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Whats App Business Phone Number Request Code

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Request a business phone number verification code.

Upon success, the API will respond with true and a verification code will be sent to the business phone number, using the delivery method and language specified in the request. See Registering Phone Numbers for additional information about registering business phone numbers programmatically.

You can make a POST request to request_code edge from the following paths:

/{whats_app_business_phone_number_id}/request_code

When posting to this edge, no Graph object will be created.

Requirements

Type	Description
Access Tokens	User, System User, or Business Integration System User
Permissions	whatsapp_business_management

Request Syntax

POST /<WHATSAPP_BUSINESS_PHONE_NUMBER_ID>/request_code
  ?code_method=<CODE_DELIVERY_METHOD>
  &language=<LANGUAGE>

Example Request

curl -X POST 'https://graph.facebook.com/v24.0/110200345501442/request_code?code_method=SMS&language=en_US' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer EAAJB...'

Example Response

{
  "success": true
}

Parameters

Parameter Description

Parameter	Description
`code_method` enum {SMS, VOICE}	Desired code delivery method. Required
`language` locale string	Language and locale code indicating the language in which the code should be sent. For example, `en_US`. See Supported Langauges. Required

code_method

enum {SMS, VOICE}

Desired code delivery method.

Required

language

locale string

Language and locale code indicating the language in which the code should be sent. For example, en_US.

See Supported Langauges.

Required

Return Type

Struct {

success: bool,

}

Error Codes

Error	Description
136024	Request code error
100	Invalid parameter
200	Permissions error

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