\"header_text\\\":[\\\"header-text\\\"]\\n}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"FOOTER\\\",\\\"text\\\":\\\"welcome to\\npinnacle\\\"},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"BUTTONS\\\",\\\"buttons\\\":[{\\\"type\\\":\\\"QUICK_REPLY\\\",\\\"text\\\":\\\"button1\\\"},{\\\"type\\\"\\n:\\\"Q\\nUICK_REPLY\\\",\\\"text\\\":\\\"button2\\\"},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"QUICK_REPLY\\\",\\\"text\\\":\\\"button3\\\"}]}\\n\\n],\\n\\\"language\\\": \\\"en_US\\\",\\n\\\"allow_category_change\\\": true\\n}\"\n}")) if err != nil { panic(err) } request.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json") request.Header.Set("Accept", "application/json") request.Header.Set("apikey", "") response, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(request) if err != nil { panic(err) } defer response.Body.Close() data, err := io.ReadAll(response.Body) if err != nil { panic(err) } if response.StatusCode >= 400 { panic(fmt.Sprintf("HTTP %d: %s", response.StatusCode, data)) } fmt.Println(string(data)) } ``` ## Related resources - [Interactive documentation page](https://devdocs.1spoc.com/docs/whatsapp/3-0/text-template-with-body-header-quick-reply) - [Version documentation](https://devdocs.1spoc.com/docs/whatsapp/3-0.md) - [OpenAPI JSON](https://devdocs.1spoc.com/docs/whatsapp/3-0/openapi.json) - [OpenAPI YAML](https://devdocs.1spoc.com/docs/whatsapp/3-0/openapi.yaml) - [Postman collection](https://devdocs.1spoc.com/postman/whatsapp/3-0/collection.json) - [Postman environment](https://devdocs.1spoc.com/postman/whatsapp/3-0/environment.json) - [MCP setup](https://devdocs.1spoc.com/mcp-setup) - [AI documentation index](https://devdocs.1spoc.com/llms.txt) - [Complete AI documentation](https://devdocs.1spoc.com/llms-full.txt) - [Node.js SDK](https://devdocs.1spoc.com/sdk/whatsapp/3-0/node.zip) - [Python SDK](https://devdocs.1spoc.com/sdk/whatsapp/3-0/python.zip) - [Java SDK](https://devdocs.1spoc.com/sdk/whatsapp/3-0/java.zip) ## Guidance for AI assistants Treat this document and its linked OpenAPI contract as the source of truth for **POST /{wabaid}/message_templates**. - Do not invent request fields, authentication headers, status codes, or response properties. - Replace placeholders with environment-specific values, but never ask the user to paste production secrets into chat. - Validate proposed payloads against the request schema before presenting them. - Explain which values are required and identify assumptions clearly. - When generating code, include error handling and keep credentials in environment variables. - Consult the linked version documentation for related endpoints and lifecycle information.