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we integrated whatsapp business api in nodejs. we tested sending text messages, media files and receiving text messages , media files using webhooks. But the problem is when receiving media files for example users sends a image we received media id and based on media id we generate url , but using this url we didn't download the image. it returns 404 error and return facebook login page html code. whats the issue i have all permisssions whatsapp business management permission and whatsapp business messaging permission. it requires stardard accesss or advanced access.
Hello,
You can refer to the guide, https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/cloud-api/reference/media/
I already referred this it shows to download media files require whatsapp business messaging and whatsapp business management permisssions. I have both permissions but the problem is i don't know it requires standard accesss or advanced access . i have standard access because i didn't verify my business.
standard access will work.
without verifying business we can't download or view the media files
And one another problem i faced is to send a template message it deliveres very slow almost it takes upto 1 minute. what is the reason?
There is a bug, and meta claims it will take 1 minute max.
i have permissions with standard access but i am unableto download media files it returns 404 error when i run this command curl \ 'URL' \ -H 'Authorization: Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN' > media_file
You can see the same note in this section: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/cloud-api/reference/media/#download-media
If media fails to download, you will receive a 404 Not Found response code. In that case, we recommend you try to retrieve a new media URL and download it again. If doing so doesn't resolve the issue, please try to renew the ACCESS_TOKEN then retry downloading the media.