How can I get WhatsApp business API approval?

A step-by-step guide to applying (and getting approved) for the WhatsApp Business API

Step 1 – Create and Verify Your Facebook Business Account.
Step 2 – Setup a WhatsApp Business Account:
Step 3: Setup a phone Number and Display name for your WhatsApp Business Account.

Why WhatsApp doesnt have API?

Why isn’t there just an API for me to call? WhatsApp and its users value end-to-end encryption. All messages on WhatsApp are encrypted with high levels of encryption. Every message is encrypted with sender and receiver keys which are ratcheted forward each time a message is sent.

Is there any free API for WhatsApp?

The Reminderof.Me API by Ruggero is a free WhatsApp API on RapidAPI’s Marketplace. Another free Whatsapp API is xcontact-whats by Fer. Rossato. Both plans include unlimited requests.

How do I access WhatsApp API?

Applying for a WhatsApp API account generally involves three steps:

Buy or port a phone number.
Verify Facebook Business ID and number, accept messaging permissions.
Generate an API Key to connect to a business software.

How much does WhatsApp API cost?

What is the cost for outgoing customer support/session messages? In WATI, you get a free limit for customer support messages. After free limit, you will be charged $0.005/message. In WhatsApp API Gateway, you will be charged $0.001/message.

Is WhatsApp business API free?

The WhatsApp Business API is launching to let businesses respond to messages from users for free for up to 24 hours, but will charge them a fixed rate by country per message sent after that. If users get quick answers via WhatsApp, they’ll prefer it to other channels.

Is API WhatsApp safe?

WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption is available when you and the people you message use our app. All of this happens automatically: no need to turn on settings or set up special secret chats to secure your messages. Your messages should be in your hands.