Button Template Reference

The button template allows you to send a structured message that includes text and buttons. For complete implementation details, see Button Template.

Request URI

https://graph.facebook.com/v21.0/me/messages?access_token={PAGE_ACCESS_TOKEN}

Example Request

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{
  "recipient":{
    "id":"{PSID}"
  },
  "message":{
    "attachment":{
      "type":"template",
      "payload":{
        "template_type":"button",
        "text":"What do you want to do next?",
        "buttons":[
          {
            "type":"web_url",
            "url":"https://www.messenger.com",
            "title":"Visit Messenger"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}' "https://graph.facebook.com/v21.0/me/messages?access_token={PAGE_ACCESS_TOKEN}"

Example Response

{
  "recipient_id": "1254477777772919",
  "message_id": "AG5Hz2Uq7tuwNEhXfYYKj8mJEM_QPpz5jdCK48PnKAjSdjfipqxqMvK8ma6AC8fplwlqLP_5cgXIbu7I3rBN0P"
}

Properties

`recipient`

Description of the message recipient. All requests must include one of the following properties to identify the recipient.

Property	Type	Description
`recipient.id`	String	Page Scoped User ID (PSID) of the message recipient. The user needs to have interacted with any of the Messenger entry points in order to opt-in into messaging with the Page. Note that Facebook Login integrations return user IDs are app-scoped and will not work with the Messenger platform.
`recipient.user_ref`	String	Used for the checkbox plugin and customer chat plugin.
`recipient.post_id`	String	Used for Private Replies to reference the visitor post to reply to.
`recipient.comment_id`	String	Used for Private Replies to reference the post comment to reply to.

`message`

Description of the message to be sent.

Property	Type	Description
`message.attachment`	Object	An object describing attachments to the message.

`message.attachment`

Property	Type	Description
`type`	String	Value must be `template`
`payload`	Object	テンプレートの`payload`

`message.attachment.payload`

Property	Type	Description
`template_type`	String	Value must be `button`
`text`	String	UTF-8-encoded text of up to 640 characters. Text will appear above the buttons.
`buttons`	Array<button>	Set of 1-3 buttons that appear as call-to-actions.